MYSTERIES OF THE MISSING [Illustration: ~~ SCENE OF THE ABDUCTION OF CHARLIE ROSS ~~ The Ross house, Washington Lane, Germantown, Pa. _From a sketch by W. P. Snyder_] MYSTERIES OF THE MISSING _By_ EDWARD H. SMITH _Author of “Famous Poison Mysteries,” etc._ [Illustration] LINCOLN MAC VEAGH THE DIAL PRESS NEW YORK · MCMXXVII Copyright, 1924, by STREET AND SMITH CORPORATION Copyright, 1927, by THE DIAL PRESS, INC. MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE VAIL-BALLOU PRESS, INC., BINGHAMTON, N. Y. To JOSEPH A. FAUROT A GREAT FINDER OF WANTED MEN CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE A NOTE ON DISAPPEARING xi I. THE CHARLIE ROSS ENIGMA 1 II. “SEVERED FROM THE RACE” 23 III. THE VANISHED ARCHDUKE 40 IV. THE STOLEN CONWAY BOY 65 V. THE LOST HEIR OF TICHBORNE 82 VI. THE KIDNAPPERS OF CENTRAL PARK 101 VII. DOROTHY ARNOLD 120 VIII. EDDIE CUDAHY AND PAT CROWE 133 IX. THE WHITLA KIDNAPPING 153 X. THE MYSTERY AT HIGHBRIDGE 171 XI. A NUN IN VIVISEPULTURE 187 XII. THE RETURN OF JIMMIE GLASS 203 XIII. THE FATES AND JOE VAROTTA 219 XIV. THE LOST MILLIONAIRE 237 XV. THE AMBROSE BIERCE IRONY 257 XVI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE CENTURY 273 XVII. SPECTRAL SHIPS 292 BIBLIOGRAPHY 313 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS SCENE OF THE ABDUCTION OF CHARLIE ROSS _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE CHARLIE ROSS 10 THEODOSIA BURR 32 MILLIE STÜBEL 44 ARCHDUKE JOHANN SALVATOR 56 ARTHUR ORTON 94 MARION CLARKE 110 DOROTHY ARNOLD 126 PAT CROWE 146 JIMMIE GLASS 204 JOE VAROTTA 220 AMBROSE J. SMALL 240 AMBROSE BIERCE 260 DOCTOR ANDRÉE 280 _U. S. S. CYCLOPS_ 304