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My Grandfather's Clock Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/13/2016
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:



My Grandfather’s Clock (written in 1876 by Henry Clay Work)

My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf,
So it stood ninety years on the floor;
It was taller by half than the old man himself,
Though it weighed not a pennyweight more.
It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born,
And was always his treasure and pride;
But it stopped short — never to go again —
When the old man died.

Ninety years without slumbering
(tick, tock, tick, tock),
His life's seconds numbering,
(tick, tock, tick, tock),
It stopped short — never to go again —
When the old man died.

In watching its pendulum swing to and fro,
Many hours had he spent while a boy;
And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know
And to share both his grief and his joy.
For it struck twenty-four when he entered at the door,
With a blooming and beautiful bride;
But it stopped short — never to go again —
When the old man died.

Ninety years without slumbering
(tick, tock, tick, tock),
His life's seconds numbering,
(tick, tock, tick, tock),
It stopped short — never to go again —
When the old man died.

My grandfather said that of those he could hire,
Not a servant so faithful he found;
For it wasted no time, and had but one desire —
At the close of each week to be wound.
And it kept in its place — not a frown upon its face,
And its hands never hung by its side.
But it stopped short — never to go again —
When the old man died.

Ninety years without slumbering
(tick, tock, tick, tock),
His life's seconds numbering,
(tick, tock, tick, tock),
It stopped short — never to go again —
When the old man died.

It rang an alarm in the dead of the night —
An alarm that for years had been dumb;
And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight —
That his hour of departure had come.
Still the clock kept the time, with a soft and muffled chime,
As we silently stood by his side;
But it stopped short — never to go again —
When the old man died.

Ninety years without slumbering
(tick, tock, tick, tock),
His life's seconds numbering,
(tick, tock, tick, tock),
It stopped short — never to go again —
When the old man died.

 

Coordinate Solution:

North = N ab cd.efg

A =Number of times the word LIFE’S shows up

B =Number of times the word NUMBERING shows up

C =Number of times the word TIME shows up

D =Number of times the word SLUMBERING shows up

E =Number of times the word SECONDS shows up

F =Number of times the phrase (tick, tock, tick, tock) shows up

G =Number of times the word STOPPED shows up

 

West = W 0hi jk.lmn

H =Number of times the word DIED shows up

I =Number of times the word PENNYWEIGHT shows up

J =Number of times the word GRANDFATHER shows up

K =Number of times the word CHIME shows up

L =Number of times the word NEVER shows up

M =Number of times the word HOUSE shows up

N =Number of times the word SHORT shows up


Tweezers are always helpful. Please let the CO know if the cache needs attention.
Please treat this cache as your own ~ be stealthy, seal tight, re-hide as you found it.
~ Thanks a bunch ~ Cedar & Co.



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