Chapter 16

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​⁠The Haunted House

Days passed without word or sign from the missing girl. The marshal haunted the post-office and the railroad station, hoping with all his poor old heart that word would come from her; but the letter was not there, nor was there a telegram at the station when he strolled over to that place. The county officials at Boggs City came down and began a cursory investigation, but Anderson