The Pocket Watch
Glancing over, I saw him reach into the top pocket of his overalls and produced a pocket watch, securely attached to a button hole in the bib of his overalls by a gold-toned copper alloy chain with a Masonic medallion on the end. He consulted the time. “It’s three-o-two, we will leave in 8 minutes,” he proclaimed, still in the pensive mood he had been in all morning. The watch was large as pocket watches go, given to him by his father ten years ago as a gift when he was appoi