MARK TWAIN

no idea how many, for no docks were in hearing, but my
instinct and the diminished street voices assured me it
was about 2 A.M.—I suddenly thought "My watch has
run clown of course" and I hopped out of bed, got the
tiling from rny vest on a wall hook and put it to my ear.
Y*'s, if was silent. Opened it, took a careless glance—ap-
parrntly M:JO P.M. Hern stopped more than two hours
I said:—listened -no tick bearable; wound it up, closed
it; after a moment unclosed it and listened to make sure
it had started up a^ain; it hadn't; shook it, listened, shook
it attain, then it started up and I put it back in the vest
pocket and returned to bed. I finished my book as quickly
as possible—:;ay in half an hour—then rushed myself to
sleep, to capture what was left of the night (morning).
When I woke I felt well rested up. Rose and looked at
my watch—6 A.M. True time is about 8:30, I said, and
ordered breakfast and the paper brought to my room.
Ate the breakfast, read the World through, wrote a letter
<u- two, began // Window in Thrums \ by and by dressed
and went up Fifth Avenue—noticed the clock in front of
Fifth Avenue Hotel—look out my watch to set it. By
George, it and the chock were precisely together!—10:14.
What was it that called me out of bed the very instant
that my watch had run down and stopped the night
before?

This is the very counterpart of Mr. Child's adventure
with his watch, in Florence.

The family were at the Villa Viviani, near
Florence, and he presently returned to them.

Scttignano, March 4, 1893: 9:30 P.M. Mr, Cleveland
has been President now two or three hours, no doubt.

Driving from Prato this afternoon, a child darted across
the road under the noses of the horses, was knocked

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