The Four-Pools Mystery

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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