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Title: The Golf Course Mystery

Author: Chester K. Steele

Posting Date: August 20, 2008 [EBook #1495]
Release Date: October, 1998

Language: English

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THE GOLF COURSE MYSTERY

by Chester K. Steele

CONTENTS

I PUTTING OUT
II THE NINETEENTH HOLE
III "Why?"
IV VIOLA'S DECISION
V HARRY'S MISSION
VI By A QUIET STREAM
VII THE INQUEST
VIII ON SUSPICION
IX 58 C. H--161*
X A WATER HAZARD
XI POISONOUS PLANTS
XII BLOSSOM'S SUSPICIONS
XIII CAPTAIN POLAND CONFESSES
XIV THE PRIVATE SAFE
XV POOR FISHING
XVI SOME LETTERS
XVII OVER THE TELEPHONE
XVIII A LARGE BLONDE LADY
XIX "UNKNOWN"
XX A MEETING
XXI THE LIBRARY POSTA
XXII THE LARGE BLONDE AGAIN
XXIII MOROCCO KATE, ALLY
XXIV STILL WATERS

CHAPTER I. PUTTING OUT

There was nothing in that clear, calm day, with its blue sky and its
flooding sunshine, to suggest in the slightest degree the awful tragedy
so close at hand--that tragedy which so puzzled the authorities and
which came so close to wrecking the happiness of several innocent
people.

The waters of the inlet sparkled like silver, and over those waters
poised the osprey, his rapidly moving wings and fan-spread tail
suspending him almost stationary in one spot, while, with eager and
far-seeing eyes, he peered into the depths below. The bird was a dark
blotch against the perfect blue sky for several seconds, and then,
suddenly folding his pinions and closing his tail, he darted downward
like a bomb dropped from an aeroplane.

There was a splash in the water, a shower of sparkling drops as the
osprey arose, a fish vainly struggling in its talons, and from a dusty
gray roadster, which had halted along the highway while the occupant
watched the hawk, ther