The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-02
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CHAPTER l.
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Copyright. 1908,
The Bobbs-M Merrill Company.
The y Vanishing Mystery.

The \ anish1uE Mystery
Y9LoRA GILSEY stood on the
threshold of her dining-room. She
had turned her back ons it. She
swayed forward. Her bare arms were
lifted. Her hands lightly caught the
molding ON either side of the door. She
was looking intently into the mirror
at the other end of the hall. All the
lights in the dining-room were lit,
end she saw herself rather keenly set
against their brfihapce. The straight
+ held bead, the lifted arms, the short,
slender waist. the long, long sweep of
ther skirts made her seem taller than
She actually was, and the strong, bright
growth of her hair and the viVacity of
her face made her seem more deeply
colored.
she had poised there for the mere
survey of a new gown, hut after a
moment of dwelling on her own re-
4lection she found herself considering
1t only as an object in the foreground
Of a picture. That picture, seen through
4 1the open door, reflected in the glass,
: was all of a bright, hard glitter, all a
high, harsh tone of newness. In its
g ssslpapeled oak, in it's glare of cut-glass
and. silver, In the shining vacant faces
of its floors and walls, there was not a
color hat filled the eye, not a shadow
evhere Imagination could find play. As
= background for herself it struck her
SIS 1ncongruous. Like a child looking
at the landscape upside down, she felt
= lferself in a foreign country. Yet it
z3&fas hers. She turned about to bring it
Aqiito familiar association. There was
0Hothfag wrong with it. But its great
Aeapacity suggested large parties rather
-nfian close intimacies. In the high lift
%A6f its ceilings. the ample openings Of
lists doors. the swept, garnished, polished
Lfbeauty of its cold surfaces, it pro-
Exclaimed itself conceived, created and
&decorated for large. fine functions. She
thought whimsically hat anyone who
Leknew her. coming into her house, would
IIealize that some other than herself
Siiad tile ordering of it.
She glanced over the table. 1t was
: set for three. 1t lacked nothing but
S+he serving of dinner. She looked at
y the clock. 1t wanted a few minutes
to the hour. Shima. the japanese but
Ter, came in softly with the evening
s'papers. She took them from him.
Nothing bored her so much as a paper.
st1nt tonight she knew it contained
: nsomething she really wanted to see.
: 3She opened one of the damp sheets at
the page of sales.
IS There it was at the mead of the col
Gsemn in. thick black type;
sG At Auction, February Is,
Personal Estate of
Elizabeth Hunter Chatworth,
FH" Consisting of -
Che read the details with interest
s down to the end, where the name of
the famous Chatworth ring" finished
the announcement with a flourish. WHY
fapous?" 1t was very provoking to
! advertise with that vague adjective and
y not explained.
She turned indifferently to the first
tepage- She read a sentence. reread il.
E.reaG it again. Then. as if she could
siot read fast enough. her eyes gaIloped
down the column. Color came into her
cheeks The grasp of her hands on
: the edges of the paper frightened. It
frNas the most extraordinary thing! She