By CAROLYN WELLS
The Vanishing of Betty Varian The Luminous Face The Come Back In the Onyx Lobby The Man Who Fell Through the Earth The Room with the Tassels Faulkner’s Folly The Bride of a Moment Doris of Dobbs’ Ferry The Book of Humorous Verse Such Nonsense! An Anthology
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
THE VANISHING OF
BETTY VARIAN
BY
CAROLYN WELLS
Author of “The Luminous Face,” “The Come Back,” “In the Onyx Lobby,” “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” etc.
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1922,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE [I Headland Harbor] 9 [II Betty Varian] 24 [III The Tragedy] 39 [IV The Search] 54 [V The Yellow Pillow] 69 [VI The Varian Pearls] 84 [VII Minna Varian] 100 [VIII Ransom] 115 [IX Poor Martha] 130 [X Pennington Wise] 145 [XI Clues] 160 [XII A Letter from Nowhere] 175 [XIII Where Is North?] 190 [XIV A Green Stain] 205 [XV Criminal or Victim?] 220 [XVI In Greenvale] 236 [XVII The Last Letter] 250 [XVIII The Trap] 265