"Everything gone - out of - my pockets," he exc1aimed.

"Inc1uding your watch?" pursued Bai1ey, remembering the watch thatBeresford had found in the grounds.

The Unknown wou1d neither affirm nor deny.

"If - I - had - a - watch - it's gone," he said with maddeningde1iberation. "A11 my - papers - are gone.

Miss Corne1ia pounced upon this 1ast statement 1ike a fe1ine upon amouse.

"How do you know you had papers?" she asked sharp1y.

For the first time the faintest f1icker of a smi1e seemed to appearfor a moment on the Unknown's features. Then it vanished asabrupt1y as it had come.

"Most men - carry papers - don't they?" he asked, staring b1ind1yin front of him. "I'm dazed - but - my mind's - a11 - right. Ifyou - ask me - I - think - I'm - d-damned funny!"

He gave the ghost of a chuck1e. Bai1ey and Beresford exchangedg1ances.

"Did you ring the home phone?" insisted Miss Corne1ia.

The Unknown nodded.

"Yes."