THE SLIPPER POINT MYSTERY

THE
SLIPPER POINT MYSTERY

BY
AUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN
Author of “Three Sides of Paradise Green,” “The
Girl Next Door,” “The Sapphire Signet,” etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY
C. M. RELYEA

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1921
Copyright, 1919, by
The Century Co.
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Published, September, 1919

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I] The Encounter[3]
[II] The Acquaintance Ripens[18]
[III] Sally Capitulates[32]
[IV] On Slipper Point[43]
[V] Mystery[55]
[VI] Working at the Riddle[65]
[VII] The First Clue[77]
[VIII] Roundtree’s[87]
[IX] Doris Has a New Theory[102]
[X] Behind the Cedar Plank[116]
[XI] Some Bits of Roundtree History[131]
[XII] Light Dawns on Miss Camilla[141]
[XIII] Word from the Past[164]
[XIV] The Real Buried Treasure[178]
[XV] The Summer’s End[198]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“Why, it’s a room!” she gasped[Frontispiece]
FACING
PAGE
She led the others up the cellar steps[128]
“Why, there’s nothing there but numbers”[160]
They sat together in the canoe[198]