The Project Gutenberg EBook of Belles and Ringers, by Hawley SmartThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.orgTitle: Belles and RingersAuthor: Hawley SmartRelease Date: February 6, 2007 [EBook #20529]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BELLES AND RINGERS ***Produced by Al HainesBELLES AND RINGERSBYHAWLEY SMART,AUTHOR OF"BOUND TO WIN;" "FALSE CARDS;" "TWO KISSES;" "COURTSHIP," ETC.NEW EDITION.LEVER BROTHERS, LTD.,PORT SUNLIGHT, NEAR BIRKENHEAD.CONTENTS.CHAPTER I.TODBOROUGH GRANGECHAPTER II.THE CONSPIRATORS TRIUMPHCHAPTER III.THE COMMONSTONE BALLCHAPTER IV.THE ROCKCLIFFE GAMESCHAPTER V.AN EXCURSION TO TROTBURYCHAPTER VI.A SHORT CUT HOMECHAPTER VII."THE PLAY'S THE THING!"CHAPTER VIII.MRS. WRIOTHESLEYCHAPTER IX.SATURDAY AT HURLINGHAMCHAPTER X.MRS. WRIOTHESLEY'S LITTLE DINNERCHAPTER XI.THE RINGING OF THE BELLESBELLES AND RINGERS.CHAPTER I.TODBOROUGH GRANGE.Todborough Grange, the seat of Cedric Bloxam, Justice of the Peace, and whilom High Sheriff for East Fernshire, lieslow. The original Bloxam, like the majority of our ancestors, had apparently a great dislike to an exposed situation; andeither a supreme contempt for the science of sanitation, or a confused idea that water could be induced to run uphill, ...