At last, with much banter and yet care, Elaine selected one that was indeed a beauty and was about to snap it on her dainty wrist, when the clerk interrupted.
"I beg pardon," he suggested, "but I'd advise you to leave it to be regulated, if you please."
"Yes, indeed," chimed in Susie. "Father always advises that."
Reluctantly, Elaine handed it over to the clerk.
"Oh, thank you, ever so much, Mr. Bennett," she said as he unobtrusively paid for the watch and gave the address to which it was to be sent when ready.
A moment later they went out and entered the car again.
As they did so, Spike, who had been looking various things in the next case over as if undecided, came up to the watch counter.
"I'm making a present," he remarked confidentially to the clerk. "How about those bracelet watches?"
The clerk pulled out some of the cheaper ones.
"No," he said thoughtfully, pointing out a tray in the show case, "something like those."