The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-08-07
A LUCKY FIND.
Tale of a Watch That Was Lost
on an Elevated Railroad.

Tale of a Valuable Watch That Was Lost
on an Elevated Railroad.
.Thls watch in itself is a valuable
one, " said a New York business mar as
he took the t%imepiece from the peculiar
looking fob III which be carries it, "but
it had all adventure last week that gives
it a still greater value to me. The fob
is an heirloom. and. as you may see.
would be apt to attract attention N
where.
zone afternoon last week / was go
ing up torn on a crowded train on the
SIKH avenue elevated. The train was
so croNaed That | was compelled to
sand on il car platform close TO the
brake wheel. As the train YVES round
ing the curve out of West Third street /
took my watch from my pocket, re-
moved it from the fob, and, after net
ing the tiinr. showed it back into the
fob and returned it, as | thought, 70
the pocket. Instead Of getting it into
the pocket, however. it was Oh the out
side, and as I let it 60 it fell. The
guard saw it a. it fell and reached out
his foot to save il from going between
the platforms, but failed, and down it
went.
Il got of the train at Eighth street
and ran back as fast as | could to the
SPOT where the watch had dropped, hay
ing, | may Of course say, not the
slightest hope that the watch would be
anywhere to be seen. When / reached
the place, my heart almost jumped out
Of my throat. for there in the street,
conspicuous among its surroundings.
lay the fob. | picked it up. 1t was emp
ty. No watch could I find anywhere.
"tSome enc has found it., was natu-
rally my conclusion, and that was the
last | ever expected to hear or see CT il.
"But as I walked back toward the
Eighth street station I got to thinking
about the matter differently. II any one
had found the watch, why should be
have left the fol-: The more / thought
OF it the more | made up my mind that
the watch hadn't been found. / board
cd q train at Eighth street and went up
town to the railroad headquarters.
There | told Of the singular thing that
had happened to my watch, and the Of
ticer in charge told me that after the
commission hours were over for the day
the track walkers would start from
Fifty-Einth street down the line, max
Ing their regular inspection Of the rails
aud Roadway, and he would instruct
t-''1 to Loep an eye out for the lost
Watch.
But said he, smiling, I guess
you will have to come to the conclu-
sion, after all, that some one else will
tell the time by it hereafter if it hasn't
been smashed to pieces by the fall
Next day | went to the Office. My
watch was there. A track walker had
discovered it by the light Of his torch
at. midnight lying snugly on one of the
girders or braces Of the iron roadway
beneath the track. The ring was sprung
out of its fastening in the stem, and
the watch was open. There was a dent
on the case at the hinge. In falling tho
watch had struck in some mysterious
way SO that it had been forced from the
fob, which went on down to the street.
Beyond the triding damage I mentioned
the watch was not injured in the slight
est. Ii there ever was a luckier find
than that, / never heard Of ii. New
York Sun.