New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-30
WORSE THAN an INFEPNAL MACHINE.
A CLOCK WHICH MIGHT HAVE WRECKED RO
NANCE AND SIIATTERED 4 DROTIlEE'S IND

CLOCK WHICH MIGHT HAVE WREt NED kO
NANCE AND SHATTERED BROTHERS MIND
This is story about clock which mad" n gre At
deal Of trouble for two people and gave the same
two people very poor opinions Of each other. The
brother says that no woman In the world save his
sister could have had such amazing ignoiincc about
clocks In general, aht this ON" IN lrirtcnlr WIN"
his sister declares tint only her BROTHER OF all men
on earth would have allowed little bit Of II clock
to make n fool OF him before a carload Of stran:'rs
The trouble with the clock that II wouldn I
keep time. There reason In tn" world why 1t
wouldn't: II Just wouldn't. ard TIA, waS all there was
to it, This painful to tn" young womnn for scv-
cia reasons. II IL only necessary To mention on"
the tincpicce had been given to her b. her b,trotd
lie thought 1t a little gem OF clock. ana that
il would please hcr She agreed with him n to the
beauty Of tbs delicate little affair. ard was pleased
for q time Then she began TO get worried; then
She got nervous and lastly alarmed. This was ALL
OF course because the thing would not ~. aid be-
cause she fcurcd he might think she hal broken H.
or. st as she herself confessed b''"'"h
time that she hadn't S"n>e enough I" max" clock
20 while her irrcvercnt and ripcrtin"'t brother
suggested sw"rtly that he was more likely I" think
that il was her face Which had stopped a olocG.'
The family were In The country Hv"n N" CLOCK was
received and when In" time dow hear Tor Inc ARRIVAL
OF the bctrothed clock gvcr Affairs began to b" d'~
pcratc the young woman declared that mat ci"cR
had TO co. Tie clock simply wouldn't MI" would
Wind uIit WOlIu always "Eiu vi" '"N'''
resistance 1t would not 90. She shook 1t, she
turned it upside down. she coaXcd ii, she laid II on
it's face and then rs back. und the hands w"r"
still frozen TO the face OF the cock.
Albert, she said to her brother, you must taxi"
this clock over to town and gct II Repaired 1t must
b. repaired; it must Co.
Now town VII, ten miles away. and Albert did not
see why any one should make 80 much fuss over Il
Clock and such IL little clock. too, IA that WIS Ent
when arguments and pcadlnrS could not move MIN
he yielded to tears and chmckinS the tn"prc" under
his arm, he boarded tho train and started Tor Town.
In the hc pncd III" clock on the seat bN'H" MN
and rested his hard on 1t. Then more tromld" be
can That clock BEGAN to strike. II went Into the
Striking business In Il calm, determined WY. IL
struck right along. up grad" am d""h eIhh'' a'"ho
curves and straight tracks. I'll" brother irit "a
fantng around hi, heart TN" rUpl" Ia ia" ear
Tlc young nlan's face got rcd: II got "hr ID, hnT
became Dat"d Win damplnsN. int h" clu''s i" .h,'
be- able to hide II. smother II. or tlo-" II. he dnn
know which, and 80 he kept his '1nc lightly pressed
And all the time that Internal mnchin" Just "aaTrG
wood" 1t had struck gait when II liked. anu ~,
getting tired OF running down. II was S'nhhS
"@s q 20 s sn wH when the ' tf"
cane from the car 1t went on striking up the street
;h n " SNh sac Ms'e' No %
NOR. pcrsrvcrng than that clocA No ci"nSins hr'
element The clock striking away indust1-
uusIy and Checriully wien the brother ran INTO
Jewellers shop and threw the thing down on counter
For heavens snke stop II !'he cried.
But 1t had soppd There II lay On ,o mr. counter
" We'll III be- hanged" said the brother. breath
iessly WHAT'S the matter with 1t. any WAY y he
asked looking ut 1t rs II IL were o' '''''c e"'S
ridge.
Inc ,s~ sa p srsS IT, Brother THAT thing will
start up again II you touch IT, .. ,,, f., :.
But il didn't. 1t never inad" n Sound. Oily III
minute came a gentle and rlIy thmic ticking. . .
" There's nothing the trouble with II, SAID me
tewtIlcr setting tue hands and then examining tns
sympathciic smile this Is repeating cl~k You
can make II rcstrike the last hour by touching this
snriuV Y0u bsve been winding up the repeating
spundcr but not the clock; And you mu1t Lnv.
held your hand on The spring when Sou u, Ap' do To-
* To- wind the clock more and the repeater less
oh" said the brother With gdsp-aha 'nat WIS
all. ~ - - , ,s,,
Now the brother says that any woman VINO n""Sm
know enough 10 wind CLOCK dorSn ilow ,n" ,,r
TO live And ,hc sister says well. every brother
knows what sisters can say