Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1910 — Uncertain What Was Wrong. [ARTICLE]

Uncertain What Was Wrong.

A nervous little man stepped briskly into a jewelry store with a. mediumsized clock under his wing. He placed the chronometer on the counter, turned the hands around to about one minute of 12 o’clock, and told the expert behind the counter to listen. “It keeps perfect time,” the customer said, “but I want to find out if you notice anything wrong with the way it strikes.” The jeweler listened. “There’s nothing wrong,” he replied, with a grin, after the clock had struck, “except that she strikes thirteen instead of twelve. That can easily be remedied.” The customer looked as relieved as if he'd just awakened from a bad dream.

“That’s just what I’ve always thought ever since we’ve had the clock,” he burst forth. “I’ve always felt sure It struck thirteen. But no one else in the family ever spoke of it, and I was afraid to say anything about it for fear there was something wrong with my own works. Well, it’s worth the price of having the thing repaired just to find out I was right.”