Newark, N. J.,
April 1, 1899.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.A Letter from the West[1]
II.The Boys reach a Decision[9]
III.A False Identification[18]
IV.A Serious Set-back[27]
V.A Night in New York[36]
VI.Preparations for Departure[44]
VII.Buying the Outfits[52]
VIII.On the Way to Juneau[61]
IX.The Fate of a Stowaway[69]
X.Up the Lynn Canal[77]
XI.The Start from Dyea[85]
XII.Earl has an Adventure[93]
XIII.At the Summit of Chilkoot Pass[101]
XIV.Boat-building at Lake Linderman[109]
XV.On to Lake Bennett[118]
XVI.An Exciting Night in Camp[127]
XVII.A Hunt for Food[134]
XVIII.On to the White Horse Rapids[141]
XIX.Nearing the End of a Long Journey[149]
XX.The Gold Fields at Last[157]
XXI.A Day in Dawson City[164]
XXII.Digging for Gold[172]
XXIII.Good Luck and Bad[180]
XXIV.An Unlooked-for Arrival[187]
XXV.More Work in the Gulches[195]
XXVI.Sluice Boxes and Preparations for Winter[203]
XXVII.The End of the Summer Season[211]
XXVIII.Snowed in[219]
XXIX.Waiting and Watching for Spring[227]
XXX.Last Washings for Gold[235]
XXXI.Down the Yukon and Home[243]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
"Uncle Foster! Earl! look at this!"[Frontispiece]
"With a final kick the stowaway was run off the gang-plank"[72]
"The water was boiling on every side"[125]
"'I would like to see the prisoner, please'"[196]