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Title: The Four Pools Mystery

Author: Jean Webster

Release Date: April 30, 2007 [EBook #21264]

Language: English

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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

[Illustration: In the Cave]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I INTRODUCING TERRY PATTEN 3
II I ARRIVE AT FOUR-POOLS PLANTATION 14
III I MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE HA'NT 26
IV THE HA'NT GROWS MYSTERIOUS 39
V CAT-EYE MOSE CREATES A SENSATION 58
VI WE SEND FOR A DETECTIVE 76
VII WE SEND HIM BACK AGAIN 92
VIII THE ROBBERY REMAINS A MYSTERY 108
IX THE EXPEDITION TO LURAY 119
X THE TRAGEDY OF THE CAVE 135
XI THE SHERIFF VISITS FOUR-POOLS 143
XII I MAKE A PROMISE TO POLLY 151
XIII THE INQUEST 168
XIV THE JURY'S VERDICT 186
XV FALSE CLUES 196
XVI TERRY COMES 206
XVII WE SEARCH THE ABANDONED CABINS 222
XVIII TERRY ARRIVES AT A CONCLUSION 247
XIX TERRY FINDS THE BONDS 262
XX POLLY MAKES A CONFESSION 271
XXI MR. TERENCE KIRKWOOD PATTEN OF NEW YORK 285
XXII THE DISCOVERY OF CAT-EYE MOSE 296
XXIII MOSE TELLS HIS STORY 314
XXIV POLLY MAKES A PROPOSAL 329

THE FOUR-POOLS MYSTERY

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCING TERRY PATTEN

It was through the Patterson-Pratt forgery