A Mysterious Disappearance

Book ExcerptBruce read:"I opened your message. Alice not here. I have not seen her for over a week. What do you mean by wire? Am coming to town at once.--EDITH."The baronet's pale face and strained voice betrayed the significance of the thought underlying the simple question."What do you make of it, Claude?"Bruce, too, was very grave. "The thing looks queer," he said; "though the explanation may be trifling. Come, I will help you. Let us reach your house. It is the natural centre for inquir...