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  SOME CADETS CAME INTO VIEW, EACH CARRYING A BUCKET OFWATER.

  _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