"Hadn't you saved up anything from your large salary?"
"Yes, but I invested in running stock, and lost all."
"I wonder what he is telling me all this for?" mused Robert.
"I have about recovered my health, and now I shall soon get a good place," went on the stranger.
Here Robert took out his watch—it was an excellent Waltham silver watch—and consulted it.
"Let me look at your watch!" said the stranger.
Robert put it in his hands.
"A very good watch! Let me show you mine."
He drew from his pocket a showy gold watch—at least it was yellow, and had a good appearance.
"What do you think of it?"