The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-06

"a ~ I s,,,d Gaocs axnher.s
j !, T,nt,,a Was an iiisistra tsor aot ING ass.
Nat man IL Ysrtly responsible sor nls.saWap
nnfiuet and partly mol ana tnas lug a.si
Iries between responsib and pouo,
Slity are vague, variable, on my bses
Every sstnraas night be gos drnnk, = ,tat
,or,e aud whipped bis wife, cn5 ssa and |
wore. broke something, ana PAD 70 Ie qDeit.i
IA nv the police, who took him 70 the seaie. |
,oose, Next morning he Wes sober and re- [
,entans, and was let out. he WORLD then
% 10 church, and after the merntr,y service.
he psstor would REQUEST the e'a1ers of the
.h,,rch to remain awhile. Ever body always
new what that meant. With many tears,
Nr. futile would express his deep penitence,
ma profess 3 determination to lead new
lie. The pastors and elders would forgive
,rdsy. He would te,cL In the afternoon Sab
bath school, take his part in the prayer.
Meeting, aud be To- all outward appearance .
most exemplary Christian. Bnt Saturday
he would fall again. So 1t went on, year af-
ter wear. The officers Of the church were
sorely perpleXed. There never was man
more regular in his habits, never man who
exhibited signs of deeper, more hearttet
nensteace. or promised more faithfully TO
amend. a distinguished physician, oa Setng
oonsu,ted, gave it as bis opinion that the un-
fortunate man had become prey to adasease
which attacked him periodically, eauGpg lot
The time an irresistible thirst Tor liquor,
which. being taken, placed the yictftn beyond
moral responsibility. .,.x,..
One FRIDAY evening Mr. Tuttie was sitting
alone eppossse his workbench. He had laio
down bis teofs and was gazing musingly into
the street, observing the hurTyipg passers-oy
and listeuseg to tie tramp Of feeten the pave
ment. BE satttras while the dusk gathered
and iust 80 the fret strees'lamp was oeine
NJ he heard footsteps on the stsirs, AID tnea
the opening of che door, and then walking on
the seer. and at the same time the reom was
illunsioa,ed by the glare OF the most brlilisnt
iigh. he had ever seen, hartayeexcepting SUI
light. A stranger, past middle age, tn DIS
sfIi,s.s}eeYcs, with spectacles on his nose, ad-
vsrced to the workbench, and setting down
| hisilanterp began to handle Tunle's toois
with q dexterity that proved him to be an
s.expert. ;Ee gathered together sore w-driSer,
| the oil. and pair of pliers. Then turning
TO futile, who felt Incapable of speech or
\ motion the stranger seemed to use the screw.
driver about Tuttie's besd, appearing really
l 70, be taking screws ont Of the middle OF his
forehead, bis temples, and the sides and back
of his head. These screws be laid on the Ia
| BILE, and, turning to futile, lifted of the up
DER hslf of the old clock.makef's skull and set
1 it down on the workbench. Then Adjusting
1 an eye-glass to one eye, be took up the oil
/ and pair Of pliers, poked little about the
1 brain, shook bis head, laid down the Instru'
Il ments, and started out, leaving bis lantern.
j Mr. futile called bin to please come back
4 and put bis skull on again, and though be
] shouted over and over again with all bis
i might, the measured tread OF The footsteps
4 passed out, and down stairs, and died away
ION the sidewalk.
/ Tn his distress Mr.. futile cast bis eyes ur>
4 ward, and at once saw what arrested and
diverted bic attention. In q case were three
| clocks running. They were made of pre-
lcious metals and precious stones, and gilt.
/ tered and flashed 10 the light OF the wonder.
/ full lamp in such way as to dszzle and
/ bewilder hin. Looking under the case, be
! was startled TO perceive pair of human eyes
leszing straight into bis own. He found
there was face and part Of q body, and the
features seemed very familiar. BE soon dis
covered that If he bad met twin brother
Itbe resemblance to himselfcould not possibly
4 have been more exact. INDEED, after little
further observation he found that he was
Hooking into mirror which re flected another
mirror behind him, and that he WAS actually
Istariug into bis own brains, which Turned
1out to be beautiful system Of clock.work,
and therein were quite different from What
he bad expected. But then be had never
before been favored with an opportunity Of
|seeipg the inside of bis own skull. ~
Whether something or somebody spoke to
thim, or how 1t got into bis mind, he could
not tell, but be was able quite clearly to un-
lderstand that one OF these clocks governed
all the physical movements. He saw that 1t
was set to run twelve hours, then 1t would
run dowp, all the voluntary motions would
cease, and the machine would sleep. A
Itouch on the shoulder would start q curious
spiral movement In the brain, handspring
would be drawn taut, it would pull upon
all the physical faculties, and the man would
be wound up again aud set running Tor an
other twelve hours. IL was very strange
that after all his damaging remarks about old
clocks Mr. Tnttle should fad that he was no
Thing but an old clock himself.
His intellectual faculties were also regu.
lated by cock.work, but arranged for per-
pes1al motion.
His moral faculties, too, were regulated
BY clock work. But be was able to perceive
that while most peoples moral faculties are
made to run eight days, so that when wound
lup on Sunday by sermon or other religious
exercises they would run till next Sunday
without any abatement Of vigor, bis, by
some mis6t, were only arranged to run for six
days and a half. so that on Saturday afer
noon the handspring would let 60 with a
bang, all the works would run down In y
minute, and there he was without any moral
machinery any more than COW. He saw
also that the handspring had the appearance
Of having been filed nearly in two 10 many
places, numbers Of the cogwhee.s had
lost one or more teeth, and In numerous
places there was so much dirt and sticky
oil, the works could. hardly move. Now,
indeed, bis conscience smote him. He recol-
ected that he had nearly filed many main.
springs Ia two that they might run fe "
weeks and then break, and be brought back
to him for repairs, when he would charge
double price for the spring and double price
for bis work, which prices were always paid
cheerfulIy because tie extra amount seemed
a sort of guarantee thar the work was well
done. He also frequently fled tooth nearly
Oh, so that 1t would break and new wheel
would have to be put in. Sometimes be
would use sticky oil that would collect dirt,
and that would bring him a joe of clean
inp. and ncnasionalIV he pynuid SAP RI h,s