Unwitting Theft: Polly and Her Pals (1926 comic)

Cliff Sterrett, “Polly and Her Pals,” 20 June 1926 (topper strip omitted). A variant of the contemporary legend of a driver who relieves a hitchhiker of his watch, thinking the passenger has stolen it from him. When the driver gets home, he finds his missing watch. Cliff Sterrett, Polly and Her Pals, Volume One: 1913-1927 (San Diego: IDW Publishing, 2010), 96.