led.

"If you had said more in your advertisement you might," said Dick.
"But you were very wise not to do so."

"I always try not to say too much," said Jack.

CHAPTER VII

MORE MYSTERY ABOUT THE WATCH

Shortly before noon a showily dressed woman came to the camp and
asked to see the doctor, saying excitedly:

"I understand that one of your boys found a watch, Dr. Wise. May
I see it? I lost mine the other day and---"

"This one was found last night, Ma'am," said the doctor shortly.

"Why, yes, I suppose so, but I could have lost it before then, of
course. What sort of watch was it? May I see it?"

"Where did you lose it, Ma'am?"

"Why, I am not certain about that. You see I go about a good deal,
and it may have been in one place or maybe in another. I could
not tell just where I lost it or I would not have lost it."

"It was lost somewhere in town, I suppose?"

"Why, yes, I suppose it was."

"This watch was not found in town, Ma'am."

"Oh, well, I do go out of town occasionally," said the woman quickly.
"Why, yes, now I remember, I was down this way yesterday afternoon,
looking at the camp and enjoying the view. I would know the watch
in a moment. May I see it, Doctor?"

"It was a gentleman's watch, was it? Probably a keepsake? Your
husband's or son's, perhaps, and you don't like to-----"

"Yes, it was my father's, and I value it very highly. Let me
see it-----"

"This is not the watch you lost, Ma'am, this is a lady's watch,"
said Dr. Wise tersely, being convinced that the woman was an imposter,
and that she had not lost a watch of any sort.

"You might at least let me see it," said the woman persuasively.
"Some of my friends may have lost a watch, and I could take it back
to them. I know them all."

"If your friends have lost their watches, Ma'am, let them come after
them," said the doctor shortly. "Good morning, Ma'am."

"H'm! I don't think you have any manners to boast of!" snapped the
woman as she went away.

She had not been gone more than ten minutes before another woman came
to the camp, and asked to see the boy who had found a watch the
night before.

She was sent to the doctor and said to him, evidently disappointed
at not seeing the boy himself:

"Ah, good morning, I understand that one of your young gentlemen
found a lady's watch last night. Ah, I have lost mine, and would
like to look at it to see if-----"

"How did you know it was a lady's watch?" ask