Bonanza: A story of the Gold Trail

by William MacLeod Raine

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BONANZA

A STORY OF THE GOLD TRAIL

BY

WILLIAM MacLEOD RAINE

AUTHOR OF

A MAN FOUR SQUARE,

CROOKED TRAILS AND STRAIGHT,

TROUBLED WATERS, Etc.

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

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COPYRIGHT, 1921, 1926, BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

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The giants with hopes audacious; the giants of iron limb;

The giants who journeyed westward when the trails were new and dim;

The giants who felled the forests, made pathways o’er the snows,

And planted the vine and fig tree where the manzanita grows;

Who swept the mountain gorges, and painted their endless night,

With their cabins rudely fashioned and their camp-fires’ ruddy light;

Who builded great towns and cities, who swung the Golden Gate,

And hewed from the mighty ashlar the form of a sovereign state.

I drink alone in silence to the builders of the West—

“Long life to the hearts still beating, and peace to the hearts at rest.”

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CONTENTS
CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	The Pony Express Rider	[1]
II.	“Hurrah for Washoe!”	[8]
III.	The Night Ride	[15]
IV.	Scot McClintock Introduces Himself	[27]
V.	Scot Passes the Hat	[39]
VI.	Hugh Sits in	[53]
VII.	Vicky Tells Secrets	[65]
VIII.	Scot Offers Health Hints	[75]
IX.	Scot Talks on Mother Love	[80]
X.	Till Tapping	[90]
XI.	“Twenty-Four Hours to Get Out”	[99]
XII.	“Git Out de Way, Ole Dan Tucker”	[106]
XIII.	The “Stranglers”	[121]
XIV.	Colonel McClintock Agrees with Vicky	[130]
XV.	Hugh Learns Old Grimes Is Still Dead	[139]
XVI.	In the Pit of Night	[150]
XVII.	A Knife with Fourteen Notches	[159]
XVIII.	Apply to Hugh McClintock	[165]
XIX.	McClintock Bills the Town	[171]
XX.	“Little Vicky”	[179]
XXI.	In the Blizzard	[187]
XXII.	A Haven of Refuge	[196]
XXIII.	Two Plus One Makes Three	[208]
XXIV.	Old Dog Tray Barks	[221]
XXV.	The Killer Strikes	[229]
XXVI.	Hugh Hits the Trail	[238]
XXVII.	Trapped	[244]
XXVIII.	“As Good as the Wheat”	[252]
XXIX.	Vicky Finds a Way	[261]
XXX.	At Bell’s Camp	[270]
XXXI.	Hugh Takes the Stump	[277]
XXXII.	Father Marston Prophesies	[283]
XXXIII.	The Booming of the Forty-Fives	[293]
XXXIV.	The Bald Knob Strike	[298]
XXXV.	McClintock Reads Tennyson	[310]
XXXVI.	Signed by William Thornton	[316]
XXXVII.	Hugh Explains	[324]
XXXVIII.	The Battle of Bald Knob	[329]
XXXIX.	Sleuthing	[338]
XL.	In the Mesh of His Own Net	[344]
XLI.	From the Junipers	[350]
XLII.	Hugh Rides to an Appointment	[357]
XLIII.	The Sacrifice	[363]
XLIV.	Under the Stars	[367]

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BONANZA

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BONANZA