The Four-Pools Mystery
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Джин Уэбстер. The Four-Pools Mystery
THE FOUR-POOLS. MYSTERY
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCING TERRY PATTEN
CHAPTER II. I ARRIVE AT FOUR-POOLS PLANTATION
CHAPTER III. I MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE HA'NT
CHAPTER IV. THE HA'NT GROWS MYSTERIOUS
CHAPTER V. CAT-EYE MOSE CREATES A SENSATION
CHAPTER VI. WE SEND FOR A DETECTIVE
CHAPTER VII. WE SEND HIM BACK AGAIN
CHAPTER VIII. THE ROBBERY REMAINS A MYSTERY
CHAPTER IX. THE EXPEDITION TO LURAY
CHAPTER X. THE TRAGEDY OF THE CAVE
CHAPTER XI. THE SHERIFF VISITS FOUR-POOLS
CHAPTER XII. I MAKE A PROMISE TO POLLY
CHAPTER XIII. THE INQUEST
CHAPTER XIV. THE JURY'S VERDICT
CHAPTER XV. FALSE CLUES
CHAPTER XVI. TERRY COMES
CHAPTER XVII. WE SEARCH THE ABANDONED CABINS
CHAPTER XVIII. TERRY ARRIVES AT A CONCLUSION
CHAPTER XIX. TERRY FINDS THE BONDS
CHAPTER XX. POLLY MAKES A CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXI. MR. TERENCE KIRKWOOD PATTEN OF NEW YORK
CHAPTER XXII. THE DISCOVERY OF CAT-EYE MOSE
CHAPTER XXIII. MOSE TELLS HIS STORY
CHAPTER XXIV. POLLY MAKES A PROPOSAL
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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 Patten was on our track, and within a week he had brought down upon us every newspaper in New York.
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"And those are the deserted negro cabins?" I added, my eye resting on the cluster of gray roofs showing above the shrubbery.
"Just at present they are not so deserted as we should like," he returned with a suggestive undertone in his voice. "You visit the plantation at an interesting time. The Gaylord ha'nt has reappeared."
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