CHAPTER VII

TOM’S DISAPPEARANCE “Oh, Ruth, I’m so worried! I don’t know what on earth to do! Tom’s gone—disappeared!” Helen nervously fingered the strings of her apron and cast an anxious and hopeful glance about the Cameron grounds, as though she expected her twin brother to make a sudden appearance. “He _must_ be here somewhere!” Ruth declared, her heart sinking. “How long has he been gone?” Surely nothing had happened to Tom, she told herself. He was so dependable, so self-reliant. Yet obviously something had gone wrong, an…