The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-12-23
CURING 1 WET WAUGH
What TO Do # Your Tinepisoa
Falls In the Water.
POP IT IN A CUP OF ALCOHOL

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W"'el repaiief h"hu iliAu7 lS elS '
ial' hi soid 'naih pui'eu u uu 'ne
shelf end it landed in the bathtub
ana smashed the works all up so my
| wife says
"Any water in the mOF' asked the
Watch man qwehiy
no
Good.
The rcpaiIcr adjusted his eyepece
and looked inside the watch Then he
took q tiny serewdrver. set 1t oh one
OF the bearings ANA twirled it between
his fingers delicately Presently he
held UP tny cosWheel WIN q uail
spring curling lies microscopic threads
around am nNis ana spripgins up ana
down with the instability OF quicksii
yer as the man gently shook it
Yes he said replacing the delicate
mechanism. ITS all broken up on the
inside. mainsplng ana pinion ana
everything The new parts VIII have
20 pc made You can't buy thcm ia
this country. Ii viii cost about So but
your watch VIII be as good as new
Perhaps If there had been some wa
ter IN the tub it would have broken the
fall and the works wouldn't have been
broken up SO mucht'
The repairer shrugged h's shoulders
Wa re that h2He rnsied ave those
wa ost outrage tle leWeier sehl5
OF , " thai is proper and sane. me
man who opens his Wa,th in moist on
| dusty weather is his peg object OF
scon. A rusted watch has TO We taken
apart and cleaned thoroughly even
then it may NOT run. and u it does 1t
usually doesu rum accrraleiF
The remlr8r told the above in as
many words or more to the owner OF
the watch
Yes, know said the owner -
know it makes YOU watehmakcrs shud-
der TO get watches that have been
soaked. had a relative once who
used TO be a matchmaker in his early
days, lie had a iiuc gold chrononcter
that had descended TO him from his
grandfather who In his time was
great race tack man
I'VE went out motor boating one day
with our families and sailed around
little chain of fresh water lakes This
fellow bad left that. chranomcter at
home as many as fifty times on yari-
GUS occasions FOR fear of getting into
the water with IT, but ON ihis trip he
took the chances or forgot
"Ile was standing out ON thc after
decking. pulling in @ trolling line that
we had had ont for bite. when the
boat ram on a submerged pile ANA sud
denly med 10 duck one gunwale under
the water ANA then as we an jumped
for the other side as quickly trled TO
get That gunWale under. Instructive
sense of equilibrium made US ail lie
down IN tile bottom of the boat but
just then she rightad herself and lay
on an even keel again
'We were sorting ont the children
ana recovering from our fright when
we saw a sight which made us burst
out laughing. About thirty feet astein
of as stood the owner OF the $500
/ --t-
rubbing 1t out of his eyes and ears
while he mumbied something heartily
and long which did not sound the least
biz Ike the Lords Prayer
ON -oh, Henry! Help him. shrlek-
ed his wife.
Hes all right. Hes got his feet
on dry land ] said And my sa: SO
seemed 10 satisfy the woman perfect
iy Tor she began % laugh Ia her turn
Wei, we picked him up Ia the
launch and headed for home II was
four miles and raw October weather
but that Fellows thoughts We're not on
pneumonia The one Thought DE had
was to get to a watchnakers inside or
two hours. He said That it he couldn't I
get that chronomeler INTO a tumoier OF
alcohol inside OF Two houa II Would
never be any good any more Wen
he did-
Yes alcohol is very good, sald the
repalrer as he gave the customer a
4 ticket 10 sign and hung the little SWISS