For Halloween.
Jamie loved long-case clocks, and loved stealing other people’s grandfather clocks. Never caught, or even suspected, newspapers dubbed the mystery robber “The Thief of Time.”
But it was a mistake to break into a horologist’s workshop on Halloween.
At first all seemed normal; the rhythmic ticking of well-maintained clocks. Then, in the semi-darkness, Jamie noticed that none of the grandfather clocks had faces. As the clocks chimed at midnight, he stood transfixed as, together, their face doors swung open.
In the morning, the clocks appeared as normal. Except that one of them had a new swinging pendulum, keeping perfect time.
But it was a mistake to break into a horologist’s workshop on Halloween.
At first all seemed normal; the rhythmic ticking of well-maintained clocks. Then, in the semi-darkness, Jamie noticed that none of the grandfather clocks had faces. As the clocks chimed at midnight, he stood transfixed as, together, their face doors swung open.
In the morning, the clocks appeared as normal. Except that one of them had a new swinging pendulum, keeping perfect time.
