Jean Webster
The Four-Pools Mystery
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664613141
Table of Contents
I ARRIVE AT FOUR-POOLS PLANTATION
I MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE HA'NT
CAT-EYE MOSE CREATES A SENSATION
WE SEARCH THE ABANDONED CABINS
MR. TERENCE KIRKWOOD PATTEN OF NEW YORK
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