EDWIN L. SABIN
CALIFORNIA,
June 1, 1915.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
[THE STORY OF CALIFORNIA]
[THE PANAMA CANAL]
I. [THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER]
II. [HURRAH FOR THE GOLDEN WEST]
III. [AN UNWELCOME COMPANION]
IV. [A FRIEND IN NEED]
V. [AN ATTACK BY THE ENEMY]
VI. [THE LANDING AT THE ISTHMUS]
VII. [A RACE UP THE RIVER]
VIII. [A TRICK—AND ITS CONSEQUENCES]
IX. [TIT FOR TAT]
X. [ALMOST LEFT BEHIND]
XI. [CHARLEY LOSES OUT]
XII. [CALIFORNIA HO!]
XIII. [INTO THE GOLDEN GATE]
XIV. [ALL ASHORE]
XV. [THE SIGHTS OF SAN FRANCISCO]
XVI. [CHARLEY HEARS A CONVERSATION]
XVII. [ON TO THE DIGGIN'S]
XVIII. [THE TRAIL OF THE ENEMY]
XIX. [A GREAT DISCOVERY]
XX. [ANOTHER GREAT DISCOVERY]
XXI. [MINERS' JUSTICE]
XXII. [THE BEST OF ALL]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ "YOU STOLE THOSE PAPERS" . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "OVER THEY GO!" ]

[ DOWN SLIPPED CHARLEY'S HORSE FROM THE TRAIL ]

[ "I'VE LOST THE PAPERS" ]

[ BILLY STEPPED ON HIS LEAD ROPE AND LEVELED HIS GUN
LIKE LIGHTNING ]

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