The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-11-04

that by slip he set it for $40 when he
intended to make it for 10 minutes of
it worked to a charm.
But that's all right" he told his
wife. ppm not quite used to it yet, but
I'll have it just right tomorrow"
You had better put it upon the
mantel shelf, where it will be out of the
way" she suggested, but he told her
that he was running that clock, and to
prove it he left it on a little table by
the bed, where it was within the reach
of the children.
That's why he was awakened about l
o'clock the following night. He had
set it in the morning and simply wound
it up at night, and he had not noticed
that the children had been playing
with the hand on the alarm dial He
had his doubts about it's being the
children's work, anyway, and his man
ner did not show that confidence in
his wife that man ought TO have.
Still, he could not prove anything, so
he put it upon the mantel, and for
three days it worked to charm. Then
one morning there was a slip some
where again. The alarm sounded, the
clock indicated that it was $50, and
he got up and began dressing himself
hastily. He was nearly ready for
breakfast when he noticed his wife
lazily watching him from the bed.
aren't you going to get up9" he
asked.
mot yet, dear" she replied sweetly.
Then horrible fear siezed him.
''Is that clock wrong9" he asked.
A'I think not" she replied, yawning
"but you know this is Sunday, and we
don't have breakfast until $3.50"
He sat down on the edge of the bed
and looked at her fxedly
"And you let me dress myself without
saying a wordy' ne exclaimed.
THE clock is the autocrat"-she be.
gan.
Hang the clock!'' he cried.
LAS you please" she said softly
"But what could / do?''
1t wasn't as pleasant as some Sun
days they had passed together. He
seemed to feel injured. A man viii
act that way when his wife has got the
better of him on his own proposition
But the day passed and also the
night, and the next morning he felt
her shaking him and calling him.
"Don't be angry, Henry" she sait
deprecatingly. "But aren't you goins
to the office today2"
"Onice!" he cried, starting up
"What time is ita'
Twenty minutes past ~
"Did-I sleep through all the noise
that clock makes?" he asked, making ;
dive for his clothes.
"No," she replied. 81 guess yol
forgot to wind the clock.
"And you let me sleep9"
"What could 1 do9 You said the
clock was TO be the autocrat." ~
1.-The devil take the clock!" he said
udSHluS II W the uOOI anu LuGu III Ms
excitement kicking it with his bare
foot. "Oo-ouchl Hang it, Mrs. Per
kins, you're attending to the breakfas
arrangement of this housed The clocl
isn't"
you're quite sure, Henry!" sh,
asked.
"Sure!" he cried. "Well, if I'm not
/ propose to be. l propose to hold yo'
responsible in these matters, and you
might as well make up your mind to it
There's no use iu trying to shirk it any
longer. I've put up with this business
just as long as intend to-"
She didn't say anything, but there
was smile of victory on her face a
she took the clock down stairs ant
threw it out in the alley. She wa.
avenged. He had been obliged to sur
render, although, manlike, he haC
tried to disguise the fact that it was
surrender.
ARMY OFFICERS QUARREL.