A missing man, a ruby ring, a halter rope cut clean in two. When Leigh Wells disappears, a year-long drama unfolds for the Leeds family. Where is Leigh? Why did Joe go out so late? Why was Ike kidnapped? It all comes together in this mystery by Emily Porter Blair, who set this story in Aroostook County, Maine, where she lived and raised her family in the early 1900s.This recently discovered manuscript, brown with age, was written in the 1930s. Set just before America’s entry into WWI, this story reveals a time and place unfamiliar to the modern reader. Horse and sled carried everyone in the winter, when the deep snow made roads impassible for their few cars. The scarce telephones were party lines, and you answered only your ring. Life was slow, but not always simple. It got complicated for these characters, as they lived with the suspicion of murder and duplicity. An emotional trial brings suspense and a surprise ending.