The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-08

mania ana 4 clock that wo,l.i nof tail l
~ tina - isv M r'ss,.r Now s"c,snt
,rd honorshi: H. h;ssorv vss well c,,< |,
= fhe way 81 = bov's work mon
This old clock I'D And I Mi taken
10 uieces ana nut tocether avsin dimes
'vifhont number. ~ fhe hope a. max
|nr II keen time "a that ~ could mt
\ n onr room So,nctimes n would
81 nicelv for several hours and them
some unluckv pinion wonld ain IL
place. the nendulum would slowIv
come 10 4 standstill and The piteous.
old face would stare
4 ne ~ II IN hank ACKNOWLEDGMENT AZ
bcino leit behind ~ tn march ~ time.
But- worn ont ami useless ~ N was a.
4 time keeper. n could strike A. loudly
and boldly ne n ~ Younger days. and
We had no small amo,,nt az fun in
turning the wheels a. a. "a hear il
silyery ring ana asthmatic whceze.
After school We DISCUSSED Fred q plan
thorouchlv and Enthusiastically. Il II
doubtful II We enioyed il fruition
moro than we aid f.lfinv Il over. and
eaoerlv adding suOoestion after sug-
cestion until Il WA. n our estimation.
perfect
ssThe plan Il lust this. jamie" said
Fred. Take the works out OF the
case. fasten them IN the fireplace. put
4 long. stout string on in place OF the
strikinc-weirht cord. wind the reel on
the striking side As full rs we can. then
PASS the line no over pully at the TOP Of
The chimney. and nut on the weight.
The old thing will strike as long as il
takes the weight to run down.
II took some time TO ret every thing
ready. No spv was ever more secret
or cautious in his movements than we.
We never talked OF our plans where
any one could hear. In the workshop,
with doors shut and locked. or nc sun
down. driving home the COWS from tho
pasture lot. or AZ night buried in the
bed-cIothes. we discussed Il. The prep
arations. too. had 10 be made in the
n;~bt We nearly broke our necks
ciim HING ont On the roof NIGHT after
n;gbt ~ arrange orr sscrack q doom. =
n Fred called n Mailing the works
~ the clock n the narlor fire-pla re-
ou;red iii orr kill n amateur burg.
lary. But we managed 20 accomplish
| M task althouoh I was shut M be.
hind ne t;rcboard hall the NIGHT and
Er.d sn-,;ned III ankle inmnino ont q,
~. u;pdo,v when mosher came into ~
RON after = book.
Atlas, All WAS ready. Nv means q,
str;nc which one II Is could null
from. ~. Kitchen 1where 4 ladder wa,
~ furnish 4 safe retreat a. terra firmal
sl';,.vl. hold;,y tho wc;cht ~ the tor
~ tha chimney wonld "a ierkcd out
anil ~ IN WEIGHT be0au 70 fall IL.
cincl would hey;n n str,ke
Tha naxt ,hing was - Get the oppor
mn;tv 70 mt our scheme in operation
1 STRANGELY Mr.. Pettiiohn's skillful fea
~ nui7;n~ our door-bcll lust so ~ Il
cause liz hell 70 ring out three distinc
sans .nd 10 more. was not performet
for = fnll week. Fred ana / were ii
mortal dread every day that our prep
arations would lie discovered. An,
dav father might take notion 10 clcaI
onf the narlor Dire Mace and the chin
nav Fortunately Ne did not. and Nj
Rogers peculiar RING NJ the door bel
A. iast pcaled on ears that were mos
intentiy listening for that WELDON,
sound.
We bows slipped out Of the kitchen
where We had been engaged in iierc
debate with Aunt Elizabeth on q prop
osition to keen our pet chickens ia En-
cellar next winter instead Of IN tn
barn. our first impulse was 90 plan
ourselves in position on the roof Of tn
kitchen ready 10 pull the string. O
second thought we reflected that on
intended victim would probably spcn
the evening, and we concluded {
make the best OF our situation BY walk
ING until we thought he ought TO be gel
ting ready to depart The better {
ward oil suspicion we spent the eyenin
several blocks away, with some Of on
boy friends.
As we approached the house. littl
before ten o'clock, we saw the ligt
streaming from the parlor window
and knew our prey was still there.
"A took my place at the string, trcn
bling with expectation Of the critics
moment when Fred. who had stationc
himself in the lilac bushes under IN
south window Of the parlor. shout
give me the signal BY throwing pei
Bile on the kitchen roof.
Time. always slow when waited. wa
never 50 slow, il seemed, as during IN