DEEP LAKE
MYSTERY
By CAROLYN WELLS
Author of
“The Crime in the Crypt,” “All At Sea,” “Anything But the Truth,”
“The Bronze Hand,” “The Daughter of the House,” “Face
Cards,” “Feathers Left Around,” “The Fourteenth Key,”
“The Furthest Fury,” “Prillilgirl,” “The Red-Haired
Girl,” “The Vanity Case,” “Where’s Emily,” etc.
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York
Published by arrangement with Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
Printed in U. S. A.
COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY DOUBLEDAY, DORAN & COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N.Y.
TO MY DEAR FRIEND
LUCY C. JOYCE
CONTENTS
- CHAPTER PAGE
- I. “A STATELY PLEASURE DOME ...” 1
- II. THE GIRL IN THE CANOE 16
- III. THE TRAGEDY 32
- IV. THE NAIL 48
- V. THE LADY OF THE LAKE 63
- VI. THE WATCH IN THE WATER PITCHER 78
- VII. THE INQUEST 93
- VIII. ALMA’S STATEMENTS 108
- IX. CLUES 123
- X. DISCUSSION 138
- XI. EVIDENCE 153
- XII. MY SECRET 168
- XIII. AS TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON 183
- XIV. POSY MAY 198
- XV. JENNIE 213
- XVI. WHISTLING REEDS 228
- XVII. AMES TAKES A HAND 244
- XVIII. ALL RIGHT AT LAST 260
DEEP LAKE MYSTERY
CHAPTER I
“A STATELY PLEASURE DOME ...”
As I look back on my life, eventful enough in spots,but placid, even monotonous in the long stretches betweenspots, I think the greatest thrill I ever experienced waswhen I saw the dead body of Sampson Tracy.
Imagine to yourself a man, dead in his own bed, withno sign of violence or maltreatment. Eyes partly closed,as he might be peacefully thinking, and no expression offear or h