The Trouble at Pinelands

About this eBook

Author

Poate, Ernest M., 1885?-1935

Title

The trouble at Pinelands : A detective story

Original Publication

New York: Chelsea House, 1922.

Credits

Tim Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

North Carolina -- Fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78103

Release Date

March 4, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Trouble at Pinelands
2. 2.CHAPTER I THE POLTERGEIST
3. 3.CHAPTER II BOBWHITE
4. 4.CHAPTER III A BAD SPELL
5. 5.CHAPTER IV A FEUD
6. 6.CHAPTER V A TRAGEDY
7. 7.CHAPTER VI UNCERTAINTY
8. 8.CHAPTER VII INVESTIGATION
9. 9.CHAPTER VIII THE INQUEST
10. 10.CHAPTER IX A CONFLAGRATION
11. 11.CHAPTER X MORE TROUBLE THREATENS
12. 12.CHAPTER XI PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENSE
13. 13.CHAPTER XII A FRUSTRATED LYNCHING
14. 14.CHAPTER XIII “A LITTLE RELAXATION”
15. 15.CHAPTER XIV THE POLTERGEIST AGAIN
16. 16.CHAPTER XV A FISHING TRIP
17. 17.CHAPTER XVI SOME CLEWS, AND A SUGGESTION
18. 18.CHAPTER XVII AN UNUSUAL WEDDING
19. 19.CHAPTER XVIII SOMERS DISGRACES HIMSELF
20. 20.CHAPTER XIX AN EXPLANATION
21. 21.CHAPTER XX A FLIRTATION
22. 22.CHAPTER XXI AN ILLICIT ENTERPRISE
23. 23.CHAPTER XXII THE SHOWDOWN
24. 24.CHAPTER XXIII ANNE CHRISTIE’S STORY
25. 25.CHAPTER XXIV A PROJECTED EXCURSION
26. 26.CHAPTER XXV A TRIP TO THE MOUNTAINS
27. 27.CHAPTER XXVI ROARING LAFE
28. 28.CHAPTER XXVII IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVIII RUTLEDGE TALKS
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIX THE RETURN
31. 31.CHAPTER XXX AN AGITATED HOUSEHOLD
32. 32.CHAPTER XXXI A BORROWED SHOTGUN
33. 33.CHAPTER XXXII THE POLTERGEIST’S LAST VISIT
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXIII THE FINAL EXPLANATION
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIV MATING TIME

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