The bells of Freiburg : . Bank of—y^s, itlooked like Bank of Freibicrg, Heavens ! Could it be t Yes, surely it wasa bank-note! The blood rushed to my head and sang in my I08 THE BELLS OF FREIEURG. ears. I again felt as though the tower werefalHng ; for I knew, I felt convinced, that I haddiscovered the thief for whom my father hadsuffered, and that this piece of paper wasnothing else than the Archbishops lost bank-note ! CHAPTER MASTER SACRISTAN. OW I got down the stairs and backagain into the ringers chamber Ihardly knew. I felt wild to be out, to rush homeand tell Uncle Karl, to procl
The bells of Freiburg : . Bank of—y^s, itlooked like Bank of Freibicrg, Heavens ! Could it be t Yes, surely it wasa bank-note! The blood rushed to my head and sang in my I08 THE BELLS OF FREIEURG. ears. I again felt as though the tower werefalHng ; for I knew, I felt convinced, that I haddiscovered the thief for whom my father hadsuffered, and that this piece of paper wasnothing else than the Archbishops lost bank-note ! CHAPTER MASTER SACRISTAN. OW I got down the stairs and backagain into the ringers chamber Ihardly knew. I felt wild to be out, to rush homeand tell Uncle Karl, to proclaim toeverybody in the streets that fatherwas was dreadful to feel that I was imprisonedin here, and must probably so remain till morn-ing. I shook the door with all my might, butof course it resisted as it had done before. Inmy desperation courage came to me, and Iresolved, happen what might, to ring a bell. I went up to the pulley belonging to UncleKarls big bass, and was just preparing to tryif my strength was sufficient to move the pon-derous monster, when a slight echoing soundstruck on my vv^as that ? no THE BELLS OF FREIBURG. It seemed to come from the organ-loft whichwas below the belfry. I held my breath to listen. It came againwith a sound like some great monster breathingfar away, like those giants I had read of inGrimms fairy tales, whom you can hear thoughyou are miles distant from them. A cold
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