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SOME CADETS CAME INTO VIEW, EACH CARRYING A BUCKET OFWATER.
_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)
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12mo. Cloth. Illustrated
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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
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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
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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_
GROSSET & DUNLAP
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