"Perry," said the Tinker as, turning from the highway, Diogenes ambled down a narrow lane, "you've forgot to ask about this here watch o' mine."
"Well, how is it, Jerry?"
"Never was such a watch! Look at it! Reg'lar as the sun! Which riles Jessamy. Y' see, his ain't to be depended on nowadays, owing to a boot—"
"A boot, Jerry?" laughed Diana.
"At Maidstone Fair, Ann! Jessamy was preachin' Brotherly Love when a large cove in a white 'at up an' kicked him in the watch, which is apt to be a little unsettlin' to any timepiece. Anyhow, Jessamy's has never gone right since."
"His watch again!" cried I. "Last time the trouble was a brick, I remember."
"But Jerry, what happened to the 'cove' in the white hat?" enquired
Diana.
"Well, arter it was all over, Jessamy took him aside into a quiet corner an' they prayed together."
"Jessamy was always a forceful evangelist!" she laughed.
"And there he is."