Western Kansas world., 1916-08-05
He Found
A Watch
And Received the Re-
ward He Wished For
By ESTHER vANDEyEER

simpson was walking on the street
one afternoon ia a portion of the city
devoted to residences The sidewalks
We're broad aad iai1 between grass
plots In the s-rass on one side he saw
something sparkle Going to it be took
up a gold hunting watch The first
thing that Simpson did was to press
the spring 10 open the lid over the face
He caught his breath. Inside the lid
was photograph of the face of a
young girl and 50 pretty that Simpson
would have given his head for one kiss
of the original. The watch was of good
size and evidently belonged to q man.
a pang shot through the finder as it
occurred TO him that the girl was the
Detrothed of the owner of the watch
On the outside of the case. in a
smooth space within the chasing. were
the initials H T. l. That's the guy
that owns the watch and the girl. too,
l suppose" muttered Simpson to him
self Il can find out who he is through
the directory or possibly the telephone
book. l don't mind returning the
watch. but I'd like to keep the pic
tare''
lie went to the nearest drug store
where he took down the telephone book.
turned to Il" and began to run his eyes
down the names, keeping them open
Tor the three letters on the watch. 1t
was long hunt, for there were more
than thousand surnames beginning
with L, and in this case the second
letter in the surname was at the lower
end of the alphabet 1t was 20" The
name with the letters "H. F." before il
was Loring. Henry F. Loring CORE
sponded with the letters on the watch,
and 1t was probable that this Loring
was the owner. His residence was on
an eminently respectable street, and
very likely he was one of the upper
ten thousand
simpson was in no hurry to return
the watch because the picture went
with 1t, and the oftener he looked at IL
the more he was infatuated with it.
But conscience, combined with q desire
to find the original, compelled him to
look for an advertisement of the lost
property, and at last one met his eve.
A reward was offered if the watch was
delivered at the office of the newspaper
containing the ad.
Simpson was not TO be put off in this
way He walked past AIR. Lorings
residence and asked a cop on the beat
who lived there and what persons con-
sttuted the family. He was pleased
to learn that Mr.. Loring was its head.
This was all he ELECTED or needed. Mr..
Loring was doubtless the father of the
girl whose picture had enthraIled
Simpson instead of being her lover.
What luck!
simpson went home. took down his
telephone book and learned the Loring
number. Then he called for it.
lis Miss Loring at home?' he asked !
Hold the wire
In few moments feminine voice
asked what was wanted
Il have found a watch with the
initials II. f. L. on the case. Has
any one of your family lost a watch?r
isn't that lovely Mamma, papa's
watch has been foundr' Then again
in the transmitter. There's a reward
offercd'- /
Never mind that / wish first to es-
tablish the fact that the property be-
longs TO your family Can you identify
it in any way?''
Yes; there is Photograph inside
the case
'Of very lovely grip
"Oh, no. not that; only a girl,'
''Then it can't be the watch you sup
pose It TO be. The Photograph is sure
ly that of an angel - l suppose
There was no reply to this So Simp-
son began again:
Il might take the watch to your
house. and if the photograph appears
to be likeness of one of your family
that would prove property"
Quite likely by this time the girl had
got on to Simpsons facetious manner
of returning the watch and proposed
to play him at his own game
If the photograph is that of an an
gel there is no use of bringing it here
There's no angel in this house,
Simpson was a gentleman and re-
membered that such dialogue forced
on young lady by
one she could not
even see-was impertinent He must
be cautions or he would get himself
shut of.
Are your fathers initials H
= 2" he asked.
"They are
Then the watch must belong to
him 1t is not for me to suggest the
manner of its return am George
simpson. AtheDaeum club. Unless l
hear from some one OF your family
'oon l shall send it by messenger to
7our house"
'In tell papa Thank you very
nuch--
"Goodby-
~"Goodby."
Simpson fiattered himself that he had