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