>I watched the watch show and wondered about many possibilities they >didn't mention. Here are two that came to mind while watching the show: First, the possibility that the legend got "transposed" over the years, and in fact it was Captain Ainsworth who gave a watch to Mark Twain. (There is a project for someone: Tracing the provenance of all of Mark Twain's known watches.) Or, perhaps one won a watch from the other in a card game. In either case, this is presuming the story contains an element of truth--which of course it may not. Regards, Mary Leah Christmas