The Vanishing of Betty Varian

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Wells Carolyn. The Vanishing of Betty Varian

CHAPTER I. Headland Harbor

CHAPTER II. Betty Varian

CHAPTER III. The Tragedy

CHAPTER IV. The Search

CHAPTER V. The Yellow Pillow

CHAPTER VI. The Varian Pearls

CHAPTER VII. Minna Varian

CHAPTER VIII. Ransom

CHAPTER IX. Poor Martha

CHAPTER X. Pennington Wise

CHAPTER XI. Clues

CHAPTER XII. A Letter from Nowhere

CHAPTER XIII. Where is North?

CHAPTER XIV. A Green Stain

CHAPTER XV. Criminal or Victim?

CHAPTER XVI. In Greenvale

CHAPTER XVII. The Last Letter

CHAPTER XVIII. The Trap

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“Dad, you’re absolutely impossible!”

“Oh, come now, Betty, not as bad as that! Just because I don’t agree to everything you say – ”

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“Oh, my heavens!” and Mrs Varian wrung her hands, with a wail of nervous pettishness, “sometimes, Fred, I think you’re crazy! At any rate, you’ll set me crazy, if you talk like that! Do stop this quarrel anyhow. Kiss and make up, won’t you? To think of you two, the only human beings on earth that I care a rap for, acting like this! My husband and my child! The only things I live for! The apple of my eye, the core of my soul, both of you, – can’t you see how you distress me when you are at odds! And you’re always at odds! Always squabbling over some little thing. But, heretofore, you’ve always laughed and agreed, finally. Now forget this foolishness, – do!”

“It isn’t foolishness,” and Varian set his lips together, doggedly.

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