The Sign of Silence

INTRODUCES A GENTLEMAN. «Then it's an entire mystery?» «Yes, Phrida.» «But it's astounding! It really seems so utterly impossible,» declared my well-beloved, amazed at what I had just related. «I've simply stated hard facts.» «But there's been nothing about this affair in the papers.» «For certain reasons the authorities are not exactly anxious for any publicity. It is a very puzzling problem, and they do not care to own themselves baffled,&r