Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-11-29
THE ALARM CLOCK.

How she did laugh at him He was sup
posed to get up at O. clock in the morning,
but this morning he had sleepily looked at
his watch, jumped out of bed, dressed him
self and then discovered that it was G in
had sat reading in front of clock that had
been at 10 minutes to 10 o'clock for three
weeks, waiting for it to get to 1890 before
going to bed, and had not discovered that
it was not going until his watch showed
that it was 1880. Any wife would think
that she was entitled to little amusement
at her husbands expense under those cir
cumstances. But all things come to him
who waits, and he waited.
1t was perhaps two weeks after that that
she walked him up one morning with the
remark, You'd better hurry Henry; it's
o'clock now" He jumped out of bed hur-
riedly put on his clothes and went down
stairs. She hastily dressed herself and the
children, and followed him.
"Why, Henry" she exclaimed when she
got down to the dining room, "the table
isn't SET"
NO" he returned dryly, looking up from
the morning paper.
"And l suppose you would sit here and
never make an inquiry" she said indig-
nantly. Where do you suppose the girl
is?"
I'm the kitchen grinding the Coffee" he
returned.
"Grinding the coffee at this hourl" she
exclaimed. "I'll see about
Its only little after g." he said sooth-
ingly.
"It's mott" she cried TITS o'clock.
Look therel" And she produced her little
gold watch.
ut must have run down last night" he
said.
She put it to her ear, and her face grew
red, but she recovered her self possession in
an instant. A woman always does under
such circumstances.
"And you sat calmly down here and let
me go ahead and dress the children at this
hour" she exclaimed.
what could l dor" he asked What
good would my word be against your 800
| watch2"
She glared at him for moment and then
broke out: "Ill have every one of those
| 500. If you were any kind of man, you
would have attended to it long ago."
"It's no use doing that" he returned.
"I'm going tn get an alarm clock today"
"What do you want an alarm clock fora"
she asked you've never been late to your
work"
II want an alarm clock, Mrs. Henry Ellis
worth Perkins," he said impressively, $50
that l can get all the sleep that is due me.
am going to put it at the head of the bed,
+; and am going to have it distinctly under
stood that whoever tells me it is time to
get up before that alarm clock goes off is
going to get into serious trouble. That
alarm clock is going to be tho oracle of this
house on the subject of getting up, and it is
going to be dangerous for any one to try ia
steal march on it or dispute its word. Do
make myself clear, Mrs. Perkins,"
Then he got the clock. He brought Il
home in triumph that night and served no
tice on his wife that be- and he alone, was
to be the manipulation Of it. No one else
was to touch it, and it was to be the sole
authority ON the time to get up. Then be
set 1t, and barring the fact that by slip b,
set it for $50 when he intended to make il
for 10 minutes Of it worked to charm.
"But that's all right" he told his wife
"I'm not quite used to it yet, but I'll hav,
| Il lust right tomorrow