Chapter VII: Part 7

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A Book About Bells.

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"The interesting story ends in a satisfactory manner."--_Dundee Advertiser._

Transcriber's Notes:

Passages in italics are indicated by _italics_.

Superscripted characters are indicated by {superscript}.

"St." and "St" are used inconsistently throughout the original text.

The misprint "usua" has been corrected to "usual" (page 224).

Other than the correction listed above, inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been retained from the original.

End of Project Gutenberg's Bygone Church Life in Scotland, by Various

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