"I'm going to hand you over to the police in short order if you don't return my property."
"If I give it all back," demanded the man, "will you agree not to make any charge against me?"
"Don't agree to anything of the sort," interrupted the belligerent brakeman.
But Al said:
"I ought not to do it, but I have no time to attend to the case, so, if you hand back what you took from me you can go."
"Mr. Ferguson" fished the roll of bills from his pocket and handed it to Al, who carefully counted it.
"Now, the watch and ring," he said.
The "crook" produced the timepiece and gave it to its owner.
"I can't return the ring," he whined.
"Why can't you?"