A New York motorman is the subject of the following news item in a
daily paper:
For the first time in thirty years Robert Willoughby failed to
wake up this morning when his thirty clocks, simultaneously
setting off a series of gongs, gave their customary alarms at
six o’clock. He had died some time during the night of Bright’s
disease.
Willoughby was fifty-seven years old and had been employed as a
motorman by the Third Avenue Elevated Railway. He was the most
punctual employee in the service. No matter what the weather
was, Willoughby was never late.
The secret of his punctuality came to light when his room was
inspected to-day. Ranged round his bed were thirty clocks of
different sizes and makes. All struck the same hour at the same
time.
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=Punishment=--See CRIME EXPOSED.
=Punishment Escaped=--See DISCIPLINE EVADED.
=Punishment Fitting Offense=--See PATRIOTISM, LACK OF.