“I never got so far along. I couldn’t save enough on shines for that.”{39}
“Well, it so happens that, in New York, I took a small silver watch and chain in the way of business from a traveler who owed me money. Here it is.”
He drew from his pocket a neat, but inexpensive silver watch, with a chain of the same metal.
“What do you think of it?” he said.
“It’s tiptop,” said Julius admiringly.
“I am glad you like it, for I am going to give it to you.”
“Goin’ to give me a watch and chain!” repeated Julius, in amazement.
“Yes. Would you like it?”
“It’ll make me feel like a swell,” said Julius, elated. “Ain’t it a beauty, Teddy?” he continued, turning in his seat, and displaying it to his comrade.
“It ain’t yours, is it?” asked Teddy, not without a slight feeling of envy.