The Miracle of the Bells Page #9

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present balance $300 I shall telephone

your bank again at noon if the money is

not in your account the bail of my

church will stop ringing and I shall

inform my fellow pastors of your swindle

and they will also stop their barrels

good day I'm notifying the town

constable just what's going on you had

your chance to stay out of jail but but

you were too smart

please mr. Olaf

you know bill st. Leo's is a very fine

church and she'd have a wonderful sermon

run up and st. Michael's oh no father

forget it lady you say father

how much is the bus spread or Nanticoke

hey it's ten cents no dollar otter cover

at that but I don't understand bill look

father don't make it difficult with you

I'm putting the bite on you for a dollar.

Oh course thank you will that be enough

not quite I need another 4999 but I may

be able to pick it up Nanticoke see you

later

are you sure there's no night letter

lying around will spare no I've asked

him five times already

oh that's impossible he's got the answer

try them again will you oh nothing

people don't break their necks give them

ten thousand dollars away that clock up

there right ah yep oh here comes

something will be Oh

yep yep paint for Paris hey wait wait I

can't read that please is he sending the

money I can't make that what does that

cold or something hey read it William.

Dunnigan coal town Pennsylvania have

sent five thousand dollars to bank and.

Nanticoke as requested catch it down

didn't he

well that's all I don't expect it that

they always do yeah oh I was rest huh as

settlement in full of your unexpired

contact with me never mind about saving

the picture my decision not to release

it until remade with another star still

stands Marcus Harris.

Thanks oh the bank is just a block down

yeah I know where it is thanks for much.

Paris came through a yeah there's a

quiet he's not sold yet we need

something big I've got to get him

boiling over if we could only get some

new angle to hand the papers

we're hitting him with a human interest

story only bells ringing unless we get

something big to go with them they're

worth a box on page three tomorrow no

more we've got to cook up some new

coast-to-coast headlines well boys you

can calm down party's over

listen while you can mighty pretty

aren't they

but they won't be ringing for long now

what's up the company mr. Watson's filed

a protest right now he's on his way to

father spin skis to stop st. Leo's bail

no he can't do that

say Michael you got to stop this guy

Watson st. Michael can't do anything

bill the company's too big mr. Watson's

too important well there must be

somebody more important the governor

maybe or it's always the Prez the United.

States that's it

father Paul do you know the governor of

this state I know I'll make his name

that's all I don't know the governor.

Dunnigan but his secretary Fred frisbee

is my wife's cousin well the poor can I

use the phone

certainly I don't worry I'll pay the

charges and that worry merely be willed

it hello Harry this bill done together

look this is an emergency howdy will you

see if you can get me right through I

want to talk to Fred frisbee in the

governor's mansion and what's the

capital the State Harrisburg and.

Harrisburg yes I'll hold on

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Day of mourning for Olga triskin on.

Pennsylvania Governor issues.

Proclamation all denominations to

observe stars funeral I've never seen a

campaign like this Norma born days it'll

all be over Friday after the payroll I

know I understand how much did he wire

for another five thousand we can't

release Joan for months by that time

this publicity of these dead is okay

people don't remember funerals no it's

grown bigger every day but it can't go

on Marcus I told you yesterday it's just

a flash in the pan it helps us in no way

actually hello is mr. Harris speaking

oh hello Danny yes what well that's

wonderful I'm sincerely delighted to

hear that right well gentlemen that

settles it miss Genevieve Jaynes is

available I was beginning to hope we

could go ahead has done again wanted but

you're right will remake Joan with a

great actress in the park it'll be a

better picture I'm sure more legitimate

sales campaign miss mother House will

take a wire to William Dunnigan.

Nanticoke Pennsylvania there's Marty

pretty writing Danny how you look at the

seven column head Detroit yeah Paris

doesn't soften up after all this more

telling me.

I've done a wonderful job boys

good morning fine picture article for

the sunny magazine it must be almost

3:
00 why don't you fellows to knock off

good idea

I think I'll toddle off bed sounds good

to me

hey wait a minute

it's a matter bill bad news no someone

wants to hire me they think I'm pretty

good well good night

see you tomorrow yeah thanks for a swell

fight boys.

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Well baby we didn't do so good you won't

ever act for anybody but me I'll hear

you

nobody else

you can quit shining baby that's no dice

I let you down.

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Okay

turn

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It's a miracle

looking at all

father oh I saw it father Paul I was in

the back of the church when it happened

I saw the statues turn yes I know I know

I started this thing I started the bells

ringing as a gag to get them to release

all his picture I was pulling every

trick I know but I didn't do that

upstairs so help me I had nothing to do

with it

I know the statues turned by themselves

and looked at Olga yes I've been

investigating it here investigating what

the statues turning look you can see see

what the ground is broken bill at the

base of this pillar and all the way

across over to the base of the other

these two pillars support the statues

are you trying to knock out the miracle

there wasn't any miracle bill you see

there are a lot of old mine shafts under

here the earth isn't too solid the

movement of the two pillars made the

statues turn that's it huh yes first I

was worried about the floor above but it

was just a slight sinking of the earth

so all right I had to make sure a bill

it wasn't a miracle the pressure did it

what pressure of the people above who

came to look at the coffin our flooring

is unused to such crowds what are you

going to do a father I'm going up to

tell him the truth

you know the truth yes wait a minute

father

you're not going to tell him about those

mine shafts I must tell the truth bill

the church doesn't accept miracles

without investigating them carefully

it's my duty to tell them it's your duty

to take the light out of their faces as

his father I saw them when it happened I

saw those poor bitter faces shining as

if someone had turned a light on inside

them and I heard them giving thanks to

somebody who had turned the statues

now you're going upstairs and ask them

to thank a couple of basement pillars

and a piece of broken ground look father

Paul maybe I want a miracle because I'm

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