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On Saturday, at ten o'clock in the morning, the old bell-ringer suddenly starts a merry peal from the cathedral tower the bells of La Merced, San Agustin, Santa Clara, and Santa Cataline follow; the town awakens to gayety as from a lethargic sleep.
"Where is the fire, Simes?" the bell-ringer was asked as the engine rattled toward the church-door. "Miss Persnips!" Simes meant not the place of the fire, but the source of the information. "Miss Persnips's house is afire!" shouted the engine-men. It was enough.
Mariano, the bell-ringer, was one of these. He did not wish to live in a foreign land; besides, during his absence his father had died, and it was extremely probable that he might succeed to the charge of the Cathedral tower if he laid due stress on the merits of his family, his three years' campaigning for the sake of religion, and a wound he had received in his leg; he would really be able to compare himself with the martyrs for Christianity.
For them there was no other truth but Gabriel's words; the bell-ringer, although the roughest and most silent among them, was the most advanced in his conversion. His admiration for Gabriel which dated from their childhood, his dog-like fidelity, carried him on with leaps and bounds, making him accept at once even the most distant ideals. "I am whatever you are, Gabriel," he said firmly.
In Switzerland, I believe, a bell-ringer has for years been collecting material for a heraldic memorial. I should think," he continued, laughing, "that his avocation would interfere with his vocation." "And do you think," said Gévingey bitterly, "that the profession of astrologer is less decried, less neglected?" "How do you like our cider?" asked the bell-ringer's wife.
The bell-ringer, being most intimate with the master, ventured to put the question about which they were all thinking. "What were the heavens, and what was there beyond the blue?" The square was now deserted and in darkness, there was no light but the gentle shimmering of the stars scattered in space like golden dust.
Alexander McGee was standing in the doorway, his hand resting lightly on the jamb. A sudden color suffused Wayne's cheek; his hand reached for his book, which he drew towards him hurriedly, yet half automatically, as he might have grasped some defensive weapon. The Bell-ringer of Angel's noticed the act, but not the blush, and nodded approvingly. "Don't let me disturb ye.
The Havana Casino. Public Statues. Beauties of the Governor's Garden. The Alameda. The Old Bell-Ringer. Military Mass. On no other occasion is the difference between the manners of a Protestant and Catholic community so strongly marked as on the Sabbath.
Such was the newly chosen Lord of Misrule a giant broken to pieces and badly mended. He was recognised by the crowd in the streets, and shouts went up. "It is Quasimodo, the bell-ringer! Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame!" A pasteboard tiara and imitation robes were placed on him, and Quasimodo submitted with a sort of proud docility.
No human being met them in the street except a boy, who rung a hand-bell. "That calls to church," said Wilhelm. "Because there are no bells in the tower, they have here such a wandering bell-ringer as this. Holla! there lies the inn!"
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