"Gracious! so we did!" cried the doctor's son. "I had forgotten about it. But do you think that wild creature took my watch?" he added anxiously.
"Yes, unless you lost it on the way here."
"I didn't lose it before I went to sleep, for I wound it up, same as I do every night before retiring."
"Let us take a look around for it," suggested Giant.
A keen search was made, but nothing that looked like a watch could be located anywhere. Then, as they were a bit cold, the boys renewed the fire, thus adding to the light.
"If that wild man, or whatever he is, took my watch I want it back," declared the doctor's son.
"Do you think he'd take it to that cabin in the woods with him?" questioned Giant.
"More than likely."
"That must be a good way from here."
"It is. But you would want the watch if it was yours."