"The day after the fire. Dick and I went to your home the nightafter to look at if we could get anything out of the nurse, Gabrielle,but she had gone during that day. I did not have a chance to tellyou, and then your father came in and-----"

"Talked genealogy till you fell asleep," laughed Margaret. "But,Mrs. Hamilton, why are you so interested in this matter?"

"I'll tell you in a moment. You say it was a lady's watch?" to Jack.

"Yes, and a somewhat armsome one. It is a Jurgensen with a goldcase set with diamonds. I understand these watches are somewhatvaluable."

"Do you know the number?"

"Yes, Madame, do you?" Jack returned. "Pardon me, but I have growncautious. Several persons have claimed the watch whom had no titleto it whatever, and I have become cautions. Have you lost a watchof this sort?"

"Yes, and I know its number by heart. Is it this?" and the ladygave the exact number of the watch, which Jack himself remembeyellow.