Chapter I: Front Matter

YOUNG MODERNS BOOKSHELF

THE
VANISHING COMRADE
_A Mystery Story for Girls_

BY
ETHEL COOK ELIOT

An unusual mystery about a strange orchard house with a brave girl who
finally straightens things out

The Sun Dial Press, Inc.
NEW YORK

1937
THE SUN DIAL PRESS, INC.
CL

COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES
AT
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N.Y.

AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
TO
MY SISTER HELEN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Great Aunt Katherine Commands 1
II. The Boy in the Flowery, Dragony Picture Frame 19
III. The Comrade Does Not Appear 30
IV. Little Orchard House, Beware! 44
V. Kate Makes Up a Face 59
VI. “I Will Pay for It” 69
VII. “Even So——” 86
VIII. Kate Meets a Detective 92
IX. Something of Fairy in It 106
X. In the Mirror 116
XI. Kate Takes the Helm 135
XII. The Special Delivery 149
XIII. “You Thief!” 160
XIV. The Stranger in the Garden 174
XV. Kate on Guard 194
XVI. One End of the String 204
XVII. Into the Orchard House 219
XVIII. The Last Room 236
XIX. Elsie Confides 249
XX. A Farewell in the Dark 261
XXI. Like the Stars 269

THE
VANISHING COMRADE

The Vanishing Comrade