The daily gazette., 1882-02-02
THO OLD DUTCH CLOCK.
By BEN c. TRuEMAN.

Anesa utterances came eleefully fror
lara, The lovely and aecomDlIsbe
daughter OF Real Jollycuss, ESQ, An
were addressed TO her unambItioua v,
congenial and willing pateInsI parent
AA-Ia was tall, graceful and mlschJe,
Sus, ana aS fresh and beautiful A. In
nowers she hal lnst brought from m
conservatory. VII
rohe appeared TO great adVaptaoe In
chez deuure of Worth, an Inco,nnsrah y,
evening oress Of satin Surah ana NOR
antique brocade, in delicate shade O
ROSE color, made with a deep aud mar
10" square train, aud q pointed waist q
the orocade, with the tablier coyere,
WIN plating, folded drapery and panIer
:" tne cufah, profnsely trimmed with
qulillDgs Vi rich Oriental lace. and ,
nAnu OF exquisitely beautiful pearl mas.
sHmenterie bordering the waist. TAT,
nad iuxuriant hair, which. with the adj.
uitloh OF her false fronts, set off no,
naqosome head TO perfection. MO-,
iaoles now wear false front pieces. which
are made to look perfectly natural IN
very Light tulle, with q transparent
part. They are most Convenient. ~
they preserve lady's own hair. which
y ny urss 70 crlmp, and are arranged on
Tue mead In very short time, aud re-
maln 10 cfimp much longer than the
natural barr.
Joilycuss went to California In 1870
As poor a q sanctuary rodent; but he
was an Ohio man and his good luck
never deserted him. Besides, he inyest-
90 large amount OF money at one time
Ia Stocks, aud accumulated therafrom
many hundreds Of thousands of dollars
which Was quite q surprise, BY the wav'
ooth " himself and to his broker, Ha
thah Grew out, and soon sfler erected A
handsome home upon California street,
san FRANCISCO, aud 1t Is inthe library al
hls p'etentious mansion that the reader
now fluids M. Jollycuss in felicitons
'csnverse with his charming daughter
es, yes, yes" responded Jollycuss:
mis- TOO too--but will your mother
tumble innocentlY to our delicious little
racket"
wen, now, pa, you leave that to me.
ludeed 1t Is fixed. | went to the AUG
tloheer yesterday, as you planned, and
Informed him that we we're going tn
have little racket with ma; that abe
had the brlc-a-brac cfaze inst wild
thaI Sne MAD set apart an upper room for
tue reception OF the most nideous-look
ing assortment OF brokeu-down, obsolete
aud debiliiated household furniture
That had ever been huddled together In
the same collection that she had lately
read that Mr.. q w. Childs OF Pbiladei-
phla had secured for his collection An
antique Dutch clock manufactured more
than tw hundred years ago, and that
she was now dead gone herself on 40
OLD holland timepiece and, do Won
know, he happened to have one of those
cottin-looking boxes called clocks, like
that saw at INV grandmother's In AL.
tleboro The first time | went to the
States--"
"Oh, that's Too awfully jolly" inter
ruptsd Mr.. D., nearly bursting with
laughter.
land he said might have 1t for four
dollars and | just pooh-poohed and
explained to him that did not want IL
Tor four dollars, but that 1 wanted him
TO charge ma a Thousand dollars for IL
that you bad provided. Der with blank
checks, which she could till out for any
amount, end that be must pack her
with all sorts OF nonsense about the
Clocks great age, lis incalculable value
US relic, its uudoubted responsibility,
ETC., anh-"
"ob, shall spoil" groaned Jolly
cuss. go on !"
"Aud | told him to be very sure and
charge ma at least clear thousand tor
1t and that he could send the check to
your office, and also the bill for the old
rubbish, at his convenience"
"Well, so far 80 good" Teioined the
delighted parent sand then YOU"
Sand then / come home aud told ma
an about my discovery, aud say she
new after lunch 10 the auctioneer's,
No.-street. Why, that is her car
riage, aud there's the bell. NUNS the
word ~
NUNS the word, my darling, "whis-
pered Jollycuss, with a tutter, saw
Ia-Ia, IL has occurred TO NE that to-
morrow Is the trst day of April capital
day for a mammoth joke on the old
woman. | will go out early after din
ner this eve, and when the clock ar
rlVes. especially as 1t is such a costly
ornameht-ha ha You had better
tell your mother to have IL set I'm in nv
library, and when | return from Office
To- morfow, Wen have farce that shall
prove screamer."
hardly need inform the reader that
D. purchased the four-dollar clock, aud
gave Tue auctloneer thousand-dollar
Check tor 1t, aud that the aforesaid
reached the Jollycuss man
sion during the morning of April l, and
was shortly aiterward set up In one
corner of the library.
at twenty-five minutes to three
Mrs. Jollycnss and Ta-ta descended
frsm their respective apartments and
entered the library,
Miss Jollycuss was Irresistibilv
lovely IN a combination of velvet bro
cade IN carnation design on white
satin ground and blue satin. elabo-
rateiy shirred, and trimmed with
Spanish lace. Mrs. J. looked very
state y in her handsome dinner dress
Of gold brown plush, trimmed with
shaded brown plush galoon, withEa
profuslon OF great rich medalions of
silk passementries and brown satin
ribbon.
Al twenty five minutes to four Mr..
Jollycuss arrived from down town,
and, after taking a snifter, proceeded
10 the library.
Or course, he saw the clock as soon
as he entered, and he also observed
The smile that played upon the face Of
Ills darling Ia ia.
Mrs. ]. was not entirely at her ease,
Tor, no" that the oil time-pieoe had |
been purchased aud paid for, it all at |
lnce occurred to her that, possibly, a