The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-09-01
Alderman Boys sAdventure.

''kaarar, thea listle rogue, how Of.
ten shall ] tell thee not TO NEEDLE With
that clock i''
II was only watching the wheels 20
round, father" said q sturdy little fsl-
low in . seiled leatLsrn jacket, start.
ing up with half misebieveus look in
his blue eyes.
"And What has thou 70 do with the
wheels, sh ! Suppose this clock Is
stepped or put wrsng sOHe day by one
Of thy tricks, what shall I, Hans
Schellsr. custodian Of g.. Martins
Church, say to the town council I
Dost thou know what birch pOrridgs is,
thou rogue Beware, or I'll give
thee Aueh taste oi it as shall make
thee so round faster than the whesls. "
Poor Hans vas indeed kept in con-
slant terror by HE inqniring sons IN
controllable habit Of going wherever be
ought not. The old church Of ST.
Martin was a famous I,lay- ground for
any boy. With its shsdowy aislss, and
countless pillars, and tall towers, aud
deep inches, and half-ruined battle
ments and the worthy custodian,
when he awoks from his after.dinner
nap in his little room at the foot Of the
great clock tower, never knew whsther
be should find his hopeful boy hiding
behind ths alsar-screen, trying TO Llos
the organ bellows, playing bislv-and
seek apong the pipnscles Of thy rooi
or sitting Asirids of . carved spout ias
feet above the pavement.
All this, however, might have beeI
forgiven for the old custodian VA
really as fond Of bis .'little rouge" a
the boy, with sll hia wildasss, vas q
him. Buf the ope thing that Ham
could not pardsn vas the danger causes
By his sons restless inqnisilivsnssa h
his beloved church clock. i was hi
pride and glory To be abls 10 tell ever,
one that during the whole forty year
that be had teen In charge Of the "Si
Martins Klchs' the clock had neye
stepped or gone wreng /; and nothin
would convince him that it Was not b
TER the Gnest eloek in the whole world
.Don't tell me Of the big clock G
strasbarg Cathedral be would ",
With an obstinate shade Of his era
bead. aoould IL go forty years on en'
think you. without the slightest devil
.. tion ! No, that it soulPt, nor an
other clock on the face of the earth e,
: cept this one"
Mindtal of KaspaY,s insaiFing Iur
of laind, Els father, basiag to do son
{ marketing in ,hs town the day aft
our hero's stolen visit to the cloc
looked the door Of the tower and toe
the key along With him,
mo harm can happen now"
muttered ; "and, in any case, I shs
, be back before be gets out ofschool."
But, As i'll luck would have it, Il
trapheg H4s called away hy come bus
ness that afternson, snd the boys g
!; out Of school more than an hour earli
/ than usual. Kaspsr, aadips bis faith
I gene, went straieht to the door OF Il
i clock tower, aud looked rather blank {
j discovering that it was locked But
u WAS not one to bs easily stepped wh,
|, be had once made up his mind. Gs
Q ting eas upon TIE root, and crawli'
along sornipe whore only cat or
!: scheolpoy could have found fos'ing,
Z ereps through 81 air-bele right into {
elock.rcsm.
4 For some time be was a. happy az
child in toy shop, running from 0
!. marvel to smother, until at length
is diseovord another hole, and, thrusti
u his bead through It found himsslflos