Show TILE THE OLD FAMILY P. II CLOCK By nr John Anderson on Jayne It Is an old clock you ou can see eo that thal at a s glance It was made In to a time lime when men worked for tho the joy of working and the satisfaction experienced ln In their hearts healt brought blought to them a great reward The case of or solid walnut is tongued and grooved and fitted with tho the precision of or a careful workman Each cog and wheel shows the touch of a masler master hand han andas and andas andas as It ticks ticks and licks ticks In regular beat and rhythm It is a jO joy to the household and a constant reminder of tho the faithful man who established it in his home For years it Jl stood In tho the old house where It was first placed by the hand that is now still stUl in death and there counted tho hours of oC summer and winter with wilh unvarying fidelity and watched the seasons ns come and go 10 fearing tearing neither storm nor shine satisfied only to do its dUt duty a as one that has great responsibilities placed upon it In the tho t silence of the tho night in long days when the house was WWi vacant It It kept on its con constant t tnt mart march h never ne 4 I murmuring or rcpt repining at b ng- ng l left t alone Wound round on ona a n Sunday morning regularly k it L has S continued to tu the tho n next Sunday content to lo do o the Iho wilt will of or its owner an and give ghe lie Iho I time of day to all with a dl unapproachable and a courtesy Irreproachable It iris hAS looked upon sa sad scenes In Its time It has seen tho lie aged father in the home brought rought to his last Illness and carried from front t Iho IO house by mourning friends And If It felt tolt oft sorrow in ht Its Us heart its measured tick tech tick tech tj has not announced to lo the world its ils sorrow and jn m n of or spirit It II has looked into the ces of or children an and with l kindly e eye o and serene has watched them then through the tho days of or babyhood young childhood and e. e It has seen the young joung boys and ami girls In the tho home as ac the they have stood watching tho the rather father as ho he wound It H an and then explained to them the the- mystery of or time lime telling g It has hus counted tho the hours that lovers hn have lingered In inthe the Iho house or out on tho the porch as the they whispered their theil lov love If It Il saw the first pure kiss of oC a ma maidens maiden's ens en's lips upon tho the lips of the strong strong- strongman man to lo whom sho had given her love lo It never told tho ho tale laic and modestly kept its hands before Its Ils face when ft It knew that the lovers would be embarrassed did they know that lint It was looking au and smiling smiling smil smil- ing inh upon them It has seen the ld nc as she came from Crom her hel chamber all aJl robed etl In the garme garments of purity purIt and the tho measured words of oC tho the preacher unconsciously lous fell Into the beat of the clock an and the Wilt Thou of or the Iho preacher was echoed by the clock n and d aIlS answered ered by y the bride as she sal said I will I will came camo the tho tho I chal changes cs in the history of or the Iho clock The family was broken rolen up by marriage and b by death b by the natural changes of life and now in he a state stale far removed from the tho one In which It was first located locate It hangs hang's on the wall and continues Us its work and la labor ol of or love DurIng DurIng During Dur- Dur Ing these changes it has been jostled jo in freight cars carried carried car car- ried to the tho land of or perpetual Ice and snow then taken talen to the land of oC springs where the birds and the flowers bloom loom forever and for Cor aye lye Now ow it is on the tho walls of a a. simple homo home reminding the Iho dear cal ones of oC the times that shall be no more of or the necessity of or using the present wisely and well and Indicating Indi- Indi catIng in its ils rapid movement that new times are coming and suggesting the rewards that await the faithful o or of this life liCe It is a friend frien a brother a hus husband an a wife wiCe a son and anda a daughter Without 11 it the lie home would seem a barren place and a 0 strange spot With It on tho the wall It calls to recollection t the mem y of happy happ days das and with the Insistence in insistence In- In of an old friend Inspires helps to cheer It has made for tor itself a 3 In the hearts of the family an and with its continued continuing through tho the years goes steadily forward forwar making tho the life Ufo of the posse possessors ors sweeter and and happier because of or its being And nd when ono one t thinks nl s of the dear faces that have looked into inlo its face the tears como come to the e eyes es and the clock seems to soften its tone and whisper Gone Cone gone ono but not lost but not lost lost- lostIn In times of temptation it 11 says as a's Be Bo true Irue be a true irue In times of doubt and difficulty it whispers Trust on trust on In times when the tho heart heartbeats heartbeats heartbeats beats with tho the joy of or life Ufe it fair fairly sings and joins In the jo joy heart beat singing Enjoy Enjo enjoy enjo So the old family clock clod meets life lire at every Ver turn and rounds it at every corner cornel a a. blessing le ing a benediction and a aJoy ajO ajoy jO Joy forever fore And toda today in the tae shadow of or the old clock we ne sit and rejoice that It is ours today and our childrens children's tomorrow |