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The Four-Pools Mystery

The Four-Pools Mystery

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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

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

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