TO

MY MOTHER,

WHOSE TENDER CARE AND UNSELFISH DEVOTION
MADE HAPPY THE DAYS OF MY
OWN BOYHOOD,

This Book for Boys

IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED,
BY THE AUTHOR.

Honesdale, Penn., April 6, 1887.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[Lost in the Mine]11
II.[The Burned Breaker]30
III.[The Unquiet Conscience]50
IV.[The Trial]69
V.[The Verdict]89
VI.[The Fall]109
VII.[The Shadow of Death]128
VIII.[Out of Darkness]148