Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-07-08
The Magic Bell.

lie was n little man and he had q
mysterious-lo looking blue hox under his
arm as he slowly ani timidly entered the
local room Of the Chroaieis. whore sol
itary reporter sat with his feet half
buried In pile Of copy on the city ed-
itor's dssk. The little man glanced
timidly around and inquired II the re-
porter was "soms editors" There be-
ing no danger 81 the editors returning
10 rsfute the statement, the reporter AS
sumsd Q majestic expression. lit i've
cent cigar and intimaisd that he Was the
Great Mogul of the establishment. The
little man carefully deposited the blue
box on the dssk aud produced gong
bell fixed to an iron rod. which he in-
serted In the top % the box. where II
rsssmblsi = large toadstool. "lis Nas
70 most wonderful invention OF ze age.
said the little man. III wants q lesdle
notice in your paPair." lie then at
taehsi lot Of wires To the box and rv-
aussted the reporter TO take hold Of one
Of them. That individual suddenly re-
membsrsi some interviews he bal writ
ten up, aud thinking the little man
might 10 an emissary OF some
inesndiary orator or bsmboozlsd widow.
come IA destroy him with an internal ma
chine, the reporter forgot his dignity
anil tumblsd over backward 10 avoid
the expected explosion. Nothing Sc
rious occurred and tho reporter soon
recovered his equanimity sufficiently To
listen TO the little mans explanation OF
the machine, which proved TO bs sort
Of patent. back.action. automatic clair
yoyaut for telling the past. present
future. aud all the mysteries OF eternity.
The reporter does not remember wheth.
sr IL could 10 used as u bootIack aud
appls-paser or not. The little man then
proposed TO tell the reporters life. and
Induced him to taks hold OF wire.
while he rasped the gong with another
iron rod and began TO evolve from his
inner consciousness the esents IN the
yrribs's life nom infancy upward. IL
va. \ revelation to the beuighted slave
al the pen. lie must have been ia
stale Of unconciousness for Just about
half his life. for he certainly had M
recollection Of the numerous deeds at-
tributsd to him by the automatic clair
yoyant. Of course the little man hit
right once In . while #: for instance.
when lac closed his eyes and described.
with graphic minuteDess . scene in an
orchard = time. midnight d"i"'di's
Jsrsolar. small hoy with hatfll OF ap-
pies. bulldog With mouthful OF pants
and shirt.tail. and an old farmer loom-
ing up on the horizon with shotgun.
The professional inoLes,y Of the re-
porter prevents his telling the very Hat
ierine charsetsr given him. merely re-
marking that Ls is n happy combination
81 the virtues OF cheyalier Baysri. Nd
miral Crichtou and Sir Charles Gr.ndi.
son. Some cynical people may say that
the little man fiattered him in or,ler to
get n notice Of his magic bell. hut such
cavilers ar. evidently actuated by con-
temptible feeling Of jealousy. anu their
opinion. are not worthy of consider
aiiop. When the bell began TO ring the
changes ON the future. its tiniinna-
knlations became vague and misty. and
the bswild-rei reporter was unable to
gather from the predictions whether he
Wa. going to be hanged as pirate or
slscted Superintendent ot sabbath.
school. The little man then explained
how the old thing worked. talking about
/" sympa,hstic chords" AMI a lot Of stun
entirely beyond the comprehension OF
the MODEST reporter. whom he then re-
ausstsd 10 try the machine and draw
horoscope for him. Here was chance