The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-06-29
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very few minutes, and asked, In amaze.
mcut. what was the matter. The new
fire engine was taken out with q rush
aud clamor. Hut where WAS the fire?
People ran wildly about aud nobody
semed Ia know, The most mystiGcd
man was old sandy McNic. who ran out
Of the house in maze ~ bcwildermcnt.
aud declared that the bell was be.
witchcd. How else could II ring with
out tongue? And how could any hu.
man being get into the church when the
door was securely locked, and no win.
| dow broken, as anybody could see?
And still the bell rang wildly and
GENEROUSLY, as such Snbcr-minded
old church belt WINS never known 10 ring
before. The spirit Of half "A dozen
FUurths Of July seem tn possess Il.
People on the outskirts of the town
began to think that the sclcctmen had
repeated Of not erlehTating the Fourth,
aud were making umcnds by celsbfat-
ing the sth, and they came hurriedly
driving into the village To- see what
was ihe matter.
Al length some hody more courageous
than Sandy McNic insisted upon going
into the church to Investigate, and
Sandy went TO get the key. The dis
coyrry that Il was gone put new
face upon the matter. and sandy's sus.
picions reverted TO the boys whose
plans he had overheard and he yolun-
tccred To break open a window and
| lead the search.
Rosy Mevi@ at that time was pulling
the bcdcloihes over her head and won.
dering what would become Of her. and
resolving never again 90 tuaeh key
or anything else that she had no right
TO, for all the candy in the world.
Candy wns good, but. oh. how bad wns
the terror she was suffering now! And
liozy Is not likely 90 forget her resolve,
| although she was never found asit. Tho
boys agreed that they would 4"ne,cr be
so mean rs to tell on girl. HnywGy."
and they uere always supposed 20 have
stolen the hey from Sandy Movies
closet themselves.
When they heard the footsteps OF
their rcEruvra lhe boys ceased 10 ring
the icll. II waS easy enough to open
the trapioaasfrprn brnesth. While the
'sbyE were Wondering anxiouzly wheih.
en- u ever could he epcncd. Sandy Me-
Nic'A head popped up out Of II like
/ Jackin-the.hox. Isob's father came
next, and Rob who meant to fight In.
dianS--threw his arms around his neck
and-cricd. Rob's father had suffered
some anxiety about him, hut thought
he had stayed at lIorrowsyilic with
| True.
Everybody agreed that the boys had
been sufficiently punished by their I'm.
prisonmcnt and the loas OF their Fourth
Of july. fun. Even Sandy Movie said
"he gteNsed they wouldn't he apt 20
do II again. But he may have been
somewhat softsned by The compliments
which True paid him on isis skill In
hiding the bell tongue,
The boys didn't eve TO say much
about their nsisknkurr.s They felt nv II
the trick ihfy had trfed TO play had
been turned upon themselves. When
Trne's BorrowsviIla rousina asked him
what kind of Fourth he had had, he
| replied, carclessly;
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of Cheffyhefss reief'safionf. be5leye6. I
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