Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-11-30
AWONDERFUL WATCH.


NJ. telloW.craftsmen, every one OF
ubom is a leading matchmaker Of
Geneva For clearness Of recital,
without treading on any ones toes,
H. NAV be called NJ. lnlahl, which
signifies Legion.
One cold morning in February,
ISIS. II. CnznhI sat in his office, dis
,o.ins Of his mail. when a man, ex-
ort ii department and attire, opened
rbedoor 81 the store and accosted a
e.egk
m. InrahI, ifyou please
"llu sou Nish To speak 10 him per.
soaallya" inquired the clerk.
Precisely 30.
~ lRaahl il occupied just al this
moment. n il Is Tor purchase,
them is tie chief assistant who will
give you nil desired information
1T is Indeed for a purchase. but
100 special conditions and wish TO
treat ouly with NJ l'nEahl,
"Shnll take your card, SIRE
The stranger handed 10 the clerk "a
small Bristol card 81 the dimensions
ola railway ticket, bearing the in
xFpsion
v E.aEIW. f.q
- 1ramttlir tsane
fuEtmaR sstuaTv "
" luzahl soon Appeared and nd
d;v-sei Mr. BARKER; What can
d. tos you sirF'
EHra.e me for having disturbed
r9a said the stranger. perfect
aatlrman. clad in one ~ those long,
cap, ulss.rs having squares of differ.
eat aoloFs, which the French have
adopted after having long made fun
ofthem ! wish TO buy good
watsh, the pricg il not tile pnrys-
noun, consideration; whns insist
on Z perSct regularity.
"Thsn. suggested tho watch.
asker, you need n chronumctcr.
ts'e Is ouc IN silver NJ only 1900
francs.
No, rcinincd the Englishman.
although am something oi a
nayelcr ! nm not marine officer; "A
good watch will answer.
Try tins one. snid the watch.
maker, Offering stem. windins
d5ub!c case watch. For year IL
haa NOT varied secund
indeed, Remarked W. ] Barker,
'ls watch hns good look.
u has more than n good look, :
responded VI. lnEnht. with prutes.
s'onAl dignity. III IL almost per.
~ piece Of mcchnuism. approaching
'he s,hronometcr. though without
The price,
a thousand francs be u. but ON
q one condition. and IL il because III
Ihs condition that took the liberty
10 disturb You,
What IL the condition.
i, That, against this check on the
pahk OF Geneva, you deliver to me u
reeelpt by the terms If which YOU en-.
gage to take haek the watch nj the
same price nfa thousand francs II
Enen present II to you again in
eighteen months you find that II has
,afled Tn my part engage To- take
aue carr OF it, without touching the
works, Nithou6 even opening the
cases. J will merely wind it up every
aay az the same hour"
tour proposition il acceptable.
olll sure OF my work and have moth.
the watch .
Here's tho check for 1000 frames. .
= And here is the receipt" added
, IVY maker, after he had prepared n
W.9elptcd bill, coupled with the con
''''oh executed by the purchaser.
".
eighteen months later, in August
apol, NJ. l'nzuhl was superintend
Sg nm important shipment to
goutll America, when who
Ibnou'd enter hut Mr.. Barker, whom
panng9gnlzed Immediately, for the
sJh,gllshmnn had not grown old or
N.Y. IN any way snve that, In
p INV, OF the long-cape ulster of the
o a'a'er OF 1885, whose great orange
nv nv maroon squares called to mind
stuutn,orsa.coverings used In wall.kept
eSo a1les, Mr.. Barker wore n full check.
cav NV SUIT under u short brown over.
I'm which, by the skill of his Lon
s M, tailor, or perhaps by the use oi
n"ishllng material, kept itself In
ma SSS'.ioi, twining around the whist
4 a"u cllnging to the chest, although
wa was not buttoned.
v. Wood day, NJ. Barker" said the
no ssva,ii,naker In a familiar tone, tenn
s rS,su Dy the respect due to sedate
ma , oier you come TO compliment
Wy Ss soo9t my watch?"
laOou answered the Englishman
S,,Ip,,lcally, Il bring II back"
torcleaning2" queried che trades.