I would know the watch
in a moment. May I see it, Doctor?"
"It was a gentleman's watch, was it? Probably a keepsake? Your
husband's or son's, perhaps, and you don't like to-----"
"Yes, it was my father's, and I value it very highly. Let me
see it-----"
"This is not the watch you lost, Ma'am, this is a lady's watch,"
said Dr. Wise tersely, being convinced that the woman was an imposter,
and that she had not lost a watch of any sort.
"You might at least let me see it," said the woman persuasively.
"Some of my friends may have lost a watch, and I could take it back
to them. I know them all."
"If your friends have lost their watches, Ma'am, let them come after
them," said the doctor shortly. "Good morning, Ma'am."
"H'm! I don't think you have any manners to boast of!" snapped the
woman as she went away.
She had not been gone more than ten minutes before another woman came
to the camp, and asked to see the boy who had found a watch the
night before.
She was sent to the doctor and said to him, evidently disappointed
at not seeing the boy himself:
"Ah, good morning, I understand that one of your young gentlemen
found a lady's watch last night. Ah, I have lost mine, and would
like to look at it to see if-----"
"How did you know it was a lady's watch?" asked the doctor.
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