The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-20
RISES TO PROTEST.
FAMILY CLOCK MAKES KICK
WITH ITS USUAL TICK.
Tired Of Continually Being Made
scapeeoat, Tmepieee Threatens
to Go on Strike---Dismai Re.
cital Of Woes.

I'm getting nervous prost.ailon.'
remarked the family clock 10 the Jap.
anese vase. Just observe how jcrky
my hands are; and | shake so | can't
Keep my tick on straight I'll have to
go to "a. sanitarium for rest and re.
pairs soon or l shall be completely
run down
NO. II isn't age. nor overwork. nor
even the 2i.hour day that is doing Il;
It's the strenuous excitement of family
life. fou cannot imagine what a jar
IT. IL on my nervous system 10 be
forced 10 live q constant lie That Is
what ! am doing. For instance. tie
other morning. about two O'Clock,
was Jogging quietly along. almost doz
ing. when suddenly ! heard the click
OF key>i in the hall door and stcalthy
footsteps creeping along the corridor
All al once the lights fared up and !
saw the master of the house blinking
at me-me! AS though ! were respon.
sible for his troubles and sins Then
we both heard Il stir In the other
room. Quick as q fash he had rush.
ed al me, jerked open my glass face
end thrust my hand back two hours
Think of IL. Two solid hours---a nj all
that night work 10 he done over again
TO say nothing or the mortiiicadon |
felt at having to lie 10 his wife.
The next morning. very naturally
the lady having slept all night and
gone to bed early was awake hours
before her husband. When she tried
to get him mp for breakfast he blinkcd
at me again and declared he woaldn'i
stir until half-past nine. He had
scarcely dozcd of when his wife tin
toed over to me. set me carefully ut
$3.50 and turned back and walked her
husband up. tell You ! was dis.
gnsted. II appeared TO me that ! had
been chosen as tho scapegoat to DC
all the family lying.
THAT afternoon the kid came In
from school with fresh appetite
What time yc goin' To have dinner,
MAJ he asked. and when he was told
that that repast would be served as
usual al $50 ! quaked In my case. for
said nothing, but waited until hls
mother LETT the room Then he crept
over, shook his fist IN my face and
deliberately icrked me up fun halt
hour.
THE strain was beginning to tell
on my nerves you can imagine. But
the worst was yet TO come. That
evening the daughter of the honsc was
expecting caller--the one she al.
ways takes longest to dress for and
never misses. II seems II must have
been about time for him to come up
to the family expectations. for she of.
dcred the small hoy To stay out of the
library. Then her eyes rested on my
face. My, how that clock does run.
she mminured. Well, he did appear.
and he did propose. and afterwardr--
say, J wanted To turn my face to tho
wall They kept il up until II
o'clock. Then her mother called her
from the other room.
ITS only half.past ten, mother
she said
But the old lady wasn't to bc dc.
ceived They heard her getting up
and fumbling around for her slippers
AZ the sound the girl looked guilty
Then her eyes lighted on my face and
without a word she stole over and set
me back an hour and n half
And now I'm to be sent out To be
regulated! They think I'm not relia
Bile. ! don't tell the truth about The
time. But It's not | that needs regu
lating--it's the family. Oh, well. n
little rest cure will do me good--Du,
who viii do their lying while I'm
gomez"