The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-24

10 hold anything contained one of these
rerve-raclling little things, wound up
to the sticking point" as Stubby said,
and warranted 70 ring for FIVE minutes.
They were in the new boys boot closet,
under the mattress on his bed. behind
his bookcase, and in other places where
they could be heard and not seen.
THE TRICK THAT FAILED.
Jimmy Clark was very tired when he
climbed the stairs to his room. after his
long row on the lake. He was q bit
homesick, too, for he had seen the older
boys greeting each other earlier in the
day, and the thought that he knew no
one made him very lonely. But they
are nice looking fellows, and III soon
get acquainted with them" thought
Jimmy, hopefully, as he fell asleep.
1t was midnight and the house vas
perfectly quiet except for one or two
audible SHORES from the upper landing
when Jimmy was awakened by per
sistent ng-aling-ling," that seemed
to come from the depth of his closet.
L wonder what that man sets his
clock off at this hour for?" thought
Jimmy. believing that the noise came
from his neighber's room. L hope to
goodness it isn't morning.
He was just doing off again. when
he heard another and much louder
right under him and fairly lifted him
out of his bed. He sat for a few min
utes thinking and then he started an
investigation. Jimmy oVerhauled every
corner of his room and the result of
half an hour Of hard work s;as ain ar
ray of IS alarm clocks standing in the
middle of the floor. Jimmy looked at
them thoughtfully for q few minutes
Then he cautiously opened the door
stiI
sound. but the subdued snoring from
upstairs. The new boy went back and
carefully wound all the clocks again.
Lets see, If ] set them a minute
apart they'll last for half an hour" he
said Soon afterward a white robed
figure might have been seen making
frequent trips up and down the short
staircase. 1t was not seen for the very
good reason that everybody else in DOR
mitory had his eyes tightly closed,
but the result Of the "trip was line
of 20 alarm clocks placed close together
Just outside the senior monitors door,
all set to go off, between ) and $50
O'clock.
TABLES TURNED.
The senior monitor was q nervous,
funny young man He had been much
worried as to what he should do with
tricks on each other He had not be-
lieYed it possible that they would out
rage his dignity by putting up a prac-
teal Joke on him. 1t was therefore
with some astonishment that the mon
itor was awakened early in the morn
ing by what was Enthusiastically an
alarm clock just outside his door. In q
moment it was joined by another, and
then another. until there was a rattle
bike the explosion of a pack of giant
f1recracl1ers and an uproar that re-
sounded through the house. The mon
itor rushed to the door and seized one
of the chorus of alarms Immediately
another started in, and the monitor
hair rose in frenzy at the sound. He
danced about in the hallway unmind-
ful of the spectacle Represented in his
night attire, and finally, in despera-
ton, he seized the large rug from the
floor and throwing it over the rat
Ting clocks, jumped up and down on
it TIL the last one was sileneed. Then
hee retired TO his room uncomfortably
aware of stifed gigglings from the
upper building. And through it all
Jimmy Clark slept peacefully.
Before breakfast the porter went
through the house and announced that
the alarms were missing from all the