Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading There is much more profanity in America on Sunday than in all in the other six days of the week put together, and it is of a more bitter and malignant character than the week-day profanity, too.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading There is much more profanity in America on Sunday than in all in the other six days of the week put together, and it is of a more bitter and malignant character than the week-day profanity, too.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading There is much more profanity in America on Sunday than in all in the other six days of the week put together, and it is of a more bitter and malignant character than the week-day profanity, too.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading There is much more profanity in America on Sunday than in all in the other six days of the week put together, and it is of a more bitter and malignant character than the week-day profanity, too.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

An action of moving downward, dropping, or falling into a deeper place.

From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading There is much more profanity in America on Sunday than in all in the other six days of the week put together, and it is of a more bitter and malignant character than the week-day profanity, too.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading There is much more profanity in America on Sunday than in all in the other six days of the week put together, and it is of a more bitter and malignant character than the week-day profanity, too.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading There is much more profanity in America on Sunday than in all in the other six days of the week put together, and it is of a more bitter and malignant character than the week-day profanity, too.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading There is much more profanity in America on Sunday than in all in the other six days of the week put together, and it is of a more bitter and malignant character than the week-day profanity, too.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading There is much more profanity in America on Sunday than in all in the other six days of the week put together, and it is of a more bitter and malignant character than the week-day profanity, too.

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From this reading There is much more profanity in America on Sunday than in all in the other six days of the week put together, and it is of a more bitter and malignant character than the week-day profanity, too.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading There is much more profanity in America on Sunday than in all in the other six days of the week put together, and it is of a more bitter and malignant character than the week-day profanity, too.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading There is much more profanity in America on Sunday than in all in the other six days of the week put together, and it is of a more bitter and malignant character than the week-day profanity, too.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading There is much more profanity in America on Sunday than in all in the other six days of the week put together, and it is of a more bitter and malignant character than the week-day profanity, too.

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From this reading There is much more profanity in America on Sunday than in all in the other six days of the week put together, and it is of a more bitter and malignant character than the week-day profanity, too.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading There is much more profanity in America on Sunday than in all in the other six days of the week put together, and it is of a more bitter and malignant character than the week-day profanity, too.

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From this reading There is much more profanity in America on Sunday than in all in the other six days of the week put together, and it is of a more bitter and malignant character than the week-day profanity, too.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it continued to ring I judged that it takes the Swiss sinner a good while to get the invitation through his head.

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From this reading Narrative--Ascent of the Matterhorn--The Summit--The Matterhorn Conquered--The Descent Commenced--A Fearful Disaster--Death of Lord Douglas and Two Others--The Graves of the Two Marriage--Farmers as Heroes--Falling off a Farm--From St Nicholas to Visp--Dangerous Traveling--Children's Play--The Parson's Children--A Landlord's Daughter--A Rare Combination--Ch iIIon--Lost Sympathy--Mont Blanc and its Neighbors--Beauty of Soap Bubbles--A Wild Drive--The King of Drivers--Benefit of getting Drunk [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas.

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From this reading Still, it may have its right and its excuse to exist, for the community is poor and not every citizen can afford a clock, perhaps; but there cannot be any excuse for our church-bells at home, for there is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.

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From this reading Most church-bells in the world are of poor quality, and have a harsh and rasping sound which upsets the temper and produces much sin, but the St. Nicholas bell is a good deal the worst one that has been contrived yet, and is peculiarly maddening in its operation.