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E-text prepared by the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/) from material generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana)
THE CAVE OF GOLD
A TALE OF CALIFORNIA IN '49
AUTHOR OF "FIGHTING WITH FREMONT," "IN TEXAS WITH DAVY CROCKETT," "WITH KIT CARSON IN THE ROCKIES," ETC.
NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 681 Fifth Ave.
First Printing, January, 1911 Second Printing, August. 1919 Third Printing, June, 1926 Printed in the U.S.A.
TO THE DESCENDANTS YOUNG OR OLD OF THE HARDY FORTY-NINERS THIS STORY OF THE EXCITING DAYS OF THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA IS HOPEFULLY DEDICATED
"YOU LIE!" AND THE HARD FIST LANDED SQUARELY ON THE MAN'S CHIN.
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ILLUSTRATIONS
The Cave of Gold
CHAPTER I
EL FEROZ
CHAPTER II
DEATH OF THE MINER
CHAPTER III
THE SKIN MAP
THE SKIN MAP.
CHAPTER IV
AT THE CONROYAL RANCHO
CHAPTER V
OFF FOR THE GOLD-MINES
"YOU CAN TURN YOUR HORSES AROUND AND RIDE BACK THE WAY YOU CAME."
CHAPTER VI
THE SIGN OF THE TWO RED THUMBS
CHAPTER VII
CAUGHT IN THE FLOOD
CHAPTER VIII
ACCUSED OF MURDER
THE BEST AND THE CHEAPEST PLACE TO BUY YOUR OUTFITS
A FEW OF TO-DAY'S SPECIAL BARGAINS THAT CANT BE BEAT ANYWHERE IN THE CITY
CHAPTER IX
THE TESTIMONY OF BILL UGGER
CHAPTER X
THE MISSING BUTTON
CHAPTER XI
AN UNEXPECTED WITNESS
CHAPTER XII
HAMMER JONES
CHAPTER XIII
EXPLANATIONS
CHAPTER XIV
THE LUCK OF DICKSON
"IS THERE ANY! JUST LOOK THERE! AND THERE! AND THERE!"
CHAPTER XV
AROUND THE SUPPER TABLE
CHAPTER XVI
UNEXPECTED COMPANY
CHAPTER XVII
POCKFACE AGAIN
CHAPTER XVIII
STORY OF THE GREAT DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XIX
SOME EXCITING MOMENTS
BUD BENT AND STRETCHED HIS FREE HAND DOWN TO MARSHALL.
CHAPTER XX
ROBBED
CHAPTER XXI
PEDRO
CHAPTER XXII
THE MYSTERY OF THE TENT
CHAPTER XXIII
ON THE SHORE OF GOOSE NECK LAKE
CHAPTER XXIV
IN LOT'S CANYON
CHAPTER XXV
THE CAVE OF GOLD
"IT IS GOLD! IT IS GOLD! AND ENOUGH OF IT TO MAKE US ALL RICH BEYOND OUR FONDEST DREAMS."
CHAPTER XXVI
THE CATASTROPHE
CHAPTER XXVII
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