The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-01-29

some expedient; IL nothing more,
shall offer a premium Of a thouSan'
francs to him who viii write a bool
against clocks, watches, pendulums
rcpoaterS, cylinders, escapements, an
ehors, lock wards, etc, etc, II he buI
prove that the inventor was a rogue
a knaye.
While lawyer Fcnogio was inyoigh'
ing with eomical gravity against the
poor clocks. Feliee had taken has
watch out Of has waistcoat pocket and
pressed the gold ease open.
Either yours or mine keeps poor
time, he said. 1t is already half past
three o'clock in the morning, and
have yet a service to ask you before
20.
But Fenoglio paid no attention %
him; he had seen him pull out his
watch. and wished to break a lance
with him.
Ali to quoque, Brute? So you are
man who plays with the enemy in his
pocket?
What would you? it is habit. And
besides, one need, by no means, be the
slave of ones watch! Mine, like that
of all sons of Adam, keeps time once
year. | consult it as a pastime; it
does as il pleases, SO do !, and We are
agreed-as husband and wife. But you
rather, why do you not break yours,
and get it out of your way?
Bravo! and the servantsl 1t is a
fatal necessity of the household, as
weariness is TO me; its tran tran has
given the time to the tran tran of my
existence. Should / ever break the
clock, my monotonous life would, ! be-
lieve, strike the hours and quarters IN
its stead. Oh Felix, felicity is yours
since you are not bored.
Which will not happen to me so long
as | live, answered Magnaseo; ! have
an infallible remedy against it.
Where is it on sale? For ! shall go
and purchase it at once, without even
taking this gown eff =.
Oh be not so hastyl You need not
go to the pharmacist for that. Do as
do; give yourself up to the unknown.
Never ask yourself: "What shall | do
to kill timer See, Fenoglio, never
SO amused myself as one day when |
went out of the house with the intcn-
ton of being bored. Let destiny do its
work. If you are accustomed to pass
through a certain street, do not turn
of at the usual corner; so on. There
YOU will find the friend that you were
looking for at the cafe, whom, by turn
ing at the aforesaid corner, you sure
ly would have missed. There you viii
see n handsome mercer, who will sell
YOU a handkerchief, half silk and half
cotton, that you will afterward present
to your sweetheart's maid, and there
by economize three francs. There you
will meet an unknown lady; you VIII
follow her, obtain from her graceful
smile. or a duel with her lover; which
incidents will lead you into a different
channel of thought and acquaintance,
which you had not as you went out ol
The house, and which may even change
he whole course of your life. l1
short. let reason follow action; do not
walk with your head, but with your
feet; in other words, go it blindly.
But, said Roberto Fenoglio, and If
run my nose against post?
That, Magnasco replied grayely, is
me of the inconvenience Of THIS
heory, which, nevertheless, is very
inc. T;
Well then, | shall try il, said Rob-
,rto. Meanwhile he was stretching
himself on the sofa, yawning again.
Felice noticed it, and promptly rose.
Your yawning, he said, proves that
should go. Conscience! after four
,'clock! And l had already forgotten
he cause of my delayl ! say, Feno-
,lio, have a service TO ask Of you -.
In manus tuas domino. Mind!
annot lend you more than two thous-
nd francs to-day.
Nonsense have no need Of mon
Y, but of a much more important and
elicate service. |,
A duel?
Almost; am going to marry.
All! the DEVIL "and how and when
,as such fame kindled within thy
osom? ?" II
The story would be rather long to
IN now. answered Magnaseo, and ,
lust rest at least three hours before !
return 10 you. Up
Return? How is that? Why? a.