Desperate Minutes.

NZ Truth, Issue 1052, 21 January 1926, Page 1

Desperate Minutes.

Plusbands and wives, sweethearts and swains, waited m an agony of suspense while the great hand of the clock crept slowly round the dial; ,■ - . At one minute to the hour the excitement was so intense that the watching thousands held their breath. ■ , The hour was reached— the clock did not strike, sending no warning but over the town. . ■■:. Strong men wept and women wilted under the shameful disgrace that had again come upon them. ; There: is grave reason to fear that though the clock has once more been induced to strike its - wax ; hingi the City Fathers dare- not venture forth lest : m their mortification the people turn and rend^them. ■■■' ■ " ■'• •■ ' '7 ''.