"And you didn't find a thing?"
"Only this button and lead pencil, and this buckle."
"The pencil is mine, but not the button and the buckle." Andy heaved a sigh. "Then I am out my watch and chain, the stickpin, and eight dollars! Was there ever such luck!"
"Andy, was anybody near you when you had the tumble?" asked Pepper.
"Near me? Why, yes, there was a man on the road just ahead of me! I had forgotten all about it until now."
"Who was he?"
"I don't know. A tall fellow, with a thin, leathery face."
"A farmer?"
"No, he looked more like a city man. He had on a regular sack suit and a derby hat."
"I was thinking that possibly somebody robbed you while you were unconscious."