MY beautiful new watch had run 

 eighteen months without los- 

 ing or gaining, and without 

 breaking any part of ils machinery or 

 stopping. I had come to believe it 

 infallible in its judgments about the 

 time of day, and to consider its con- 

 stitution and its anatomy imperisha- 

 ble. But at last, one night, I let it 

 run down. I grieved about it as if it 

 were a recognized messenger and fore^ 

 runner of calamity. But by-and-by I 

 cheered up, set the watch by guess, and commanded my bodings and superstitions 

 .to depart. Next day 1 stepped into the chief jeweler's to set it by the exact 

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