"PERSONS UNKNOWN"

BY VIRGINIA TRACY

ILLUSTRATIONS BY
HENRY RALEIGH

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1914

Published, October, 1914

TO
MY FELLOW-CONSPIRATORS
HELEN L. KLOEBER AND JESSIE C. SOULE

When winter's breath was on the pane,
Through dusk and snow, wild winds and rain,
I fled to your bright hearth again
To read about a Shadow!
You lit the lamp, you brewed the tea,
Pulled up the deepest chair for me,
And set yourselves to guess and see—
What ailed that minx, Christina?