Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-02-14

When I got my watch from the dealer
did not know how 10 set IL. l had
aver set 8 watch OF that kind before.
was a Waltham watch with CreS-
INT street move on il; nickel, with tt-
len ruby Jewels in gold settings; ball
aringS, compensation balance 10 side
gple, adjusted to temperature, ISOch-
lism and position, patent regulator,
nd valve, with platinum dewtlicker
the VIKING wang to rest on, Bregnet
cir medicated hairSpring, fine glass
1amei and double sunk dial, with open
lr. Talmage face and dimpled hands.
I Ii was a good watch, with snap 10 It
lat will wake up lecture audience
ie the shrill cry Of fire ia a hotel where
zy old gentlemen do not register.
I1t could not set it, and / hated TO
ait tin the planets got around TO the
me 10 indicated when / got IL.
Nv former watch-the one l owned
.eiore I received this testimonial-was
M 5y throwing it out OF gear and then
living the hands into position by means
D e hose coupler, So l took the new
E8tch to a large jeweler on Broadway.
'Hs Immersed his eye in a long rubber
hing and looked a long time at the
.,.ce mark, which was still Cd the
patch. Then he looked up at me with
his keen, searching rubber thing and
through his teeth he Kissed:
where did you get this watch?'
Some men would have had presence
o mind and told him il was none OF ms
1e thing or another business, but | dld
bot When Providence was making
presence Of mind my name was not
4ued out. So l said I got it Of Mr.. So
ali-sO.
"Weu, you will have to get another
% few weeks. Here's the watch yen
ought 20 have II you don't want to look
Ge a jay"
Then took nv poor little timepiece
from his hand and stole out TO another
pace, a larger place, and hung around
there timidly till 1 noticed the diamond
detective pointing me Out TO the sap
Il,re detective.
Inow decided to ask the owner about
ny watch. He looked quickly at
printed list OF valuable watches that
have been recently stolen in New York
city and then he compared the numbers
With mine.
where did you get this watch?' he
said c0,dly, shaking IL as II to make u
3D. Instead Of saying that l received II
from friends as a testimonial, forgot
and told him where / got it, Tor feared
Dc thought / got IL dishonesty.
"WeU. YOU had better take 1t back
there and get them to give you lew
asS0us 10 how 10 run a watch. rms Is
% kindergarten here, especially TOT
owners of that class Of watch. Here 5
The watch You want II you don't want
70 depend on the u o'clock whistle
every day"
Just as he was reading the inscrip-
Ton Snatched my watch away from
1ln and went out.
81 will 20 up to Mr.. Tiffany's place"
lsaid. He knows me. 1 buy all my
.ewery there. He will not insult me.
"Mr. Tiffany" / said, as I went IN ana
landed him my wet umbrella while 1
1bu,toned my coat and got out my
watch, do YOU mind looking at wateh
hat did not buy Of you? 1 viii De
honest with you. II was one that l
bought with the money that my wlis
armed teaching school this winter ana
. have had an inscription put on IT,
Stating that it is from admiring irlenoS'
but as a matter Of fact ] have no admir-
ag friends. Most of them are onto me-
"Wil you. as a friend, DO me the
honor to look into my poor little Time
piece and tell me what to do TO 1t!
He took up his little screwdriyer as .
Society lady picks up an oyster iorK
when she has a solitaire on her little
niger that she wants TO exhibit TO tne
'hrong, then he adjusted the do-good 70