The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-12-10
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bell went on from to and from
to and regularly up to L.. then stop
ped Twelve. 1t was past 2 when BE-
went to bed The clock was wrong
An icicle must have got into the works
Twelve!
He touched the spring Of his repeater
to correct this most preposterous clock
Its rapid little pulse beat IL and
stopped.
why. 1t isn't possible" said scrooge.
that ! can have slept through whole
day and far into another night (,
isn't possible that anything has hap
pened to the sun and this Is IL at
noonv
The idea being an alarming one hr
scrambled out of bed and CROPPED his
way to the window. He was obliged
to rub the frost OF with the sleeve Of
his dressing gown before he could see
anything. and he could see very little
then. All he could make out was tina,
1t was still very foggy and extremely
cold and that there was no noise Of
people running to and fro and making
a great stir. as there unqueStionably
would have been If night had beaten
of bright day and taken possession Of
the world
Scrooge went TO bed again and
thought and thought and thought II
over and over and over and could
make nothing Of it, Was 1t a drea u
or no::'
Scrooye lay In this state unit, the
chimes had gone three-quarters more.
when he remembered on n sudden that
the ghost had warned him Of a visi-
tation when the bell tolled l He
resolved TO lie awake until the hour
was past.
The quarter was so long that he was
have sunk into q doze unconsciously
and missed the clock At length il
broke upon his listening ear.
"Dingdong!"
"A quarter past" said Scrooge
counting.
! "Dingdong,'
Half past" said Scrooge,
"Dingdong!'
"A quarter to it." said Scrooge.
"Dingdong!'
1.-The hour ITSELF" said Scrooge tri
umphantly. land nothing else'
He spoke before the hour bell sound
ed, which 1t now did with a deep. dull
hollow, melancholy ONE! Light f1ashc'
up in the room upon the instant. an'
the curtains of his bed were dra WI
and Scrooge, starting up into hal
recumbent attitude. found himself fac
to face with the unearthly visitor VIII
drew them.
It was a strange figure. like child
yet not so like a child as like an oil
man viewed through some superna1
ural medium. which gave him the ar
pearance of having receded from tn
view and being diminished to q child
proportions Its hair. which hung ahou
its neck and down it's back. was whit
as If with age, and yet the face Ia
not a wrinkle In 1t. and the tenderes
bloom was on the skin The arms wer
very long and muscular. the hands tn
same as If it's hold were Of uncommo
strength. It's legs and feet. most del
] cately formed. were. like those uppe
members, bare. 1t wore tunic
the purest white. and round its wal:
was bound q lustrous belt. the shee
of which was beautiful. 1t held
branch Of fresh green holly in its han
and in singular contradiction OF th'
wintry emblem had its dress trimme
With summer flowers But the stra
eest thing about 1t was that from II
crown Of it's head there sprang
bright. clear jet of light by which q
this was visible and which was doub
less the occasion Of its using in !
duller moments great exttnguish