"Why, you've taken quite a fancy to that watch, Tom," I said, and he
looked at me with his forehead all puckered up.
"Yes, I suppose so," he said dreamily. "I felt as if I'd give
everything I have got to have it."
"Stuffed birds, and the frog, and the ferret, and the boxing-gloves?" I
said merrily.
"No, no, no! that I wouldn't. There, I'm not going to think about it
any more. I say, the gloves--to-morrow morning. Oh!"