In front of the Church a rough block of granite, erected to the memory of John Jacob Mickley, contained the following inscription: "In commemoration of the saving of the Liberty Bell from the British in 1777.

Under cover of darkness and with his farm team, he, John Mickley, hauled the Liberty Bell from Independence Hall, Philadelphia, through the British lines, to Bethlehem, where the wagon broke down.

The Bell was transferred to another wagon, brought to Allentown, placed beneath the floor of the _Second_ Church building of Zion's Reformed Church, where it remained secreted nearly a year.

This _tablet_ was placed by the order of the Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, June 2nd, 1907, under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Daughters of the Revolution." This was all very interesting to a girl who had been born and reared in Philadelphia; one who in earliest childhood had been taught to love and venerate the "old Bell." Ralph was quite as interested in reading about the old Bell as was Mary, and said; "Did you know that the City of Philadelphia purchased the State House property, which included the Bell, in 1818, in consideration of the sum of seventy thousand dollars?
No building is ever to be erected on the ground inside the wall on the south side of the State House, but it is to remain a public green and walk forever ?" [Illustration] "No," replied Mary, "I did not know that.

I don't think we will see anything of greater interest than this at the Fair." "I understand," said Ralph, "this is the third church building built on this site, where the original church stood in which the Bell was secreted." Mary, possessing a fair share of the curiosity usually attributed to the "female of the species," on noticing the church door standing ajar, asked Ralph to step inside with her, thinking to find the caretaker within; but no one was visible.