The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-20
MIR, sSAFFLEs MISTAKE.
Or the Story of His AIarm-CIocI1,
Which Was Almost His Undoing.

Or the story OF HIS At1rsn-CiOc8j
Which Was Almost His UndOine.
[From Harper'B Bazar.l
When Snaf1es got married, he moved
up to Harlem to live He hired nat
and bought a brass lamp with pink
| shade, a glazed paper clock with an
| imitation bronze soldier on the top OF
it, and secured on the installment plan
a red plush "parlor suit" consisting OF
a rocking chair, a sofa and two small
| er chairs But Harlem is a good dis
lance from CortIandt street, and as
| SnafIles is a good sleeper, he frequent
| ly found it necessary TO hasten his
! toilet and his breakfast in order not tC
| be late at his Office. His wife finally
| suggested that glazed-paper clock
! even if it did have q, soldier on top, was
| of small use if it could not get Snatfles
| out Of bed in the morning, and she
! added that an alarm clock would be OF
more service in their household. AND
| so when Snaffie5 went to luncheon that
! day he stopped at q shop where they
| sell these things and asked to look al
alarm clocks. The obliginS clerk said
| he knew just what SnafleS wanted
and showed him d round nickle-plated
| timepiece that kept time with such a
loud ticking that Snaffles feared he
| would not be able to sleep in the same
fat with It. The clerk, however, as
| sured him that this style was very
| popular in the best families Of Harlem
and 50 Snaffles succunbed.
How does this thing WOr6?" he
asked
VERY easily" replied the salesman
| eat what time do you wish to get up?'
"At half past six" said Snafies.
The man set the alarm for that hour
and wound up the bell spring.
"NoW take that home with you" he
I said, "aud If it fails to wake you up in
the morning I'll give you your money
back. The alarm is warranted to ring
three minutes"
Snaffie5 took his purchase, wrapped
in yellow paper, and went back to his
office with a peaceful heart and per-
feet confidence in the future. He got
away from his desk late that night
and caught train on the elevated
road shortly after o'clock. In the
next seat sat an Irishman who soon
began to look upon him with suspicion,
for at every stop he could plainly hear
loud and mysterious ticking emanat-
ing from Snaffies'S pocket. But Snaf-
hes, reading his paper, was obltVious
of his surroundings. He did not notice
that his neighbor edged away sus-
pieiously and remarked to friend in
an audible whisper:
"Moike, me boy, think I'd be af-
Their sittin' furninst a anarchist
'sHoW's that?'
"Oi think he's afther havin' an in
fernal machine in his clothes"
"'Ty-third next" hoWled the gate
man, and the door slammed with a
bang Not half a minute later Snaf-
fies's alarm clock went off with a Whir
and a buzz and a Jingle that sent the
Irishmen to their feet with exclanla-
tons of fright. Snafies slipped his
hand in his pocket and tried to get the
bulky package out. but his efforts were
without avail, and the heartless pas
sengers from one end of the crowded
car to the other craned their necks to
see who the man was who owned the
clock Snafles's face grew red and he
could not conceal his embarrassment,
yet all this time the clock was fulfill
ing the three-mtnute guarantee. When
the train pulled up at Twenty third
street, Snafies damned his hat over
his eyes and rushed out into the dark
ness of the platform, jingling as he
went