The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-28
LOCKS N KEYS.
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One Of the liveliesf examples o. the
total ~dspfssity of mammal. objects fs
found In the generally evil and irDpssh
behavior q locks and keys. W. do no.
&c D. sure. in this country subject our
seise. To snch q tyranny 81 keys - de-
! ou- Transatlantic n.ighbors- The jing
liz, bake. or bunch Of keys i not with
us tie indispensable accompaniment; r.
the .Cusekeepcr. nor do We have ths
inv padiock OF silver s~ugarbowis.
1s's me czse with a certain thrifty Ger
mr. Barune-. with thirty Grants IN
/ Der hr control We do. however, have
keys for certain purposes; tha: j. to
say. ~. have them unle-s they are lost
kc,ss re usually lost There i about
the very shape and material Of keys =
peculiar e~iusiyeness and I slippery fac
ult, Of hiding in pahcsrd-of places
Tic '1ld- of gowns. the hning- Of muf.s
~.gs and pockets. the edges o. rug and
C.ro:I-, cracks IN the floor and chink
o. and ryerv ~prt. are the well-be-
iCyed hiding places Il the slippery
gnCn;c called KEY. That deyouring
s5a.,. IN the back %. a lDung. or up
L~ols1.red chair i, particularly dear 70
the heart If a key - Il place Il conceal
Iler:t- and many are keys. big aud lit
tie, y. .jch have found their Siryana IN
these Useful depths. For the true and
lloly delight Of a key j. undoubtedly %
-. abb. To lose Itself totally and hop
lss.ly. and vet all the while 10 lie perdu
20 n-a the outer world that il can l-;-
IN with iicndi,h JOY - the agonize'i
aearch for Itself. and shake il, shoul-
.,ers with gicc L: the vanity o! The
.u">;.
IL was the wife Of the keeper Of al
orthodox boarding house IN In. West
Who was kaerliny q; moraiag family
PRAYERS with her head d-youtly Drat
| upon = lounge. and at the instant that
Ter worthy husband amen was pro-
pouncci sprang to her feet, eXcla.m.ng
,~:yaciDu>ly:
There. Mr.. Brown. there j. the key
81 the cellar door. kHew | lost ii
: .mcwherc about this lounge"
Fancy the genuine disappointment
%. that key. which had been living
| cluckiing while the family sought i; n
vain. at being thus ANONYMOUSLY
bought 10 light. ani that. too, by the
IA: nj of The housewife. who should have
been thinking of other things than
searching IN" crack Of a lounge.
Keys. however. although usually, ar,
no. always lost. Sometimes one really
! sn4u t..,. Z. I..- NIL tia. ntt-Ta,l indeed
ART the b"willcring combinations 81
veA alton which can be- produced bY q
loci and KEY which are really giving
the r mind. to it.
A fav0rite trick i for ones ordinary.
everyday lock. the lock Of a desk OF
dra ~ei in constant Use. To suddenly be-
con- ia~tractable. One can put IN the
kew, but the lock refuses 10 turn; then
the Key refuses To come on; of the key
hole one twists and turns and wrenches;
one tries a drop Of oil, a soupcon of pro-
fanits, all TO 10 purpose; suddenly with
an alarming snap the key consents "a
turn IN the lock: nav. more. it will KEEP
on turning indefinitely round and round
without the slightest effect ~ far a IL II
locking i concerned. One turns i;
~furiously. one pushes it in slowly. one
tries - draw it out with a sudden jerk,
breaks ones nails picking AZ IL Al
last tie kew cones out with a sudden.
ness which sends one violently back
wards. Then the family is summoned.
do come and SEE if you can do any.
thing with this abominable lock. Ii
must surely be broken"
The doubling member of the family
smiles incredulouSly and takes the key.
II fits into the key-hole and the lock
gives way without a murmur.
Il u,ouJht there was nolhinTt the mat.
ter with the kcy,' says the doubling
membe- throwing an unplca-ing cmpha.
sis on key" II is quite useless TO in
sist tina; it did refuse to turn; nobody be.
lievcs il. and III" key quiyer> with de-
light and the lock thrills with a joy
known only to the successful practical
joker.
Again. who does not know the awful
vagarie.; of which "A trunk lock is capa
BILE? The refusal to catciI when the
trunk - packed; the refusal to tarr
when one stands by impaticnily waiting
tn inspection OF the Government
official.
Once more. who ever locked witt
especial caution Il door or box again>t
some intruder that he was rot himself
the first person to wish an entrance
and inv ir:ably was without the key?
Latch-kcys and locks. too. are sub
iect TO the most bewildcring changes
The Ike .hole of a latch-key has beef
known late n: night to slip and down
the door with a rapidity calculated tc
bewildec the brain of the most steady
and sol,er-minded citizen striving t
gain al nittance To- his home.
All these various examples. however
of the ~iniluity which is capable o,
dwelling in locks and keys only prov,
what nay have been before stated. thai
an impiSh aud tricksy soul dwells il
each lock and key. and these two ar,
never - truly happy as when. sepa
rately OF in evil combination, they ar,
able su ,~cesSfully to veX "A frail human
being 81 that ''every part about hin
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