The Lamar register., 1907-07-24

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IX&A Hawley pulled
A|I&N out his watch.
xYA i Bet I've looked
~ at that watch 80
ENA times since l
S~ found the main
spring broken on the way home to-
night" he said. keeping a thumb be-
tween the leaves of his book. "oh. l
don't knOw-not late"
Look at this!" She appeared In
: the doorway holding up small
| bronze clock. whose hands were point
ting to quarter past IL.
THAT isn't right" he protested.
but II is. asked the telephone
| girl for the correct time before
| started II this afternoon. Why. Just
| lay down on the bed by baby for a
| minute this evening and l must have
dropped of and slept all this time.
F, Have you been reading ever since
went into the bedroom"
why. yes-unless I've been asleep
in my chair. / would have sworn 1t
wasn't later than ten"
And we were going to bed early to-
night 80 you could get good start In
the morning! Isn't 1t ridiculous!
Come on. now. Don't read any more"
Mrs. Hawley began to hustle about.
fastening windows and turning on
lights.
III set the alarm for seven." she
| said. I don't see how we could stand
1t to get up at six now. Come. hurry.
II will be one o'clock before we're
asleep"
They were Just doing on when .
sound from the apartment overhead
made Mrs. Hawley sit up in bed.
What do you think of that?" she
exclaimed Indignantly. THAT man up
stairs is playing ragtime at one o'clock
In the morning."
Its 4 poor outlook for getting up
early" Hhwley agreed. They're hav.
ing q midnight party down below, too.
from the noises that come up through
the court"
I'm going to see. It's no use trying
to sleep while that pianos being
thumped."
Accordingly. in Dressing gown and
slippers. Mrs. Hawley reconnoitered
II was a long time before she returned
to the bedroom. Brown she said
then. what kind Of a building have
We moved into?"
"A nat building" he answered. with
husbandlike omniscicnce.
"Hark! They've been playing cards
at their dining room table down there.
and now they're making coffee. l saw
them turn on the light in the. kitchen
Just now and smell the coffee. At
two O'Clock In the morning! And lis
ten! That Incorporating Mr.. Hess
| has Just come in-now! Brown. we're
certainly not Obliged to endure such
performances until this time in the
Ing. shall complain to the agent to
morrow
It seemed to the Hawleys that they
had just closed their eyes when the
ring OF the alarm clock startled them.
You made mistake setting It,"
Hawley declared, lighting a match to
| investigate. No. SIR" he added. in an
aggrieved tone. It's actually seven
o'clock. Raining. too. and dark as q
| pocket"
Mrs. Hawley rubbed her eyes and
| accepted her fate couraseously. With
| all the lights on to make the dark
morning more cheerful. she few
about and had breakfast on the table
in short order.
Everybody except us seems to have
| oversight this dark morning." she re-
marked. complacently. as they sat
down. THE building is perfectly still.
| The milkman's late again, too, but
l n,,a h,l y~RS
I'm out Of all patience with him. II V
happens again I'll change"
There he comes now" said Haw-
ley. TN give him a breeze myself"
Five minutes later an injured-look.
ing man came back TO his place at the
table. Mrs. Hawley." he demanded.
what time yesterday did you set that
wonderful clock
| What do you mean? didn't set II.
I started It At half past three. And
the funny part was that IL happened
to have stopped at the exact minute
the telephone girl told me the time, SO
Just wound II without touching the
hands"
And didn't look At II AGAIN.
Not until night Mary Bartell was
/ pSAe ohe went ~ hcf WoACu. why !
He knitted his brows- Then he
looked up solemnly. You started 1t
with the hands at quarter past six.
thinking 1t was half past three. and
you hustled me on to bed at half past
nine. And II 10 now i've O'Clock in
the morning.
As he was starting for his once 1t
eight o'clock. still grumpy. she called
him back TO the door.
IT'S important" she told him. Is he
came reluctantly up the stairs again.
Il wanted to ask II you aren't glad We
found out our mistake before COM
planned TO the ASent:
| "Pshaw, You've made me miss my
train for that" was all he said.
But, though II sounded cross, she
went back into her nat satisfied. As
he turned the corner of the stairway
suins down she had caught him smil.
ing.