CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. [Hard Times]1
II. [After the Runaway]10
III. [The Gold Miner]18
IV. [A Curious Story]26
V. [More Hard Luck]34
VI. [The Gold Strike]42
VII. [Off for the West]51
VIII. [The Bucking Bronco]58
IX. [After Big Game]66
X. [In the Rapids]74
XI. [Caught in a Storm]83
XII. [At the Gold Fields]90
XIII. [On a New Trail]95
XIV. [The Marshal Interferes]103
XV. [Their First Gold]110
XVI. [Lost]118
XVII. [Cornered by a Bear]126
XVIII. [Finding the Nuggets]133
XIX. [Con Morton Appears]139
XX. [Pursued]145
XXI. [What Happened to Gabe]162
XXII. [Staking Their Claims]169
XXIII. [Cheerless Prospects]186
XXIV. [Losing the Farm]194
XXV. [The Welcome Letter—Conclusion]200