A Strange Disappearance

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Green Anna Katharine. A Strange Disappearance

A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE

CHAPTER I. A NOVEL CASE

CHAPTER II. A FEW POINTS

CHAPTER III. THE CONTENTS OF A BUREAU DRAWER

CHAPTER IV. THOMPSON’S STORY

CHAPTER V. A NEW YORK BELLE

CHAPTER VI. A BIT OF CALICO

CHAPTER VII. THE HOUSE AT THE GRANBY CROSS ROADS

CHAPTER VIII. A WORD OVERHEARD

CHAPTER IX. A FEW GOLDEN HAIRS

CHAPTER X. THE SECRET OF MR. BLAKE’S STUDIO

CHAPTER XI. LUTTRA

CHAPTER XII. A WOMAN’S LOVE

CHAPTER XIII. A MAN’S HEART

CHAPTER XIV. MRS. DANIELS

CHAPTER XV. A CONFAB

CHAPTER XVI. THE MARK OF THE RED CROSS

CHAPTER XVII. THE CAPTURE

CHAPTER XVIII. LOVE AND DUTY

CHAPTER XIX. EXPLANATIONS

CHAPTER XX. THE BOND THAT UNITES

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“Talking of sudden disappearances the one you mention of Hannah in that Leavenworth case of ours, is not the only remarkable one which has come under my direct notice. Indeed, I know of another that in some respects, at least, surpasses that in points of interest, and if you will promise not to inquire into the real names of the parties concerned, as the affair is a secret, I will relate you my experience regarding it.”

The speaker was Q, the rising young detective, universally acknowledged by us of the force as the most astute man for mysterious and unprecedented cases, then in the bureau, always and of course excepting Mr. Gryce; and such a statement from him could not but arouse our deepest curiosity. Drawing up, then, to the stove around which we were sitting in lazy enjoyment of one of those off-hours so dear to a detective’s heart, we gave with alacrity the required promise; and settling himself back with the satisfied air of a man who has a good story to tell that does not entirely lack certain points redounding to his own credit, he began:

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“Ah, I don’t know,” she muttered; “some might not think so, I always did; it depended upon the way you looked at her.”

For the first time I felt a thrill of anticipation shoot through my veins. Why, I could not say. Her tone was peculiar, and she spoke in a sort of brooding way as though she were weighing something in her own mind; but then her manner had been peculiar throughout. Whatever it was that aroused my suspicion, I determined henceforth to keep a very sharp eye upon her ladyship. Levelling a straight glance at her face, I asked her how it was that she came to be the one to inform the authorities of the girl’s disappearance.

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