Show POSSIBILITIES 11 CLOCK TICKS MHI Speaking of queer things the lock In our office cut a curious caper ho othdr night said an old newspaper news-paper n an and I was Just thinking ot the Jolaulte possibilities tho nincniiig Lately the clock has not been working well In fact It has refused Ho run for some reason and repair wuric has failed to put It In any thing 111 it decent shape On the particular Icular iilght I have In mind It was absolutely dead and I believe had been peifectly still for several days Along about the closing up tlmo there was a imdden flutter In the clocks machinery and then the funny thing began to happen The clock began to lick pro Isely like a telegraph Instrument Instru-ment U was a call from some point Gee shrieked a man near me who lad some knowledge of telegraphy Theres something doing Hear that Slngtporo bet you Rojestvensky Ias bun ped up against Togos fleet In he Chlila sea The clock kept on calling It kept on spelling Singa pore At least thats what tho man 1i t said Its a hunch ho shrieked again directly and unless wo got busy around here wo will just about got the life scooped out of us by missing tho biggest naval erisagomctitf lfi Vil J tory Dont get excited old man said a quiet fellow over In the corner and just keep your eye on tho clock fie pictures of the battle will be flashed In a few minutes and you will be able to see Rojcstvonsky and I > his crowd hustling for tho bottom I Its funny Isnt It said tho quiet man after awhile on what thin pegs we sometimes hang a tale Heres 1 an old wornout clock with a telegraphic tele-graphic connection and In some way tho wires get mixed the machinery Ir jostled a little and begins to click and Immediately tho romantic mind begins to conjure up things I was Just wondering how many of tho yarns about the wars progress In the Far East tho losses in ships and mon have boon taken from dead clocks Many I dare say i |