New-York tribune., 1909-10-17

could Oe easily avoided, and. as she was rsgsa
oversleeper she took the article to heart. II sz
that 1t only necessary to get a clock. and s.
fore retiring set the hands to point to the 6esIsl
rising time. and stare at them long and we'll ard
when the hands reached that position in the nom
ing the sleeper would unfailingly awaken. 8
Grandma PilIbeck got tin clock for 81 cents aai
tried it. She set the hands O'Clock. and stared
at them for ten minutes and then set the clock az
the proper time and went to bed and. sure enousa.
at exactly o'clock the next morning she awsS-'
ened She was delighted, and did it again the next
night and the next morning she again awakened
at S o'clock precisely. Alter that she kept 4 up
regularly, and it never failed For about three
years she gazed at o'clock every night and aWak-
ened at 6 o'clock every morning. and by that time
she had acquired the habit Of rising whenever The
hands Of the clock pointed to S. She found that
she had looked at the clock often that II was
no longer necessary 70 look it before going %
bed-whenever the hands pointed to she had
jump out Of bed
About ave weeks ago. while Grandma Paltes
was sleeping peacefully in the middle of the mgr
she suddenly jumped out OF bed as II impeled Q
irresistible impulse, or, she expressed H. az
If some one had kicked me out, ana when ss
lighted her lamp she that the clock was polnf
ing to o'clock. Something had gone wrong VII
the works OF the tin clock. things are apt 70 =
wrong with the fnwards Of those S4-cent clocks and
the clock was running too fast but as lOns as she
was up she thought she might as well stay I'd, 50
she did But In three hours the hands Of the e0eA
had run around to again, and Grandma Pillhses
felt herself irresistibIy impeled to get into bed
again. or. she expressed it, "as if some one haa
Kicked me into bed
As she lay there thinking what would Be the
best thing 20 do she fell into doze, and she nusi
have slept three hours for the first thing she knew
she irresistibIy impelled out Of bed again Ine
hands OF the clock were pointing to s.
That afternoon Orlando PiIIbeck her son. TOOK
the tin clock and a screwdriver and set to work
TO correct the clock, and Grandma Pillbeck had
long rest out Of bed. for Orlando found he could
not get all the parts back into the tin clock tnat
he had taken out OF it, but about sundoWn ne saw
It up. and put all the Iarts he could back into ths
clock. He had to leave out the little jigger ths'
keeps the clock from running with itself bu'
BY leaving the clock unwOund AID setuns ths
hands personally when she wanted 20 go 70 os~
and having Orlando set them at when II Va
time for her TO get up. she did very We'll uh."
Orlando happened 10 so away for a week 0I asa.
ing That week sTaaGma slept whole WeeAs >'a
when Orlando TetUrs ed and set the clock She va
so weak from lack of TODD that she waooed- y
Orlando decided 70 get new Tin clock and Wn'-
the pedlet csL.e around he traded m the 0u o"'
and 20 cents for
All would have been well. but IT seems ina.
Grandma PilIbeck had become atruned 20 the on
clOck-as you might say-and did not respond !" y. -,
new one, and the -pedleT must have given the
clock to his children play with when He .
home His children must have spent their uas-
winding the old tin clock and allowing U " ~ ~
down at the rate oG twCnty-fcur hours min. tll'
They, were probably early riscrs. those eiii m -,
and went tO bed late. and played with the @ ON
clock industTiously. for from . a. m un'n -
Grandma Pillbeck responded To the hauuS ~ - -,
clock. Every few seconds she was rreSis''oS -.
PEELED into bed. aud every few secohuS . s". IN.
irresiStibly tmpelled out again as the hSlN ss.-
clock marked s. IL was pItttul 10 see 'Ne.
faced old lady bouncing into bed and cut OF IT, -
would stand with a scared expression anu ,s 81
denly she would twitch. and into bed she "0u.- s.
/ and Immediately she would twtch S''u assh
would come She wore OF a great deal Of w., ~
on the Stats Of the bed but the clock n'oe ,,
and faster time and at last she only nS~ -, tbs
| hit the floor before she went o@SS S
/ Stats ,,4 81 hs
\ orlando tried 10 find where the ped'e' ,rs
| could take the clock away from hine o"' "a ne
/ knew and Grandma Pillbeek bounce" 'y,s,,-slay
troubles Of this world at O'Clock last
i morning.
/ Copyright 1909. by W G. ta'P"