Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1930, Page 36

THE EVENING STORY One of World-Famous Works of Literature BY EDGAR ALLAN POE. (Ed Allan Poe, 1809-1849, was an Amer. an Bost and story writer. futhor of “The ven,” “The Gold Bug.” ‘“Murders in the R Rorewe.” “Fall of ‘he House of Usher,” ) Everybody knows, in a general way, |" that the finest place in the world is— or, alas, was—the Dutch borough of Vondervotteimittiss. Yet it lies some distance from the main roads, being in s somewhat out-of-the-way situation. It has always existed as we find it at the time of this story. ‘The site of the village is in & per- fectly circular valley, about & quarter of & mile in circumference, and entirely surrounded by gentle hills, over summit the people have never yet ven- tured to pass. For this they assign the very good reason that they do not be- lieve there d4s anything at ail on other side. Round the skirts of the valley (which is quite level snd paved throughout with flat ‘tiles), ‘extends a continuous row of 60 little houses. These, having their backs on the hills, must look, of course, to the center of the plain, which is 60 yards from the front door of each dwelling. Every house has a small gar- den before it, with a circular path, a sun dial and 24 cabbages. The build- ings themselves are so precisely alike that one can in mo manner be ‘distin- guished from the other. Right at the front door, in a high- backed, leather - bottom chair with crooked and puppy feet, is seated the old man of the house himself. He is an exceedingly puffy little old gentle- man, with big circular eyes and a huge double chin. He 18 dressed in a three- cornered cocked hat, a purple waist- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1930. coat reaching down to the thighs, buek- skin breeches, red woolen -stocl , heavy shoes with big silver buckles, and of mother-of-pearl. He has a pipe in always one of his eyes, at least, reso- lutely bent upon & certain remarkable object in the center of the plain. This object is situated in the steeple of the House of the Town Council. In the ‘steeple is the belfry, where exists, and has existed time out of mind, the matter of gbsoluf ; " pride and wonder of the village—the n';t.rmtyo‘mc w‘:ry.:o?i; r:h_:xllid great clock of the borough of Vonder- | jook well at his watch. It was evident, | teen! Dirteen! votteimittis. And this is the object to |-howe which the eyes of the old gentlemen are turned, who sit in the leather-bot- tomed armchairs. from ‘all quarters. Its faces are lai unded. and white, and its hands heavy :fl e black. There is a belfry man whose duty is the most perfect of for the clock of Vondervotteimittiss was never yet known to have anything the, T matter with it. From the remotest period of antiquity the hours have been regularly struck by the big bell. Never was such a place for keeping the true ‘There has been a long sa; ) A the wisest inhabitants, thlytm'!no 'g:g can come from over the hills,” and it really seemed that the words had in them something of the spirit of proph- ecy. It wanted 5 minutes of noon, on the day before yesterday, when there manner ‘strange Tushed tnto mlfn il out keeping time, which shocked the long surtout coats with large buttons | olq gentlemen terribly—around the cen- lage, danced—with- 0 "The great clock has seven faces—one | to strike nonoty had Had Ay HEe i | siate of rike nol i in each of the seven sides of the (tu‘nd to M‘:mmhllemsh?f:yflwymh;fi Fiad overiooken an Dot har e steeple—so that it can be readily seen |-all to count the ‘strokes of the bell as | missed -an hour, -and was an -hou: : o echoed every Hittle old gentl 3 “Vom,” ‘every little old gentle- sole duty is to attend to it, but this |man in -every leather-buttoned 'arm- | and blitzen! It has “Drei! _Vour! Aight! Noin! Den! others. “Eleven!” :said ‘the “Pwelve!"” said" the bell. 1" said he. the little old ;gentiemen, t: “Der Teufell” groaned teen o'clock. hind time! big one. “Eleben!” assented the little fellows. t hed up into the belf o | tog, and e oo er, rusl up In e Ty, Selze ed, an g voices. his mouth and a watch in his pocket. | the belfryman and gave him a terrible He sits with his right leg upon his left | peating with a fiddle the stranger knee, wears a grave countenance and | prought under his arm. But “Und dwelf it iss!”. said 'all the little old gentlemen, putting up their watches. - u”th. bell ‘had not ‘dome ‘with There 4s no knowing to what desper- | them yet. ‘ate ‘act of vengeance this e “Der ‘Teufel! (the Devil),” ;gasped urning pale . | dropping their pipes, and putting down | all their right legs from over thetr left they. . “Dir- Mein Gott, it iss Dir- ‘Why attempt to describe the terrible scene which ensued? ‘All Vondervottei- mittiss flew at once into-a lamentable had overlooked an hour, that he had ™Vot is cum'd to mein pipe?” :swore all the little old gentlemen. “Donder been :smoked ‘out TO BLAST VICTIMS’ KIN lard 0il Will Compensate Families of 13 Killed and 50 Injured. “By the Assoolated"Press. ELIZABETH, N. J, February 27— o ‘The ‘Standard 01l Co. .of . New Jersey in a body to , and restore the ancient of things in Vondervotteimittiss ejecting that little fellow from steeple. 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