THE YOUNG EXPLORER
OR
CLAIMING HIS FORTUNE
By Horatio Alger, Jr.
CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER I. — BEN'S INHERITANCE. ]
[ CHAPTER II. — DEACON PITKIN'S OFFER. ]
[ CHAPTER III. — SAM STURGIS' NEW IDEA. ]
[ CHAPTER IV. — A BRILLIANT CHANCE. ]
[ CHAPTER V. — IN SEARCH OF A PLACE. ]
[ CHAPTER VI. — MR. PITCH, THE SENIOR PARTNER. ]
[ CHAPTER VII. — BEN'S DINNER-GUEST. ]
[ CHAPTER VIII. — A STRANGE ACQUAINTANCE. ]
[ CHAPTER IX. — AT THE ASTOR HOUSE. ]
[ CHAPTER X. — BEN RECEIVES A CALL. ]
[ CHAPTER XI. — MISS SINCLAIR'S STRATAGEM. ]
[ CHAPTER XII. — IN SAN FRANCISCO. ]
[ CHAPTER XIII. — PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS. ]
[ CHAPTER XI. — THE CANON HOTEL. ]
[ CHAPTER XV. — A POLITE HOSTESS. ]
[ CHAPTER XVI. — A NEW ACQUAINTANCE. ]
[ CHAPTER XVII. — A TIGHT PLACE. ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII. — AN EVENING CALL. ]
[ CHAPTER XIX. — BEN'S MIDNIGHT EXCURSION. ]
[ CHAPTER XX. — A THIEF'S DISAPPOINTMENT. ]
[ CHAPTER XXI. — BEN'S SAVINGS-BANK. ]
[ CHAPTER XXII. — THE ARRIVAL AT MURPHY'S. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIII. — AMONG THE SIERRAS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIV. — BEATEN AT HIS OWN GAME. ]
[ CHAPTER XXV. — THE HORSE-THIEVES. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVI. — WHAT NEXT? ]
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE DUEL OF THE MINERS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIX. — CHINESE CHEAP LABOR. ]
[ CHAPTER XXX. — A MIDNIGHT VISIT. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXI. — ON THE MOUNTAIN PATH. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXII. — THE MOUNTAIN CABIN. ]