THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF KIMBALL WEBB
BY
ROWLAND WRIGHT
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1920
Copyright, 1919
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.
VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY
BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK
CONTENTS
- CHAPTER PAGE
- I A Mysterious Disappearance 1
- II Henrietta Telephones 15
- III Elsie Suspects 31
- IV Aunt Elizabeth’s Will 47
- V Elsie Makes Inquiries 64
- VI A Haunted Room 81
- VII Joe Allison 98
- VIII Courtney’s Talk 115
- IX Gerty’s Plea 132
- X Coley Coe 148
- XI Sleeping Dogs 165
- XII Coe’s Conclusions 182
- XIII The Expected Letter 199
- XIV An Easy Mark 216
- XV In Uniform 233
- XVI A Safe Man 250
- XVII Gilded Acorns 267
- XVIII Elsie’s Birthday 284
1
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF
KIMBALL WEBB
CHAPTER I
A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
Kimball Webb didn’t look at all like aman who would disappear mysteriously.Though I’m not sure mysteriously disappearingmen, as a class, have physical characteristics incommon. But one rather imagines them eerielooking, with deep, cavernous eyes and hollowcheeks.
Kimball Webb had nothing of the sort. Hewas a bit distinguished looking, but that was becausehe was a New Englander by birth, and aplaywright by pr
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