A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE
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That evening I had a talk with Fanny over the area gate. She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter.
"O," she cried, "such things as I have heard this day!"
"Well," said I, "what? Let me hear too." She put her hand on her heart. "I never was so frightened," whispered she, "I thought I should have fainted right away. To hear that elegant lady use such a word as crime,—"
"What elegant lady?" interrupted I. "Don't begin in the middle of your story, that's a good girl; I want to hear it all."
"Well," said she, calming down a little, "Mrs. Daniels had a visitor to-day, a lady. She was dressed—"