THE OLD
TOICLOCK
(Original.]
A group of rltiren* stood In the mar
ket pi*** of Schramberg. io the Black
fvrw*t. looking up at tb?* clock in the
cL-.irch tower.
It ha* ?topped," said oue.
fcXm but the bands move at a snail"*
pocv." sold another.
' t have been standing here fuller ten
m'aute*," said u third, "and can't de
tvi-t the slightest change."
" knd I have watched It for an hour,"
Mkl a fourth. "The long band shows
a gi.lu of two and a half minutes."
"When was the change noticed?"
"At 12 o'clock midnight. 1; has not
stra.1. the hour since."
"Lec me nee? two and a half minutes
to tho hour. At that rate the minute
hand would sweep the dlnl In twenty
four hours. The clock registers but
aa h Kir a day."
From a little shop near by old Roth
holt. the watchmaker, glanced out of
hht window at the group, shook his
bead at them, then turned and resumed
his or k. The day before bis son bad
come to him. wringing his hands.
"Oh, father," he exclaimed, ;*Clclly
has been condemned! Old Mother
Oault av.ore that she had seen her
with her own ey? vomiting crooked
pins."
"What! That Innocent girl con
demned for witchcraft on the testi
mony of that hag?"
re* and she hi to be burned at the
?take in three days. Oh. father, help!
We are betrothed!"
The youngster, still in his teens, had
not ceased to rely ou his father for
everything, the old man scratched
his head and gave himself up to deep
thought. Presently be said. *'1 cannot
prevent this tragedy, but I luay delay
It."
"How*" asked the boy eagerly.
' You know, my son, that the clot-k
la the church tower, which I lumle
and about which no one except m.
self kaows auythlng^ls the legal time
in tbe villa?*? tbatT, the town cTerk
as well as v.itchmaker. keep the legal
calendar aud -keep It by tin; clock, if
I stop the clock I stop the village time,
but in that case they would adopt an- i'
other standard I ffUl make the hands
fo rery slowly. This will delay the
execution, and something may happwa
to sar* the girl."
In the middle of the night the. old j
man went ap into the tower and-chong-f
ed the clock's rate to one hoar In twen
ty-four. Cicily could not t? legally
burned for more than two months.
Tbe gronp standing In the market
place after further discussion moved
together to ol<| itotbbola's shop, told
him that tbe clock had nearly stopped
and be must fix It. "Don't bother your
heads about the clock," he said; "it
will go well enough In time." "When?"
"After the girl who was condemned
yesterday has l<een burned." "What
has tbat to do with it?" "I don't
know. I only know tbat tbe clock,
which has kept perfect time ever since
It was set up hi the tower, has sud
deuly gone wrong." "Nousense!*" ex
claimed most of the party, and they
went away.
The old man luslsted that be could
not fix the clock, though, to satisfy the
authorities, he pretended to try. In a
few days the burghers, finding a new
subject of interest, ceased to talk
about the clock. A week later Antolne
Hecker presented a note that was due
to Karl Becker for jiavmmt. Becker
declared tbat he would pay it when
the Town clock should say the time
for payment had expired. Hecker
went to Itothholz and asked for a cer
tificate to that effect. Hecker declared
that by the village time the note was
not due. The result was u quarrel be
tween the debtor and the creditor.
Theu came a widow who wished tc
marry agalu. By the terms of her lato
husband's will she would lose every
thing he had left her If she married
before a certain date. The date had
expired, but the legal tow:) time said
tbat It had not. The clerk said it was
his duty to keep the calendar by the
clock. He could do nothing. Tbe
judge ordered him before the court
and to flx the clock or keep the culeu
der by another timepiece. The town
clerk refused to %reak the law, aud
! the judge had no power to compel him
to do so.
A a the days and weeks elapsed tbe
condition of the people of the village
became more irritating. They quafr
| reled about the time to go; to bed, to
get op, for meals. The children would j
not go to school till the clock struck
the hour. Nobody would go to church
because there wns no knowing when
they should go. Those who had
watches tyrrunlzed over those who had
not and . among tb?xn??lvts
08 to whose watch was rlgbt. At last
tb* bnbbob was so ?reat that It be
came la tolerable-. A committee wait- J
ed 9u the town cterk and begged him
tb Us the clock or break the law. prom
ising him immunity.
"Not I," he said. "I believe that
h?m shows its dlspleaso:u through
the dock for the condemnation of a
pure young girl for witchcraft."
When this was repeated to tbo Judge
he called the court together and re
opened the trial of the condemned
Clclly. Antolne Uecker, who was nnx
lous to get his money from his cred
itor) having heard that the clock would
not go properly till Clclly was acquit
ted, swore that the night before he had
teen her accuser sailing by moonlight
on the river in a sieve. All the dis
satisfied people In the village support
ed his testimony. Clclly was acquit
ted, and the old woman was condemn
ed to be burned In her stead.
That night nt midnight the old clock
(track the hour and thenceforth re
corded the lime correctly.
CHARLOTTE BOND HILL.
Intermittent.
Mrs. Slummer? Does your husband
drink regularly?
Mrs. Hogan? No. mum; my wages
Isn't steady.? Judge.
Not at All Funny.
"Though 'brevity's tho soul of xvlt,' "
Remarked tho busted sport.
"I really cannot soe a bit
Of fun In bolng short."
?Catholic Standard and Times.
So Impolite.
"Oh." gasped Caesar as he felt the
thrust of Brutus' dagger, "how rudo
of you to cut an old friend!"? Minne
apolis Journal.
Not Quite Clear.
"A friend In nood Is a friend Indeed."
Is u saying tlint seems funny.
How can a friend who Is In need
Advance a fellow money?
?Chicago News.
Poor Fellow!
"TVb*t is a 'paradox,' pa?"
"A tall man's condition after mar
riage, when he's always short."? New
York Press.
. ~7*\
? I ii| i'i?o it I* treason to m.v supe
t'jr oflicer to say so, but doctors at* !
rvrtfllnly n<>t emy patterns to mnu
iSt\" tvunirlc'tHl the trained nurse. "At
east, this has always been my experl
?iKv. and most nurses, you will find,
igrcc with me in the mutter. 1 have
ifcutly fcpen uiirslng n physlelttu
f.h:oi!^'h typhoid, and my experience
with him was typical of the cases of
ibe profession In general.
"Doctors know altogether too much
for their own peaoe of mind, you see.
Each new symptom Is recognized, and
If It Is an unfavorable one. why. the
patient's weakened condition usually
leads him to lay great stress upon It.
Theu. since he has always been In a
position to Issue orders to the nurse,
he cannot easily bring him.' elf to take
ordenf from her, and he is disposed to
criticise and take exception td treat
ment which the ordinary patient re
ceives as a matter of course.
"But perhaps the most troublesome
thing of all is the mania which the
doctor has for taking his temperature.
If ho bus a moderately high fever and
is allowed to use the thermometer as
often as he wishes he can fret and
worry ovM the result enough to send
hLs temperature up materially. More
than once rather than exasperate a
physician patient by a refusal to let
him have the thermometer and rather
at the same time than let him know
Just how high his fever was I have
dropped the instrument Just as I was
In the act of handing it to him. Of
course I apologize for my carelessness
at such times, and the regret really
does not have to be all assumed, for I
am at the expense of buying myself a
new thermometer.
"At one time I had an inaccurate In
strument, which never registered high
enough, and I used to call It my doc
tor's thermometer. By a little dexter
ity I could substitute this for the one
I actually used myself, and the en
couragingly low temperature It would
show would greatly please the patient."
?New York Times.
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