Christopher and the Clockmakers

by Sara Ware Bassett

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CHRISTOPHER AND
THE CLOCKMAKERS

SARA WARE BASSETT

"Those men—one of them took a ring—I saw him." frontispiece. See page [34].

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.

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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]

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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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