Chapter I: Front Matter

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CHRISTOPHER AND THE CLOCKMAKERS

CHRISTOPHER AND THE CLOCKMAKERS

by

SARA WARE BASSETT

With Illustrations by William F. Stecher

Boston Little, Brown, and Company 1925

Copyright, 1925, by Sara Ware Bassett. All rights reserved

Published September, 1925

Printed in the United States of America

TO THE MEMORY OF

RICHARD PARSONS, SIMON WILLARD AND JOHN BAILEY,

A TRIO OF CONSCIENTIOUS CRAFTSMEN, WHOSE HANDIWORK
STILL SURVIVES THEM TO CHEER MY HOME AND TESTIFY
DAILY TO THEIR FIDELITY AND SKILL.

S. W. B.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I A CLOUD WITH A SILVER LINING 1

II CHRISTOPHER MAKES AN ACQUAINTANCE 12

III CHRISTOPHER ESCAPES BEING A HERO 31

IV AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE POLICE 39

V CHRISTOPHER ASTONISHES HIMSELF 49

VI CLOCKS THAT WERE GOOD AS PLAYS 64

VII AN EXCURSION 81

VIII AN ADVENTURE 101

IX CHRISTOPHER RECOGNIZES AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE 112

X AN AMAZING ADVENTURE 125

XI THE SEQUEL TO THE LETTER 137

XII CLOCK GIANTS 147

XIII CLOCKS ON LAND AND CLOCKS AT SEA 162

XIV HOW RUBIES, SAPPHIRES, AND GARNETS HELPED
TO TELL TIME 176

XV CLOCKS IN AMERICA 187

XVI WHAT MASSACHUSETTS CONTRIBUTED 202

XVII THE ROMANCE OF THE WATCH 217

XVIII CHRISTOPHER HAS A BIRTHDAY 236

ILLUSTRATIONS

"THOSE MEN--ONE OF THEM TOOK A RING--I SAW HIM" _Frontispiece_

"SO YOU NEVER SAW AN OLD FELLOW LIKE THIS, EH?" _Page_ 24

WHAT WAS IT THAT RENDERED THE FIGURE SO FAMILIAR? " 103

AH, WHAT AN EVENING THE TWO CRONIES HAD TOGETHER
THAT NIGHT " 164

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