Chapter I: Front Matter

_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