A Mysterious Disappearance: A Farce

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A Mysterious Disappearance: A Farce by George M. Baker is about a girl who poses as her brother's wife in a portrait of herself to a suitor. Suddenly, she disappears. Excerpt: "Nelly (throwing brush on the lounge). That will do for today. It's time Carlos were back from the post office. I am anxious to obtain a letter from my invisible adorer, Dixon Dolby. How my good brother would open his eyes if he knew the extent of my wickedness. Three months ago, six of us girls at school, desirous of acquiring proficiency in correspondence, agreed to write to gentlemen whom we had never met, but whom we knew by reputation to be gentlemen."

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