Stout Cortez — George Goodchild

When Colin Fairbright finds himself in a snowbound train a short distance from home, he befriends a young lady called Rosita. She tells him she is on her way to visit her father who lives at a nearby Country Club. Battling through deep snow, Colin and Rosita reach the Club, where they find that Rosita's father is very ill. When he dies overnight, they learn that he has lost a fortune gambling. Colin feels that something is not quite right at the Club. Then another resident dies under suspicious circumstances...