Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1910 — COULDN’T MISS HIS TRAIN [ARTICLE]

COULDN’T MISS HIS TRAIN

“Kind” Friends Make Sure That Jersey Man Awakens In Time to Catch Train.

New York. —Anxious to take the 4:85 train from Washington, N. J„ Thomas James decided to sleep over night in the store where he is a clerk and be awakened by an alarm clock. The other clerks decided to have fun with him. At 1 a. m. James was awakened by a loud ringing. There was the clock ticking peacefully by his side, with the alarm hand pointing three hours ahead. He found the source of the sound under a large pan. He stopped it and went to sleep. Fifteen minutes afterward he was reawakened similarly. Another clock was under another pan. The performance was repeated three times more. Then James decided to abandon the place to the alarm clocks. He walked the streets until train time.