Talk:The Slipper Point Mystery (novella)/Chapter 4
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SYNOPSIS OF THE FIRST INSTALMENT
They met on the shore of a lovely little river of south New Jersey, two girls of fourteen—one a well-dressed, well-bred city girl, the other a shy, native girl of the region, with her baby sister, Genevieve. Acting as guide to Doris, the city girl, on an exploring expedition about the river, Sally becomes so attracted by her new friend that she confides to her a secret that she has herself discovered on the bank of the river—a small cave, cleverly concealed from sight, and bearing every evidence of having long ago been used as a habitation. In this cave she has found also a mysterious bit of paper, whose meaning she cannot decipher.
The two girls spend a morning examining the cave and speculating about the strange riddle. Later, in a walk about the region above ground, they stop for a drink of water at the home of Miss Camilla Roundtree, a delightful elderly lady in reduced circumstances, who talks to them of her one-time passion for collecting old porcelains. It was when they were on the way home, that Doris suddenly thought she had discovered a key to the mystery of the cave.