The Mystery at Putnam Hall The School Chums' Strange Discovery   By: Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930)

The Mystery of Putnam Hall Frontispiece. (Page 95)]

THE MYSTERY AT

PUTNAM HALL

Or

The School Chums' Strange Discovery

BY

ARTHUR M. WINFIELD (Edward Stratemeyer)

AUTHOR OF THE FAMOUS "ROVER BOYS SERIES," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS Made in the United States of America

BOOKS FOR BOYS

BY ARTHUR M. WINFIELD

(Edward Stratemeyer)

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated

THE PUTNAM HALL CADET SERIES

THE CADETS OF PUTNAM HALL THE RIVALS OF PUTNAM HALL THE CHAMPIONS OF PUTNAM HALL THE REBELLION AT PUTNAM HALL CAMPING OUT DAYS AT PUTNAM HALL THE MYSTERY AT PUTNAM HALL

THE FIRST ROVER BOYS SERIES

THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL THE ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN THE ROVER BOYS IN THE JUNGLE THE ROVER BOYS OUT WEST THE ROVER BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES THE ROVER BOYS IN THE MOUNTAINS THE ROVER BOYS IN CAMP THE ROVER BOYS ON LAND AND SEA THE ROVER BOYS ON THE RIVER THE ROVER BOYS ON THE PLAINS THE ROVER BOYS IN SOUTHERN WATERS THE ROVER BOYS ON THE FARM THE ROVER BOYS ON TREASURE ISLE THE ROVER BOYS AT COLLEGE THE ROVER BOYS DOWN EAST THE ROVER BOYS IN THE AIR THE ROVER BOYS IN NEW YORK THE ROVER BOYS IN ALASKA THE ROVER BOYS IN BUSINESS THE ROVER BOYS ON A TOUR

THE SECOND ROVER BOYS SERIES

THE ROVER BOYS AT COLBY HALL THE ROVER BOYS ON SNOWSHOE ISLAND THE ROVER BOYS UNDER CANVAS THE ROVER BOYS ON A HUNT

GROSSET & DUNLAP, Publishers, New York

COPYRIGHT, 1911, under the title of The Putnam Hall Mystery

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. AN ENCOUNTER ON THE ROAD 1

II. THE CADETS OF PUTNAM HALL 11

III. SOMETHING ABOUT A RUNAWAY 19

IV. A FRUITLESS SEARCH 29

V. THE FIGHT IN THE GYMNASIUM 39

VI. CAPTAIN PUTNAM INVESTIGATES 49

VII. PEPPER MAKES A DISCOVERY 59

VIII. THE FOOTBALL ELEVEN 69

IX. THE FOOTBALL GAME 79

X. PUTTING OUT A LIVELY BLAZE 89

XI. A MYSTERIOUS HAPPENING 99

XII. AN INVITATION ACCEPTED 109

XIII. THE WORK OF THE ENEMY 119

XIV. AT THE FORD MANSION 129

XV. THE SNOWBALL BATTLE 139

XVI. IN WHICH MORE VALUABLES VANISH 149

XVII. THE TUG OF WAR 159

XVIII. A CURIOUS MEETING 169

XIX. ABOUT A SET OF TEETH 178

XX. PEPPER A PRISONER 187

XXI. A GRAVE ACCUSATION 196

XXII. THE MYSTERY GOES ON 205

XXIII. AN ELECTION OF OFFICERS 214

XXIV. ANDY SHOWS HIS COURAGE 223

XXV. THE MAN AT POINT VIEW LODGE 231

XXVI. WHAT THE CONSTABLE THOUGHT 239

XXVII. LOOKING FOR CLUES 247

XXVIII. TO THE RESCUE 255

XXIX. A REAL HERO 263

XXX. THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED CONCLUSION 271

INTRODUCTION

MY DEAR BOYS: