New Britain herald., 1929-12-02

Synopsis
 Peggy Prescott @o->rar-oId duugh- ter O. .u army colonel Was sur- prised when she Mas advised that her uncl~, Herbert Prescott had made h.r sole heir Of his sjzablo fortune. When she read her uucIes will however, she was as'omdcd.
 This dorum.ut provided she must liN". mouJh and a da" at Vow l.odgr, on }ha shores of Mohawk l'ond. I.rcblcH country, Coun.cti- cut. IT sur ;bsnWs herself from tbo loJ-n for mere than one hour in any @f. tH" will provides, the cu- tirn estate ryyrrts 10 Commander Jamioson Sinclair. q former naval officer.
 Accompanied onNy Iy a sopcr- FttioU, negro maid. u accordance with her uNrie's G,crcc. Peggy drives 10 N,w loGgr. From Inc moment she first cro@aas ita lhrcs- hold. she Is greeted Icy weird c&- pprjrncs and is cutaugIod in the Nueamy mystery Of this luxurious home. parados ia ils bleal, sur roundiN@s. Within a few hours. JaEgy realizes unknown enemies arc attempting to lntimijato and 1errori=e her. so that she will flee from her new home and lose the inhori'auc".
 on her arrival she is greeted by Hwarthy, sllcut man who soats her at the dining table. places a soup turcru before her and disappears. Inside, Peggy finds a ccckcd auto matte pistol
 Peggy and JuIia go for T canoe ride on Mohawk Pond and have a barrow escape from drowning when |. man whose eyes Peggy g}impscs in the water, capsizcs their craft. Obadiah Evans, larmer-neighbcr, and his son, Jim, rescue them. The seCrctiVc acts oi a Yankee farmer and his son puzzle Peggy but they give ample proof Of their friend ship.
 Tragedy is added 10 mystery when pegGy'a deadly craftsmanship fclIs a nocturnal prowlcr as he enters the lodge. The dead man is identified as Lieut.. Edgar Stan ton dissoluto friend of Herbert Prescott. Unknown to Peggy. stanton had been furtNcly watch- tl@ her movements at inc lodge from the day of her arrival.
 The seriousness of her prcdica- 'lout daWns on Peggy when Sheriff I}each takes her to Litchficld to face murder charges. Obadiah INans proves a friend in need, fur 1.ishius bail to gain her freedom and Jim speeds her back home within the hour to which her aD- scnccs are limited.
 A pcrplcNiug angle to Stanton 's death develops when Peggy finds inc pistol with which she shot Stan ton in the pocket of Jim's coat which h~ loaned her on the drive back home. Sheriff Beach had found an automatic on the lodge floor after the shootjng
 Aqul'a Chase. hotuuist. who lramps tH" wooded hills seeking rra specimens. becomes frequent visitor at the lodge. and tells her Of Suudowu. d half breed Indian who lI&o+ ou thc shore of the pond. P,--y susrr.~ the Indian of the sinister 4lr,mpts to torrify her, hnt l.r suspicious mo partly aIluyod vb.u an.r a futile visit to his rmp 10 .." Nln. she learns ue suf- frs troaO I-Ir-hmIuys~.
 Iw.a.I a. r., uu,r&uuD attitude Jn shows towards l"r, Peggy l..rth,us- maa- Mm h.r couU- H.ur aud os,r j.. duu,r t@hlr con- tI., hur tpa4 auJ suspicious. l.l@ro-~.I ll p1rh other they fUl lY nou.. soca pressed al thc win .,p". ,u'ma screams interrupt EI,Ir tH-a-tg'e and they find her ltin- irou. ou tle dining room 1.oor, larror written Iu her eyes. she -r.aH- incohgrcnly of some tbio@ rushing at her from the pantry but Peggy and Jim are sEen.al and urrb0e her right f, 2 k'