The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-26

| comes Letween seven and eight. You will find
! me in this room; and will myself initiate you
| IN your work Go away 60 away i have
! letters TO write / won't hear word more"
! Dismissed with this generous abruptness, and
satisfied with the favorable impression he had
! LETT on the old mans mind OOenrezer was at
! leisure TO revert to the mental note he had made
! that Maitre Voigt once had a clieut whose name
! was Vendae.
! 'I ought 10 know England well enough by
! this time;' so bis medtations ran, as he sat on
a bench in the yard; land il is not name
ever encountered there, excepp-he looked in.
voluntarily over his shoulder-"as his name. Is
the world 80 small that cannot get away from
him, even now when he is Gead He confessed
at the last that he had betrayed the trust of the
dead, and misnherited q fortune. Aud was to
see 70 it. And was to stand off, that my face
might remind him OF it. Why Dly lace, unless
n concerned nleY / am sure OF his words, for
they have been in my ears ever since. Can
there be anything bearing on them, IN the keep
ing of this old idiotY Anything to repair my
fortunes and blacken his memory? He dwelt
upon my earliest remelnbrances. that night at
Basle. Why, unless he had purpose in s?p
Maitre YoIgt's two largest be-goats were but
ting at him to butt him out of the place, as IL
for that dsrespectiu mention OF their MASTER.
So he got up and left the place. But he walked
alone for a long time ON the border OF the lake,
with his head dropped ia deep thought.
Between seven aud eight next morning he
presented himself gain at the office. He found
the notary ready Tor him, at work on some
papers which had come in on the previous
evening. In few clear words, Maitre Voigt
explained the routine of the Office, and the
duties 0benreizer would be expected to per-
form. 1t still wanted FIVE minutes to eight
when the preliminary instructions were de.
clarcd to be complete
II will show you over the house and the
olliceS.n said Matre Vogt, "but m ust put away
these papers first. They come from the munlci.
pal authorities, and they must be taken special
care Of"
Obentezer saw his chance here of finding out
the repository III which his employers private
papers were kept.
Cant save you the trouble, sir" he asked.
Cant put those documents away under your
Maitre voigt laughed softly to himscIr.
closed the portfolio in which the ,ars bai
been sent to hlm handed it 70 70 ubenFeIper pr' i'"u
of importsS iTSgtSS ~" 49,. ne said: "All my papers
&c pointed TO a heavy oaken door, tbickly
studded with nails, at the lower end of the
room. Approaching the door with the port
folio, Obenreizer discovered to his astonish-
ment that there were no means whatever of
opening it from the outside. There was no
handle, no lock, no key, aud (climax OF passive
obstruction y no keyhole.
'There is second door TO this room ~ said
! 0benreizer. appealing TO the notary.
NO" said Mlitre Yogt. Guess again."
There is a window Z"
| bricked up. The only way in is the way by that
! door. Do you give il up? cried Matt Voigs,
! in high triumph. Listen, my good fellow, and
| tell me If you hear nothing insideY
ObenrciZer listened Tor a moment, and started
back from the door.
II know!" he exclaimed. "I heard of this
| when / was apprenticed here at the watch
makers. Perrin Brothers have finished their
famous clock-lock at last-and you have
got it."
more of what the good people of this town call
Daddy Voigt's folhes.' With all my heart! Let
keys No burglar can pick my lock. No power
on earth, short OF a battering -Trm or barrel of
gunpoWder, can move that door, till my little
sentinel inside-my worthy friend who goes
Tick, Tick as | tell him-says Open Tne
big door obeys the little Tick, Tick, and the
little Tick, lick, obeys me- That u cried Daddy
Voigt, Swapping his fiji gers, "for all the thieves
MAY see it in action ~ asked Obenreizer.
"Pardon my curiosity, dear sir You know
that was once tolerable worker in the clock
'Certainly you shall see it in action" said
Maitre Voigt What Is the time nov? One
! minute TO eight. Watch, and in one minute you
will see the door open of itself"
In one minute, smoothly aud slowly, as If in
visible hands had set it free, the heavy door,
opened inward, and disclosed dark chamber
| beyond. On three sides, shelves filled the walls,
from floor to ceiling. Arranged on the shelves,
were rows upon rows of boxes made in the
pretty inlaid woodwood OF Switzerland, and
bearing inscribed on their fronts (for the most
part in fancltul Colorcd letters) the names OF
the notary's clients.
Maltre VoIgt lighted taper, and led the way
''You shall see the clock" he said, proudly.
81 possess the greatest curiosity in Europe. 1t is
only privileged few whose eyes can look at IT..
/ give the privilege to your good fathers son; ;
you shall be one of the favored few who enter
the room with me. See here it is on the right
hand wall at the side of the door"
IAN ordinary clock" exclaimed obenreizer.
''NOl Not an ordinary clock Ithas only one
hand"
"Aha!" said Maitre voigt. ''Not an Ordinary
clock, my friend. No, no. That one hand goes
! round the dial. As | put it, so 1T regulates the
hour at which the door shall open. See The
hand points at eight. At eight the door opened,
as you saw for YOURSELF
Does 1t open more tnan once IN the tour'ano
twenty hours ?n asked 0benreizer.
more than once ?n repeated the notary, with
great scorn. "You don't know, my good friend
Tick, Tick He will open the door as often as
| ask him. All he wants is his directions, and
he gets them here Look below the dial. Here
is a half circle of steel let into the wall, and
here is a hand (called the regulatory that
travels round it. just as my hand chooses.
guide me on the half circle of steel. Figure
means, Open once in the four and twenty hours.
Figure IL means, Open twlce; and so on to the
end. | set the regulator every morning, after |
have read my letters, and when | know what
my days woTK 10 TO be. Would you like to see
me set it now? What is to-day? Wednesday,
Gsod This is the day of our rihe-club; there is
little business to do; grant a half holiday. Nc
work here to-day, after O'Clock. Let us first
put away this portfolio OF municipal papers.
There No need TO trouble Tick-rck to open
the door until tomorrow. Good | leave the
dial-Land at 6; | put back the regulator 10 I.'
l close the door; and closed the door remains
past all opening by anybody, till tomorrow
morning at g."
Al.