The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-27
AN UNRELIABLE WATCH.
How 1t Caused the Separation Of a Loving
Young Couple.

Young Couple
ever see anything funny in the
course of my businessP Certainly l do"
said jeweler to reporter, "See lots
OF fun sometimes, and, by the way,
your question reminds me of the fellow
who was in here half an hour ago. He
has watch-there it hangs now-that
is more trouble to him than all his
brains, though don't mean to say that
he is fool. The most foolish thing
that l know of him is that he will per-
sist in carrying that watch. Well, as l
was about to say, that self-same ticker
of hiS comes to me not less than once q
month regularly.
81 remember very well the first time
he brought it, 1t was one Tuesday
morning, and as he had known me for
some time before that he stopped to
tell of his troubles. The watch, he
said, hung on nail in his room on
Sunday evening, ticking away for dear
life. He was very much interested in a
book which he was reading, so much alb
sorbed, in fact, that though.he looked at
the watch every two minutes to see if it
was time to 90 to see his best girl yet,
he did not notice that the hands had
stopped moving. At last he heard the
clock striking and, mechanically count
! inc the strokes, found that it was nine
o'clock. The watch only said half
past seven, and as it was case of eight
o'clock or not at all, he tried hard to
devote the remainder of the evening to
his book, which had suddenly grown
embarrassing.
1.-The next day he shook the time piece
up, got it to going in fine style, called
on bis lady love in the morning, ex-
planned the cause of his failure to keep
his appointment, and soothed her sensi-
bilities by arranging to take her to the
opera at night. When evening came he
made sure that the watch-hands were
walking around the watch-face at the
usual rate, and again took up his book.
Half-past six, seven and half-past seven
it was time to 90 now, He put the
ticker in his pocket, his coat on his back,
and left the hotel. When he reached
- Walnut street he rang the bell
walked in, asked for Miss - with the
greatest assurance.
"Gone out! 1t was impossible.
"But, he was told, she did 90 at eight
thirty with Mr.. -. Half-past eight
He was thunder-struck again, but 6
glance at the clock on the parlor mantle
assured him that it was then nearly Mint
o'clock, and he left in a maze of disap
pointment. The watch had stopped
some time during the day and started
again according to its own sweet will
and was an hour or so behind time.
"Since that time he has married
another girl, and is not yet on speaking
terms with the one that his watch 90
him left with. Nearly every time h
comes he tells of how he missed an ap
pointment or train or something 0
the kind the day before. | have fire
quently told him that the watch was
cheap affair in the first place, and it
not worth repairs now, as it can not b
made to keep time by the best jeweler j
the land, but he always says it will hav
to do little longer. Just for the cur
; osity of the thing l looked over m
. books the last time he was here to Sc
i, how much he had paid me for putting
in order, and it was just thirty-two do
lars. sell very fair watch for thirt
8 dollars nowadays. "-HarriSburg PA.
Patriot.