Show I 1 how to clan a clock A fine eight day cuckoo clock stood in one corner of tho tile kitchen inside tho the casoff case of whick which jemmy kept his single 8 gun a good one it was and always kept ready loaded 1 I like to have things ready and handy like he was wont to remark yon you never know when they may ho be near tho the birds birda iio lie meant there was no gun license needed in those days only a game certificate the things that did come when je jemmy ammy was about seldom went away again the clock was a good one but the bird had 10 t properly for some cirile aae one 0 11 1 I 1 i i I 1 11 1 1 I 1 I I 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 flay he be would tuno td up all r right anh ani iho next ho lie was mute mother said eho she really must have it cleaned but she never could mako maho up her mind to let it go out of the house one day the very day when this really was going to bo be done a boy came e rushing from tho the farmyard into the kitchen where jemmy was having his enack snack of lunch alone to tell him something had come and hed best be quick for it was on the move like jemmy opened tho the clock case and hu hurriedly caught up tho the gun as ho lie had done scores of times before but not with the same result in tho the haste of the moment he touched one of the weights it swayed the hammer of hia his gun hit bit tho the bottom 0 of f tho the weight which threw throw lyback and off orf eho she went bang right through the WO works down tell fell tha the cuckoo the mother was up upstairs stairs when sho she heard the report her first thoughts were for jennny jem my boy what have you done doney she cried for a moment lie looked speechless at tho the wreck then lie shouted back all right mother ive only clean cleaned ed the clock cornhill magazine |