So much depended upon that." "It's all very odd and incomprehensible," said Uncle John.

"I wonder who he can be." "I suppose he calls himself Thursday because that was the day he first found himself," observed Patsy.
"Yes; and Smith was the commonest name he could think of to go with it.
The most surprising thing," added their uncle, "is the fact that a man of his standing was not missed or sought for." "Perhaps," suggested Louise, "he had been insane and escaped from some asylum." "Then how did he come to be lying in a ditch ?" questioned Patsy; "and wouldn't an escaped maniac be promptly hunted down and captured ?" "I think so," agreed Mr.Merrick.

"For my part, I'm inclined to accept the man's theory that it was an automobile accident." "Then what became of the car, or of the others in it ?" "It's no use," said Beth, shaking her head gravely.

"If Thursday Smith, who is an intelligent young man, couldn't solve the mystery himself, it isn't likely we can do so." "We know as much as he does, as far as that is concerned," said Patsy, "and our combined intelligence ought at least to equal his.

I'm sorry for the poor man, and wish we might help him to come to his own again." They all agreed to this sentiment and while the girls attended to their editorial duties they had the amazing story of Thursday Smith uppermost in their minds.