Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-12-08
The Castle
Clock
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elszznf stsaG~rsien wts haa mever $50.
azm o. his abode TIE yszrx ~.
rho <sxxee<ie-d 60 the rfrs@ xnss -
Erusss-ry. Aksolf Herzag- CO reesss.
ef E0-fSr1<son cf AS r~Estsv@s sss.s.h
and hfs ~ua x<c~zsxaoa u tie essssa
weaf TO TIE seAs1ss and sasx w-, =.
abode there He fglnsi Haas SrAss~-s-
an cd se<TfsDv. In charge ~ rA< utasa
who sssoEss hsEa hss 10rzkszse and nv.
hz1a q nstBuxs acrs1nr ~ sr~ryehszy
il H. fer Sesstser ~ ! assz there So
ssnSe fse'was E-xz saaE for saxay rear.
had sseen fhe Essssw ssor1a
Tssat cSock b. said. rpse--Sax II. .
t1mers@ce ~puse ssx feet In hesxHs y..g
In trS-stfh and thickness the szza e =
eot3r for m atE5t, has stood 49,.
ever sance the schs0Ss ~ss belt. r7w
nearty 30 years Ego II has fsrssD,s
TIE death Of every event ssnrs ttse SIS
who Vas ennaksaei Ca aecornx q hss
servic<s IN battle
Whaty exclaimed the yo1nx r-zn
With q xh1ssser. -Eor~sssA e%n-s,
Hcw dsi II % tkstT
Il cannnf tell xDu-- rey,gsesa the o..
KAN An ! know Is that txo eo-yrs
have died while have iivea bee o-a
Of then tod my fafhex that b. vas
gufnx TO de the esock having wx-ue.s
him Of his approaching essi TIE ets-
e.. be Who died . few weeks sxo. 10.
lie the sane thing with regard 10 ss7a-
self BEs there ts nothing rvsra-xzssa
sbouf this Fer there Il a sr.dsrsyn TIA.
the clock win foretesf the death % -.
tscuEzbenf eoans til tie sehssss Is .
rwfn--
Cant Adolf said nothing tn r~ssr 10
this iufarnssfion. tsat 1t affected Tin
very senSihsy- Srsen after hs--azzsz<
d0nesttsztesi In his new korne b. susz-si
himself constantly booking fpr sore
SIGN from the clock that cszsa ts IT,
terTs~ssd Is an fnsicats ex shas his end
was near. II world se~ra rather shsr
the etcck ~hsuid h. isokizsx fog ss-us
Of it, own decay, heese&e 1t vas vsry
cd while she count was yoang ara
healthy.
re94t Adssif was fetrcShess wher be
ncre--s.f 10 tie srussersy 70 Bertha Soa
ffoSEf<. wk< n b. fnsrrie<s xsssn after
his scre~Ssen axsi took hsr there to
lire Nas wishing that sse sk0uM hsa
a~Sre cf ti< ufssxrfor1sbse feeling g.
essssssEe-i by tise tradition be said n0sh-
M 80 her alS,1f it, Bat il w4s Eot
sps4y before the young countess saw
thai s-n-thinS unpleasant swzs a-ect-
i.sx her husband and in tine STE SIR
missed that II WIS the ebock For 81
no<iced thai her husband was oft=D
wakeful- and whenever that s~ors-red
be ss16 her be wished IL wousd nor
tick 80 ieud
One night when Count Adolf WAS a0-
feeling well. ARR be had gune 10 s@ep
his wife arose, .stippei downstairs sad
sfopred the ruentu5un Then she went
back to bed- The reason she dbl inss
was that she feared II her hast4nd
awoke and hsard the tirkirg b. soagd
he annoyed by it In the middle Of
the night TIE remit swoke. reverse
and tn Entn-
Imrnesdfsteiy he noticed that the eseck
was silent Had be been In a nor-lsl
copdiftor be would duahtiess have
thought Il had run down thocgh Z
had never been known 90 ran Gown
for Hans Schlttter attended To -
winding and had dime - for half
century. He bcasted that In al teeSe
years be had never permitted II to
run down but oace- though be admit
ted that this bad occurred shortly t<-
fore Count Kerchofrs death
Cnfortunateiy the old man bad toll
tits to his young master. Therefor
when Count Adolf awoke feeling II
and did nd hear the ticking OF liz
clock be IT once inferred that its eeas
ing presaxed his death Having r
ways concealed what troubled BIB
from his wife. fearing that she woc5d
conceive contempt for him on sc
count Of 1t. he did not now reveal \
to her. But be awoke her and told be-
that be feared be was going to die
The countess at once awoke the serT-
ants and sent for doctor. who fouh3
the count IN q state Of collapse lie
could not tel what was the matte
with his patient for all his orEAAs
seemed TO be in fairly good workins
order. The counts nerves were eSF
IDENTITY affected 50. not knowing IVES
else to do. the doctor gave him sf7a--
dive. which put him to sleep.
A daughter OF Hans Sehlotfer. goins
downstairs after having carried VI
kettle Of hot water for the Invalid no
decd that the old clock had sfopp<o-
Supposing that her father had let II lun
down. she started the pendulum soins,
but. noticing that the weights sen
hung high she refrained from wfndans
IT. When the count awoke Hans wS
standing BY his bed. The fnvaihi
hearing the clock ticking. asked HAns
II be was aware that the clock haa
stopped during the night Hans SAIL
he was not
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