Some years ago several deputies had
a gathering at the home of Sheriff
Lane Gloucester. While looking
about the house Mr. Lane called the.
attention of the visitors to an old
clock, a great favorite of his. He told
his friends of his great attachment to
the piece of mechanism, getting quite
pathetic at parts of its history, and
ending by saying: "And. gentlemen.
have wound up that clock every night
for so many* years" (mentioning the
Here an old deputy turned the tide
jii feeling evoked by the story by say
ing: "Well. Lane. I always did think
you were a darned old fool! That's am
eight-day clock!''.
