I never knew whether I cheated the brakeman or the brakeman cheated me.

The watch wasn't worth as much as the ride, but the ride wasn't his to sell.
I had bought the watch in Cincinnati.

A fake auction in a pawnshop attracted my attention as I walked along a street near the depot.

The auctioneer was offering a "solid gold, Swiss movement, eighteen jeweled watch" to the highest bidder.

"This watch belongs to my friend Joe Coupling," he said, "a brakeman on the B.& O.He was in a wreck and is now in the hospital.