_The undersigned, late a member of ........ Chapter, No. ......, of ............., solicits Affiliation with your Chapter._ _If this Petition shall be granted, .. he pledges .... self to a cheerful obedience to the laws of the Order._ _Residence_ ............ _Signed_ ................ _Recommended by_ ................ ....... ........ [_The Petition must be accompanied by a Dimit from the Chapter of which the Petitioner was last a Member, or its absence satisfactorily explained._] DIMIT. _To all Members of the Order of the Eastern Star_: _This Dimit witnesseth,_ _That ..............., whose name appears in the margin of this instrument, was received into .......... Chapter, No. ......, of ......... ........ 18... And that having paid all Dues, and being free from all charges, .. he is at .... own request lawfully dismissed from Membership therein._ _Given under my hand and the Seal of the Chapter, this ...... day of ........., ..._ .................... _Secret y._ Transcriber's Notes: Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected. Typographical errors were silently corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only when a predominant form was found in this book. Text that was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_). End of Project Gutenberg's Ritual of the Order of the Eastern Star, by Various