Show A fable A cottager hall had a clock which had been owned by his hia father and grandfather before him antl anil for a hundred hund roil years bail had ticked off the hours with utmost precision day anil and night week in and ana week weak out tho the old clock kept ticking kicking away and etwas it was the tha wonder of the children and tho the prida ol of the tho parents although its labor wan wait wearisome aul anil monotonous tho the clock had bad never uttered one word ot of complaint dt and although alth gh its rus cracked i its ita hands rusty ty and its general appearance appo aranco unI thing but handsome hand somo it lad iliad no I 1 a brings to be anything better than a clook clock and to serve tho the family to tho the best beat of its ability cyina ona day a traveler passed that way having a musio box under his arm and while he ato dinner lis his box played its ita merry music when lie ho wont away tho the clock was jeavons mindel and aged 11 why I 1 have boon boen a music box bos na as well ast as a clock 7 it argued ed with itself 1 tho ilie box mailo made laws laces nt at mo me because I 1 have no music in ill m mo a I 1 anil nil vet t I 1 am vain donogh to think t that b t I 1 le know now m more 0 a 0 of f music musio I 1 in a ono minute than any dwarf of ii a box bos doos does in all day I 1 am tired of being a clock and I 1 will now delight the family with is tume tine 11 thereupon the clook clock begin began to strike and 1 I bizz and hum unit and tho the cottagers cottager wife cried out oot heaven save not but the old time lime piece is ia bewitched Th tho clock tried it again and again an and a when the cottager was called in ia be hoBai said il 4 As aa a clock it was faithful v valuable an and d highly prized As aa it a aulsia b boi ol 01 it is ia a 11 horrible failalo and a bui salle I 1 will vill therefore pull pall it it down and sell i it it to the junk dealer MOl lAIi it I 1 you can shoo ahoo a horse dont aspire to become on an orator detroit free press |