CHAPTER PAGE

I Headland Harbor 9

II Betty Varian 24

III The Tragedy 39

IV The Search 54

V The Yellow Pillow 69

VI The Varian Pearls 84

VII Minna Varian 100

VIII Ransom 115

IX Poor Martha 130

X Pennington Wise 145

XI Clues 160

XII A Letter from Nowhere 175

XIII Where Is North? 190

XIV A Green Stain 205

XV Criminal or Victim? 220

XVI In Greenvale 236

XVII The Last Letter 250

XVIII The Trap 265

THE VANISHING OF
BETTY VARIAN