"The
advertisement merely mentioned a watch. What sort of watch was
yours, domestic or foreign, stemwinder or keyed, open face or
hunting case, gold, silver, or nickel case? If the watch is as
you describe it, it is yours. Otherwise I shall have to hold it."
"Really now, I could not describe it so accurately as all that.
Ah, do you mind showing it to me? I am very what you may call
hazy on descriptions. I could not really say if it was large
or small, those terms being relative, you know. Yes, it is in
a gold case and is a stemwinder, that much I remember. It is
an American, of course, but whether Elgin, Waltham, Howard, Thomas
or---or any other make I really could not tell you."
"You are sure it is American make?"
"Oh, yes, positively, and in a gold case, and about half this size,"
closing her thumb and first finger to form a circle.
"Well, I am very sorry, Ma'am, but this is not an American watch.
I trust that you will find yours, but this is not it. I wish you
good morning, Ma'am," and Bucephalus showed the lady out evidently
greatly disappointed.
Half an hour later a self-satisfied looking man came into the camp
and asked to see the boy who had found a watch, and had advertised
the same in the Riverton paper.
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