e people
watched the bright, rushing metal, and, later, the removal of the mould.

And behold! the bell was flawless, perfect in shape and form, and
beautiful to look upon!

Wolf, having achieved the summit of his ambition, cared little for the
means by which he had ascended. From among a host of competitors he was
chosen as the most successful. His bell was to hang in the belfry
of Cologne Cathedral, for the envy of other bell-founders and the
admiration of future generations.

The bell was borne in triumph through the streets and fixed high in the
tower. Wolf requested that he might be the first to try its tone, and
his request was granted. He ascended into the tower and took the rope in
his hands; the mighty bell swung forth, but ah! what a sound was that!
The people pressed their hands over their ears and shuddered; those in
the streets hurried to their homes; all were filled with deadly fear as
the diabolical bell flung its awful tones over the startled city. This,
then, was the result of Wolf's invocation of the Devil.

Wolf himself, high in the cathedral tower, was overcome with the brazen
horror of the sound, and, driven mad with remorse and terror, flung
himself from the tower and fell, a crushed and shapeless mass, on the
ground below.

Henceforth the bell was used only to convey warning in times of danger,
to carry a message of terror far and wide across the city, and to remind
the wicked at all times of the danger of trafficking with the Evil One.

The Archbishop's Lion

In 957 Cologne was constituted an imperial free city, having as its
nominal prince the archbishop of the see, but possessing the right to
govern its own affairs. The good bishop of that time acquiesced in the
arrangement, but his successors were not content to be princes in name
only, and strove hard to obtain a real influence over the citizens.
Being for the most part men of unscrupulous disposition, they did not
hesitate to rouse commonalty and aristocracy against each other, hoping
to step in and reap the benefits of such internecine warfare as might
ensue. And, indeed, the continual strife was not conducive to the
prosperity of the burghers, but rather tended to sap their independence,
and one by one their civil liberties were surrendered. Thus the scheming
archbishops increased their power and influence in the city of Cologne.
There came a time, however, in the civic history when the limit was
overstepped. In the thirteenth cent