The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-03
AN INTERNAL MACHINE.
story of Clock That Might Have Shat


story of a Clock That Might Have shat-
tered Man's Mind.
This is a story about a clock which
made great deal Of trouble for two
people, and gave the same two people
n very poor opinion of each other. The
brother says that no woman save his
sister could have had such amazing ig-
norance about clocks in general, and
this one in particular, while the sister
declares that only her brother, of all
men on earth, would have allowed
little bit Of a clock to make fool of
him before carload of strangers.
The trouble with the clock was that
it wouldn't keep time. There was no
reason in the world why it shouldn't;
it just wouldn't and that was all there
was to it. This was painful to the
young woman for several reasons. 1t
is only necessary TO mention one: The
timepiece had been given her by her
betro.hed He thought it was little
gem of a clock, and that il would
please her. She agreed with him
as to the beauty of the delicate little
affair, and was pleased FOR a time.
Then she began to get worried: then
she got nervous and lastly alarmed.
This was all, of course. because the
thing would not 20, and because she
feared he might think she bad broken
it, or, worse still, as she herself con-
fessed between that time, that she
hadn't sense enough 70 make a clock
go. while her irreverent and imperti-
nent brother suggested swectly that he
was more likely to think that it was
her face which had stopped clock. "
The family were in the country when
the clock was received, and when the
tine drew near for the arrival Of the
bethrothed clock-giver affairs began 20
be desperate. The young woman de-
elared that the clock had 10 90 The
clock simD4y wouldn't She would
wind IL up-it vould always wind
without the slightest resistspee-but it
would not 90. She shook It, she turned
it upside down, she coaxed il. she laid
il on is face and then on it's back. and
the hands were stu frozen 70 the face
Of the clock
Albert" she said to her brother,
you must take this clock over 70 town
and get II repaired Il must be re-
paired: It mus; go.
Now town was ten miles away, and
Albert did not see WHY anyone should
make 50 much fuss over a clock, and
such a little clock. 100. a. that was.
But when arguments ziud p.eadings
could not move MIN he yielded 70 tears,
and. chucking the timepiees under MS
arm. he boarded the train and started
for town In the car he placed the
clock on the seat beside ham and rested
his hand on t. Then more trouble BE-
gan That cIocI, began 20 strike -
vent iato the striking bushes m \
calm. determined WY. i struck right
along. up grade and down grade. around
curves and OF straight tracks The
brother felt z fsiufing around DIS heart
The ueople in tire car who had first
been amused began % be annoyed
The young mans face Rot red, !; got
warm. rs ha5- became baIhsd with
dsuuuess- b-.t H. clanE 20 The clock
ike a Trojan re bad Ar iaez thai he
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