The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-07-12
A BALKy ALARM CLOCK.
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 One oi the Milwaukee wholesa.e houses which employs number oi uasei,ng men on the road, had los, track of one of them. He had had no, written ,c the hoase nor ,elegssphed them tor ten days. The last they heard of him. he vas ,n the northern part ot the state, and hls d,sap- pearance was the sableet ot remark about the house. The hfm had about decided to advertise h,m as strayed or stolen" and offer a reward ios his retutn, dead of alive. when one morning early ,h,s week he made h,s appearance at the store. alive, His face and hands were tanned and blisiered and he looked like an old eampaigner. As he sat hts sample case down. took handkcs,h hief wiped the preparation from hls face, took ofi his linen dussef and shook it. he said
 We'll. tha, beats all the trips ever had n my lite.
 The head oi the houte looked |, hun in utter Astonishment for somc ,me, gared upon h,s complexion. which showed plainly plenty ot outdoor exercise tn the ho, sun. looked mad and finally said
 Well. sir' ho@ do you explain this matter :'
 '' Explain Il = said the ,rsveling man. as he took blaeking-b and brushed the dust of hls shoes. ~ish had as many dollars as could explain u. IL there is one thing ;ha, oAn do better than another. it is to explain li,tle thing like this. Yes. sir can esPiain eses; thing
 Well. proceed" said the iEdigns sn, head 8. the house. AS he though, he de- .eoted smell of hsh on the linen des,ei ot the uavclins man. ie,'s heat what you have ,o say for yourself Well II Is all on account of an alarm clock. sad the travelling man. as he sa, dosr and took out a ,wo-tof. -niok klc cigar and bl; of the end. .' Ten days ago was up in the northern part of the state and had my business all done and was ready ,o come home. lei, wafd Al the office of the hotel 10 call me in tune for the tise clock train in the morning The landlord se, the alarm clock and sad tha, would sake the house. and iha, l would have plenty ot time to get break last and ge; to the tram. woke up abou, eight o'clock in the morning. and wen. and asked the landlord what was the reason was no, called. and he sad he was waiting for the alarm ( lock to go off. l stayed around ihe house unill eleven thirty in the morning and the clock went oit. but that ~as too late ,o do me any good. sa borrowed hsh-pole and seni od and eaeght some pa, kefel and l want 10 say to you, tha, there IS the best fishing up there that you ever sas ID ,hIs country. The hsh jus, snatch any thing you have mtnd to throw ,o them i l cut off one oi the leather straps from my boo, and put II on my hook, and there were five fish after II. Al once.
 Well, never mind the tish. says the | old gentleman, getting about as mad as q man can be. Why d,d you no, come by ,he next train ~
 Well. will tell you as he borrowed a match from the head of the house, they set that clock again that night, and | they said |, would work this tune sure, because they had greased Il. The ner, ! morning l got up a, nine o'clock and asked the landlord what was the matter. i He sad the clock had not come to time and 90 got my hsh-pole and went hsh- i ing again and go. back jus, al dusk. and rus, as came into the hoase, thA, clock wen, of. Didn't have much good luck that day, but made up my mind that would bring you mess of nah. SO wound up that clock myself ,ha, nigh, and se, II for four o'clock the nes, morning is, as got nicely asleep, al |. 5o clock tmy usual hour for retiring the alarm zen, of. 1 got up and dressed and got ready for the ualn. sen, down to inc office and found had Juu go. ,o bed, so ! sonclu- ded 10 sit up until morning Sat do~n m the office and went to sleep in my ! chair and the train went oil and Jeff me again. ven. fishing ;hss day. and kep, ,hz, up fos eight days. nght along, and we just wore tha, cioek out. l, 70, 70 it did not know anything We would wind t up and set II tor ten hours ahead and it would 70 of while we were setting II. 1 IL vent of every other hour of the day and night except four o'clock m the morn ing, and thought as long as couid not catch train, that you would not care if l pat ln a little time hshing. think that wha, this country needs, is good reliable alarm ciock. don't you {"
 Well, may be we do need alarm oioeiea," said the head of the house, '' but 1 do not see what # the use of al this lying. lfyou wanted te % fishing for ! eight days, why didnt you send word to us. There is nothing to do now, snd you could have gone lusi as veil A not, and don | sec the necessity of all this ] lying jaa for seeks v4cAiion.'
 Well, by thunder. don, either" said the travelling man, as he looked as- tonisked zt not being abused for being away. T supposed you would be mad as could be, because sent fishing. This learns me . lesson. Hereafter when 1 want to go fishing viii les yoa know" ]" And the travelling man vent oSs and took A box of fish ous of an -erpssss wagon !; aad as he distributed the fish among the boys, he said he had learned { Ies>on abous life on the road. He sssd # seemed e ,hosgh it took man kitees os twenty ysass to learn the ropes ssd knd out shat his house expected of him.