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Show WAV OF THK "BORN FIXER." Nsver Any Use to Interfere, Bays Woman Who Knows. "One of the easiest wars to got over a difficulty Is to walk around It." said tho woman who had Just returned to her horn after a summer outing. "Our clock, which has done good work for four years, naturally mopped while ws ere away, when I wound It tho pendulum refused tn swing. William told mo to let It alono until he had tint to fix It. "Ona evening after dinner William took down the clock. Ho told the servant ser-vant to bring him the kerosene oil can. He poured halt the contents of tho can down the back or the clock. Incidentally he ruined tbe tablecloth and his trousers. Hut I didn't mind that. It never paya to Interfere with a born fixer when he's fixing something. some-thing. "After William had tinkered with the timepiece for an hour he decided to wait until tho next night. When he had gone down town net morning morn-ing 1 took It to a elockmrker. "MIramlnyl' "he exclaimed, "who's been monkeying with thlsT To remedy rem-edy the original troublo would havo cost forty cents. Now you'll want a new face, since this one Is soaked with oil. You're In for 94.50 all right.' "I had the clock In Its usual place when William camo homo to dinner. But he never seemed to notice It. Said he was going to a neighbor's that evening to help him fix Ills autnmo-Mle." |