Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-02-22

lie mad made this last excursion sew
eral times day, for they were compa-
ny to him /; and when he heard their
voices, he had an interest in glancing
at their lodging-placc, and thinking
how they were moved and what ham
merS beat upon them. Perhaps he was
more curious about these Bells, because
there were points of resemblance be-
tween themselves and him. They hung
there in all weathcrs +: with the wind
and rain driving upon them, facing on
ly the outsides of all those houses; new
or getting any nearer to the blazing fires
that CLEANED and shonc upon the win
dows, or came putting out of the chin
ney tops, and incapable of participa-
tionin any of the good things that were
constantly being handed, through the
street door and the area ratings, to
prodigal cooks. Faces came and went
at the windows sometimes pretty ia
ccs /; sometimes tho reverse but Toby
knew no more (though he often spccu-
lated on these triiles, standing idle in
the streets whence they came, or where
they went, or whether, when the lips
moved, one kind word was said of him
in all the year, than did the Chimes
themselves.
Toby was not n causiSt-that he knew
Of at least--and | don't mean to saw
that when he began to take to the
Bells, and TO knit up his first rough ac-
quaintance with them into something
of a closer and more delicate wool, he
passed through these considerations
one by one, or held any formal review
or great field day in his thoughts. But
what | mean to say and do is, that as
the functions of Toby's body, his d.
gestivc organs for example, did Of their
own cunning, and by great many OPP
erations of which he was altogether
ignorant, and the knowledge Of which
would have astonishcd him very much,
arrived at a certain end; so his mental
faculties, without. the privity or concur
renee, set all these wheels and springs
in motion, with thousand others,
when they worked to bring about his
liking for the Bells.
And although ! said his love, wo'd
not have recalled the word, though it
would scarcely have expressed his com
plicated feeling. For, being but a sim.
pie man, he invested them with a strange
and solemn character. They were SO
mysterious, often heard and never seen;
so high up, so far off, so full Of such a
deep strong melody, that he regarded
them with species OF awe; and some
times when he looked up at the dark
archcd windows in the tower, he half
expected to be beckoned to by some
thing which was not Bell, and yet
was what he heard so often sounding
in the Chimes. For all this, Toby
secuted with indignation a certain fly
ing rumor that the Chimes were haunt
ed, as implying the impossibility of their
being connected with any Evil thing.
In short, they were often in his cars,
and very often in his thoughts, but al
ways in his good opinion; and be very
often got such crick in bis neck by
starting with his mouth wide open, at
the stccplc where they hung, that he
was fain TO make an extra trot or two,
afterwards, to cure it.
This very thing he was in the act o.
doing ono cold day, when the last drow-
sy sound Of twelve o'clock just struck,
was humming like mclodious monster
of a Bee and not by any means busy
Bee, all through the stceplc.
TO be continued.
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