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THE FOUR-POOLS
MYSTERY
By
JEAN WEBSTER
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1908
Copyright, 1907, 1908, by
The Century Co.
Published, March, 1908
THE DE VINNE PRESS
In the Cave
CONTENTS
- I Introducing Terry Patten
- II I Arrive at Four-Pools Plantation
- III I Make the Acquaintance of the Ha'nt
- IV The Ha'nt Grows Mysterious
- V Cat-Eye Mose Creates a Sensation
- VI We Send for a Detective
- VII We Send Him Back Again
- VIII The Robbery Remains a Mystery
- IX The Expedition to Luray
- X The Tragedy of the Cave
- XI The Sheriff Visits Four-Pools
- XII I Make a Promise to Polly
- XIII The Inquest
- XIV The Jury's Verdict
- XV False Clues
- XVI Terry Comes
- XVII We Search the Abandoned Cabins
- XVIII Terry Arrives at a Conclusion
- XIX Terry Finds the Bonds
- XX Polly Makes a Confession
- XXI Mr. Terence Kirkwood Patten of New York
- XXII The Discovery of Cat-Eye Mose
- XXIII Mose Tells His Story
- XXIV Polly Makes a Proposal
THE FOUR-POOLS
MYSTERY
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCING TERRY PATTEN
It was through the Patterson-Pratt forgery case that I first made the acquaintance of Terry Patten, and at the time I should have been more than willing to forego the pleasure.
Our firm rarely dealt with criminal cases, but the Patterson family were long standing clients, and they naturally turned to us when the trouble came. Ordinarily, so important a matter would have been put in the hands of one of the older men, but it happened that I was the one who had drawn up the will for Patterson Senior the night before his suicide, therefore the brunt of the work devolved upon me. The most unpleasant part of the whole affair was the notoriety. Could we have kept it from the papers, it would not have been so bad, but that was a physical impossibility; Terry