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. "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.