Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-01-03
fund in the injured boys hand flashed

fund in the injured boys hand flashed
upon him.
airing me a shovel, quick y he
shouted.
A spade was put into his hands, and
he bagan nervously to heave away the
Rot mass that lay piled over the bell
mold. 1t was herculean task. but he
worked like a giant. and three or four
q his men took hold and helped him.
Brick bats. ore. Stag and ashes few
n every direction. Presently the mas
ssr's spade penetrated the sand and
souched something hard. He stopped
lOwn. Then he leaped up like one half
rantic, and plying his spade with re-
doubled energy. tore away the remain
ng sand, disclosing what looked like
\ great metallic ring.
"Men, he cried out, lifting his flush
ed face, 1.-The bell is cast r
"Who did this ?" asked every excit-
ed voice, as soon as the cheering died
away.
Come with nae. two or three Of you y
cried the master. Il think / know who
did 1t. It's a miracle"
They hurried away to the home of the
half witted boy. The attendant met
them with her finger on her lips.
1.-The poor boy is in brain fever" she
said.
''DOes he say anything in his delir-
ium p whispered the master.
''Oh, yes, he raves all the time about
the big bell mold. / hope it viii fill
hope it will fll,' he says"
The men exchanged glanees. 1t was
indeed true. The idiot had cast the
bell of St Johns. Just then the ply
sician came out Perhaps he Will re-
cover his reason by this shock and sick
ness" he says"
do you think so ? Pray heaven he
may !" solemnly CALCULATED the master
and his men; and they turned away
deeply moved.
Two months later the great bell hung
from huge derrick in the lathe room
of the factory, and beneath it stood a
heavy truck upon which it was about to
be lowered. A silence fell upon the
group of workmen as the pale face and
feeble form of "Inventor' appeared,
borne in on small reclining chair. He
had recovered his reason, and was fast
getting back his strength. His large
gray eyes instantly fastened them
selves on the bell, that splendid master
piece. whose making meant SO much to
him. They had told him the whole
story of the casting and the disaster in
the foundry. but it all sounded like a
wild romance to him.
81 remember nothing that happened, "
said he, shaking his head with smile,
, "It's all new to me, all new and strange
so strange = ~ a
Yes SAID the master, devoutly, '.it
was Gods hand.
Every eye turned upon the invalid.
Some of the men felt almost afraid, il
, was so much like resurrection to have
him there among them, the boy they
had known SO long unidentified, now a
young man. keen and intelligent, as il
! changed into another being.
81 should like to strike the bell
| once" two men lifted him up and put
, small hammer in his hand.
3 He struck one gentle blow. A deep
J sweet, mournful tone, solemn as the
: sound Of distant waterfalls, rolled from
| the great bell and echoed through the
foundry. Tears filed the eyes of the
! rough men as they heard it.
"Ah." said the master, there's q
hallelujah in that, and it may well be
t gin here Long may this bell praise
: God ! He saved it in the ruins of th'
: furnace by one wise thought in the ru
] ins of human brain. Our furnace il
!, rebuilt. and behold, this dear boy hal
t his reason again. The bell and the DO!
: shall glOrify God together"
: "Amen," murmured the listeners.
; Then the great bell was lowered, AM
as the truck was rolled away with it
4 melodIOus burden. the boy was lifte'
: and carried after it, and both went ou
' into the sunny day together, the rougl
!. men standing in the dOOrEays wavini
s their hands.
& ''Little Inventor" afterwards vel
d proved his claim to the title 50 light
e given him In his unfortunate boyhood
is His name is now read on many be-
whose matehless richness Of tone hi
a genius and skill in metals alone created
,e Rufus Sargent.
A woman fend in New York, name
Mary Banker, has been arrested, she hal