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He found the bishop in his study, which was nearly choked up by Euschemon's bell. The prelate received him with the greatest affability, and expressed a sincere hope that the very particular arrangements he had enjoined for the comfort of his distinguished prisoner had been faithfully carried out by his subordinates.
"It is up with you, my friend," shouted the bishop, bringing his crook down smartly on Euschemon's shoulders. "Deuce!" said the devil, and vanished into his bell. When poor Euschemon had been bound and gagged, which did not take very long, the bishop briefly addressed the assembly. He said that the accounts of the bell which had reached his ears had already excited his apprehensions.
Euschemon's bell was ringing by itself. In a trice priests and laymen swarmed to the belfry, and indignantly demanded of the sacristan what he meant. "To enlighten you," he responded. "To teach you to give honour where honour is due. To unmask those canonised impostors."
"Art thou not a sorcerer?" demanded the voice. "No," replied Euschemon, "I am a saint." The warlock received Euschemon's statement with much incredulity, but becoming eventually convinced of its truth "I congratulate thee," he said. "The devil has manifestly taken a fancy to thee, and he never forgets his own. It is true that the bishop is a great favourite with him also.
The argument seemed conclusive to the majority, but those of the clergy who ministered at the altars of Eulogius and Eucherius stoutly resisted, maintaining that no just decision could be arrived at until Euschemon's bell was subjected to the same treatment as the others.
One thing is certain: thou wilt not find Euschemon's name in the calendar, courteous reader. The mulct to be imposed upon the parish of Epinal was never exacted. The bell, ruptured beyond repair by the demon's violent exit, was taken back and deposited in the museum of the town.
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