CONTENTS

I.[Mark and His Difficulties]
II.[News from California]
III.[Mark Runs Away]
IV.[Mark Makes a Friend]
V.[Up a Tree]
VI.[Two Boys and a Mule]
VII.[Taking in Another Partner]
VIII.[Off for the Land of Gold]
IX.[A Storm and a Washout]
X.[At Fort Laramie]
XI.[Sag Ruff's Threat]
XII.[Suffering from Thirst]
XIII.[A Fight with an Elk]
XIV.[The Stealing of the Outfit]
XV.[A Snake, a Deer, and a Surprise]
XVI.[Getting Back the Outfit]
XVII.[Among the Indians]
XVIII.[Si Takes a Tumble]
XIX.[A Gloomy Outlook]
XX.[At the Trading Camp]
XXI.[Another Brush with the Indians]
XXII.[The Coming of Spring]
XXIII.[Nuggets of Value]
XXIV.[The Results of a Cave-in]
XXV.[The Man from Philadelphia]
XXVI.[Mark's Sickness]
XXVII.[The Disappearance of Maybe Dixon]
XXVIII.[Striking a Bonanza]
XXIX.[A Fortune in Nuggets]
XXX.[The Landslide]
XXXI.[A Crushing Loss]
XXXII.[The Trail of the Gold Thieves]
XXXIII.[Brought to Bay—Conclusion]