The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-10
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', eli, they nd the "nighl-eap' anC
n.4ssed tie las. car, and as d result,
.ema.ned IN the place 10. qdite d Little
wnIe talking o,er various topics. NOW,
tie Insurance man is weil-know for
his haEit at certain times of lingering
lie watch cham of the person 10 whom
he is talking, SO during he emile con-
We. sation kierce made no obJecllon
When his fIiend accumulated his re-
ma ks with numerous vigo4 Gus tugs al
mis- watch fob.
Judge MuIacky heard of the late ses-
son the next day. and being well ac-
quainted with The lawyes ard the in
su ance man. saw a chance to have Il
little fun. He went to telephone and
called up the insurance man. When
the latter answered, the Judge said:
Hello. This is Kierce. How about
my watch?"
Your watch?" came in a surprised
tore of voice from the insurance man.
Il know nothing about your watch"
That's strange said the. pseudo
K.erce. You took it out of my pocket
last night VIII lie we were talking and
I forgot to ask you for it when we
parted because 1 thought you would
serd it to me the next mo ming. It's
rot a W y valuable t mep.eee, hut |
egard it nightly because it Is an heir
loom. Just take a look through your
clothes when you go home"
Well. to make a long story short the
insurance man looked through every
pocket in every suit of CLOTHS ne had
at home. He searched his house from
top to bottom. but could not find the
watch, and he so told Judge Murasky,
still posing as Kierce. when he called
up the next day. and the next
The affair worried the insu ance man
consider ably. n he began to wonder
what he could do to placate h evil
IDENTIFY We y angry Kierce. A thought
struck him and he Immediately called
up tie lawyer.
Hello, Kierce." he said over the
phone, this is Blank. | wish you
would come right dow TO my office.
I have a big suit here I want you 10
har die" n then as he hung up the
phone. he remarked soto voce. that
ought to square matters"
Kie CO appeared at the Office in a
very few minutes. greatly surprised. for
the suit prom sed a Ia ge fee.
Very nervor>'y the insurance man
greeted him. and he lost no time IN
giving the attorney all the facts con-
nected with the suit. The attorney. ,
rad copious notes during the sconver- |
~sation. leaving his friend biting his
ma Is and squirting about in his char.
hoping almost against hope that the
subject of the watch would not be
brought up. 1t was not ard Blank
breathed a sigh of relief when Kierce
rose ( ON his chair and reached for
his hat.
Then he almost tainted as Kie-ce
asked him what time 1t was. saying as
he did so. II am due at the City Hall
al i n my watch
IT'S 4 quarter of H." almost yelled
Blank. taking the time from a large
clock on the wall"
II have ample HE" sad R'erce.
unhuttoning his coat n taking a
watch from his vest pocket. MY
watch is a little bit slow
Your watch" gasped the insurance
man, when did you get it?".
Explanations. OF cou sc. followed and
the pair started out on a st.ll hunt for
the man who did the phon'ns. The
first person they met was Judge Mu-
rasky and the guilty grin on tie lat
ter's face ended the sea. oh.