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104; BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE.
feet. Inflamed at the sight, and actuated by au in>
patient zeal, he immediately seized the dagger and
stabbed him, first in the head and then in the heart.
The assassin had only time to say "Necuni" [pro-
nounced nay-cooni], or "vengeance is taken," and
expired. The avenger then quenched his thirst at
the fountain. When the eight arrived at the spot,
they asked him what he had done. He replied, " I
have slain the assassin of our Grand Master, and
have performed a feat for the honor and glory of the
Craft, for which I hope to be rewarded." He then
severed the head from the body, and taking it in one
hand and his dagger in the other, with the eight re-
turned to Jerusalem. In his zeal, however, he hast-
ened into the presence of the king, passing the
guards at the entrance. Solomon was at first very
much offended that it had been put out of his power
to take vengeance in the presence of, and as a warn-
ing to, the rest of the workmen, and ordered the
guards to put his favorite to death ;
but by the inter-
cession of his brethren he was pardoned for his zeal,
and they became reconciled. Solomon established
the grade of Master Elect of Nine, and conferred it
upon the nine companions.