CONTENTS

CHAPTER I "A STATELY PLEASURE DOME ..."

CHAPTER II THE GIRL IN THE CANOE

CHAPTER III THE TRAGEDY

CHAPTER IV THE NAIL

CHAPTER V THE LADY OF THE LAKE

CHAPTER VI THE WATCH IN THE WATER PITCHER

CHAPTER VII THE INQUEST

CHAPTER VIII ALMA'S STATEMENTS

CHAPTER IX CLUES

CHAPTER X DISCUSSION

CHAPTER XI EVIDENCE

CHAPTER XII MY SECRET

CHAPTER XIII AS TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON

CHAPTER XIV POSY MAY

CHAPTER XV JENNIE

CHAPTER XVI WHISTLING REEDS

CHAPTER XVII AMES TAKES A HAND

CHAPTER XVIII ALL RIGHT AT LAST

THE BEST OF RECENT FICTION

Transcriber's Notes

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.