Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-12-23
A WATCH TRICK.

The following adroit trick was recently
played upon the frequenters of an English
village inn
A genteelly dressed man walked in and
professed to be tired. Having taken re-
! freshments, he said he would Ike to take a
nap for an hour To sleep lie went, and in
very business-ike way in a chair. and Il
sound nap he seemed to enjoy. Before it
expired the usual somke-pipe company be-
gan to drop in, and, among the rest, two
strangers made their appearance. One Of
| the company remarked that it was I'M
| pleasant to have man sleeping in Il public
room with valuable property about him,
| such as the sleeper, who had fne-looking
gold chain displayed on his waistcoat and
apparently connected with watch in one
of his pockets. To this remark one OF the
strangers replied
Pooh that's no gentleman, I'm sure !;
he's one ov them ere swell snobs as is al
ways takin' ov the people in. l dare say
he has no watch at all but I'll soon see. >"
Suiting the action to the word, the stran-
ger softly drew from the sleeping man. 5
pocket piece of wood. round and about
the size of watch.
81 thought So" said he "theres pret-
ty watch for you," holding it up so that the
company might see it, and then returned
it to the owners pocket.
By-and-by the sleeper awoke, and called
briskly for glass of brandy and water.
He assumed patronizing way with the
farmers, which soon raised desire to put
him down. Accordingly one of the semi
ors required to be informed tAe time of day
why" said the gentleman, ''the fact is,
1 had drop too much last night, and for
got to wind up my watch
''Just so p calculated the senior, you
forgot to wind it up? You'd be puzzled to
do that, should say wouldn't you now q
'Well, sir, you seem to take more no
tice of such trife than there is any call
for but the truth is, have not watch
key about me. and mine is rather peculi-
ar watch"
Here burst of laughter ensued, and q
number of jokes We're passed about the pc
culiar style of the watch. At last one OF
the company loudly told him that he had
no watch at all about him whereupon the
amazed individual hastily clapped his hand
to his waistcoat pocket, declaring that, I'M
less the watch had been stolen since he had
been in the room, he had one Satisfied,
apparently, by the external application TO
his pocket, he said
'It's all right my watch is here; I
thought you had been playing trick with
me-"
IN bet you five pounds you have no
watch, bawled out one of his tormentors
Another offered to bet him ten pounds
and one of the strangers said he hadn't five,
but there were two sovereigns which he
would like to double by betting in the same
way
The awakened looked at them in appar-
ent surprise, and asked if they were seri-
GUS
They all stuck TO it that he had no watch,
and then he took out his purse and pro-
duced five and ten-pound notes to the
amount of bets offered him. The stakes
were posted, and then the thoroughly ava
kened sleeper coolly pulled out the piece of
wood, at which hoarse laugh arose again.
The laughter was soon on the other side,
when, touching spring i'll the bit of wood,
it few open and disclosed very handsome
gold watch enclosed within it.
The gentleman gave a very plausible rea-
son for preferring so odd-looking a case
for his watch, with which his dupes might
feel satisfied or not. He had received
their money to the extent of 940 and they
had bought their knowledge of the ''time
OF dSy."