Chapter 46 MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF THOMAS HIGGS

Higgs' factory was a mine of delight for the gossips of Birmingham. It was a small building, but quite large enough to hold a mystery. Who the proprietor was, or where he came from, none could tell. He looked like a gentleman-that was certain-though everybody knew he had risen from an apprenticeship; and he could handle his pen like a writing-maste