Chapter I: Front Matter

THE TROUBLE AT PINELANDS

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The Trouble at Pinelands

_A Detective Story_

BY
ERNEST M. POATE

CHELSEA HOUSE

79 Seventh Avenue New York City

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Copyright, 1922
By CHELSEA HOUSE

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The Trouble at Pinelands

(Printed in the United States of America)

All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign
languages, including the Scandinavian.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE POLTERGEIST 11
II. BOBWHITE 23
III. A BAD SPELL 37
IV. A FEUD 47
V. A TRAGEDY 54
VI. UNCERTAINTY 63
VII. INVESTIGATION 76
VIII. THE INQUEST 86
IX. A CONFLAGRATION 95
X. MORE TROUBLE THREATENS 104
XI. PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENSE 112
XII. A FRUSTRATED LYNCHING 118
XIII. “A LITTLE RELAXATION” 132
XIV. THE POLTERGEIST AGAIN 141
XV. A FISHING TRIP 151
XVI. SOME CLEWS, AND A SUGGESTION 158
XVII. AN UNUSUAL WEDDING 165
XVIII. SOMERS DISGRACES HIMSELF 174
XIX. AN EXPLANATION 183
XX. A FLIRTATION 190
XXI. AN ILLICIT ENTERPRISE 200
XXII. THE SHOWDOWN 207
XXIII. ANNE CHRISTIE’S STORY 216
XXIV. A PROJECTED EXCURSION 227
XXV. A TRIP TO THE MOUNTAINS 233
XXVI. ROARING LAFE 240
XXVII. IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY 250
XXVIII. RUTLEDGE TALKS 256
XXIX. THE RETURN 266
XXX. AN AGITATED HOUSEHOLD 271
XXXI. A BORROWED SHOTGUN 279
XXXII. THE POLTERGEIST’S LAST VISIT 287
XXXIII. THE FINAL EXPLANATION 296
XXXIV. MATING TIME 310

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The Trouble at Pinelands

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