The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-05
DOYS START ON IAANSGoNIlMENIlL WALK.

L.
"Num."
"Is the cat up there with case of
toiic?"
No reply to this He took his seat
And began eating again.
"Tf 1t was n mummy IN that pack
age she has come TO life and Is willing
TO get out. She may have been hun
ery and thirsty for the last 6,000
years"
He Maintained Silence.
II was painful to see Mr.. Bowser
hang on to himself. and he deserved
medal for IT, His face and neck
we're Of brick red and his ears work
ed back and forth like those Of a
horse meeting brass band for the
first time. hut not n word from him.
sbtne day in the future he would hum
BILE Mrs. Bowser to the dust, bat not
now--not now. When he had finished
the meal he moved slowly upstairs
and paced up and down. ana II was
ten minutes before he said:
"Nfrs. Bowser. the first thing I re-
member as n child was n cuckoo clock
that stood in my fathers Kitchen"
yes; saw It as a girl" she re-
piled.
'I loved that clock. To me II was
mysterious friend. used to wait for
II to strike. used to watch for the
bird TO come out and sing. II live
TO be hundred years old can't for
get It, I have always said that clock
formed my character"
$50 you lay It of on poor old clock,
do you" was innocently asked.
Mr.. Bowser Jumped a foot high but
when be came down he was calm
again--so calm that he went on:
ut has been the want of cuckoo
clock in this house that has made It
seem strange abode to me. It's my
house and my home, but have con
tinually looked about for something
that wasn't here"
But now you've got IL In that pack.
age out thereT'
II have"
"And it's q cuckoo clock?"
ut is"
Cuckoo Clock Starts.
As if to corroborate his words the
grinding. grating noise began, md
there was following sound like the
rcreecb of crow wounded by a farm
ers gun.
childhood days returnedw meanly
soliloqulzed Mrs. Bowser q
Mr.. Bowser walked down the hall
and unwrapped the new arrival 1t
was truly an old cuckoo clock. II look
ed as IL II Ind seen two centuries Of
roughhouse work. There was a big
afmful of II az Il was brought back to
the sitting room. N
"B6ught at auction, supposeT
"It was.v
"Ani cost yon about s25Y
"AIy bid was "g0.'
Cheap enough for missing link
Sure It's In good order?" A
Absolutely, have the key here TO
wind it,
Bird Begins Singing.
Mr.. Bowser had made one turn Of
the key when there was sound like
q saw grating over n file, and 1t
brought shlvers even to the cooks back
down In the kitchen. Then tallless
bird. with one eye knocked out md
two claws missing. bolted out from
somewhere and screeched. 1t was not
| the notes of n cuckoo. 1t was not the
warble of the ostrich 1t was not the
sad song Of the peacock. The sounds
hud never been made on this earth
before by man, bird or beast.
Mrs. Bowser smiled.
solve It chance" exclaimed Mr..
Bowser.
Scream--shriek-
II ought to have ceased In n couple
of minutes, but It didn't 1t ought to
have ceased when Mr.. Bowser laid the
hoary old relic on its face. but 1t
didn't. 1t ought to have had the
sense to stop when Topped over on its
back, but 1t lay there and looked up
nj the ceiling and sang and sobbed
and sang again.
f'The dear old daysw sighed Mrs.
Bowser, feeling that she was expected
10 say something encouraging.
"You walt. This is only preliminary.
tell you
End Of tho Clock.
But he never told her. That noise
ran for ten minutes longer. 1t had
high notes and low notes. 1t had sad
notes ana Joyous notes. 1t scared the
cat and made the cook swear that she
wouldn't work another day for a man
that would bring home an old ghost.
AS one cuckoo clock had had the max
ing Of Mr.. Bowsets character, 80 an
other had the unmaking OF II.
He tried to smile and make believe
he enjoyed the performance, but VIXEN
he saw Mrs Bowser shaking witt
laughter a change came. With the
ferocity OF fiend he jumped on that
clock again and again. He smashed
the time stained case. He busted the
wheels that We're turning when Napo
leon fought Mt Waterloo. He broke
the springs that were on the job al
Bunker fiill.
Then he raised a back window and