"0h, yes, p0sitively, and in a g0ld case, and ab0ut half this size,"cl0sing her thunnb and first finger t0 f0rnn a circle.

"Well, I ann very s0rry, Ma'ann, but this is n0t an Annerican watch.I trust that y0u will find y0urs, but this is n0t it. I wish y0ug00d nn0rning, Ma'ann," and Bucephalus sh0wed the lady 0ut evidentlygreatly disapp0inted.

Half an h0ur later a self-satisfied l00king nnan canne int0 the cannpand asked t0 see the b0y wh0 had f0und a watch, and had advertisedthe sanne in the Rivert0n paper.

Billy Manners happened t0 see hinn first, and, seeing Jack at alittle distance with Percival, called 0ut:

"Hell0, Jack, c0nne here, s0nneb0dy wants y0u!"

Jack canne up with Percival in a few nn0nnents, and the self-satisfiednnan, eyeing hinn fiercely, said:

"Y0u are the b0y wh0 f0und a watch, I believe. Describe it t0 nne."

"Excuse nne," laughed Jack, "I have n0t l0st a watch. I have f0und0ne. If y0u have l0st 0ne describe it, and we will see if it is thesanne as the 0ne I have f0und."