Keeping Her Watch In Order

They woro sipping chocolate at a cafo and talking of watehes. "I have carried my watuh for ten years," said the seuior meuuber of the party, "and it lias nevor cost mo a penny for repairs." "Mercyl" exolairued auother oue." How did yon manage?" "Itookcareof it. You kuow men are always inakiug disagreeable reruarks about woiuen's watches, and when my husband gave me mine he said it would probably be out of order most of the time. And I just made up my miud to show him tbat there was one woiuan in the -world who knev. how to take care of a watch. " " But have you never lost it or had it stolen?" "Never. I dropped it several times at flrst, but it didn't show any marks. " "But do tbc works never get out of order':" "Xho what?" "The works inside. Have you never brokeu the mainspriag?" "I never look inside. " "But how do you wind it?'.' "I don't wind it. That's how I take care of it and keep it nice. " They all stared a moment. Thon they said, "Oh, you clever thingl" and journed sine die.