"Well, they keep time, don't they?"
"Yes."
"Then what more do you want?"
"Luke Larkin has a silver watch better than mine—a stem-winder."
"Suppose he has?"
"I don't want a working boy like him to outshine me."
"Where did he get his watch?"
"I don't know; he won't tell. Will you buy me a gold one, father? Then I can look down upon him again."
"No, I can't. Money is very scarce with me just now."
"Then I don't want to wear a watch at all," said Randolph pettishly.