Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 124
tion. And never did the lovely temple-bell in Shira-kawa ring out so sadly and deliciously as one nightwhen a great fire laid waste a portion of the city.Thirty or forty houses made a fine blaze for two orthree hours, and we watched it from the castle wallwith pity and interest. The crackling of… … QUIET ENJOYMENT. The bells of Japan are among its loveliest pos-sessions. One of the sweetest of them rang outmany times every day into the waiting air, in thisfar-away little city. Its tone was intensely thrill-ing and pathetic. The bells are not sounded bya clapper within, but are struck from the…
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