CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I A CLOUD WITH A SILVER LINING
CHAPTER II CHRISTOPHER MAKES AN ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER III CHRISTOPHER ESCAPES BEING A HERO
CHAPTER IV AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE POLICE
CHAPTER V CHRISTOPHER ASTONISHES HIMSELF
CHAPTER VI CLOCKS THAT WERE GOOD AS PLAYS
CHAPTER VII AN EXCURSION
CHAPTER VIII AN ADVENTURE
CHAPTER IX CHRISTOPHER RECOGNIZES AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER X AN AMAZING ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XI THE SEQUEL TO THE LETTER
CHAPTER XII CLOCK GIANTS
CHAPTER XIII CLOCKS ON LAND AND CLOCKS AT SEA
CHAPTER XIV HOW RUBIES, SAPPHIRES, AND GARNETS HELPED TO TELL TIME
CHAPTER XV CLOCKS IN AMERICA
CHAPTER XVI WHAT MASSACHUSETTS CONTRIBUTED
CHAPTER XVII THE ROMANCE OF THE WATCH
CHAPTER XVIII CHRISTOPHER HAS A BIRTHDAY
Title: Christopher and the Clockmakers
Author: Sara Ware Bassett
Language: English
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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
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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.