I had the "brakeman's watch" and he had the laugh on me.

In the next wreck that Brakeman Joe got into I wished him the same luck Comrade Bannerman wished for the trainload of plutocrats.

"If I should meet Joe now," I said, "I'd gladly give him back the timepiece that he prizes so." Let us hope that the brakeman I gave the watch to down in Alabama was Brakeman Joe.
There was much to think of in that auction incident.

Experience will often give the lie to theory.

My theory of the game was good enough for me.