Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 159
d to sink it in the deepocean. They therefore dragged the bell down totheir big boat, rowed far out on the ocean, andthrew the bell overboard. After it had disappeared,the good Molbos began to reflect, and said to eachother : The bell is now truly safe from the enemy,but how are we to find it again… … then a third, and so on. As soon as each man feltthe stroke, he became aware of which were hislegs, and moved them quickly out from the heap. THE CHURCH BELL. The Molbos were once greatly scared by a reportthat the enemy intended to invade their country,and they determined to save what they could…
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