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| [CHAPTER I.] | The Sea Dream. | 1 |
| [CHAPTER II.] | Under Weigh. | 8 |
| [CHAPTER III.] | Nassau. | 19 |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | A New Danger. | 29 |
| [CHAPTER V.] | Fighting the Flames. | 39 |
| [CHAPTER VI.] | The Last Resort. | 49 |
| [CHAPTER VII.] | On Shore. | 60 |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] | Suspense. | 71 |
| [CHAPTER IX.] | Across the Country. | 81 |
| [CHAPTER X.] | A Strange Story. | 91 |
| [CHAPTER XI.] | The Journey. | 101 |
| [CHAPTER XII.] | The Silver City. | 111 |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] | In the City. | 122 |
| [CHAPTER XIV.] | The Festival. | 132 |
| [CHAPTER XV.] | A Retreat. | 142 |
| [CHAPTER XVI.] | Discovered. | 152 |
| [CHAPTER XVII.] | A Halt. | 162 |
| [CHAPTER XVIII.] | Cave Life. | 172 |
| [CHAPTER XIX.] | A Change of Base. | 182 |
| [CHAPTER XX.] | A Desperate Struggle. | 192 |
| [CHAPTER XXI.] | A Long Halt. | 202 |
| [CHAPTER XXII.] | Jake's Venture. | 212 |
| [CHAPTER XXIII.] | A Hurried Departure. | 222 |
| [CHAPTER XXIV.] | Jake. | 231 |
| [CHAPTER XXV.] | On the Range. | 241 |
| [CHAPTER XXVI.] | The Pursuit. | 251 |
| [CHAPTER XXVII.] | At Bay. | 260 |
| [CHAPTER XXVIII.] | The Catastrophe. | 270 |
| [CHAPTER XXIX.] | A Fierce Conflict. | 280 |
| [CHAPTER XXX.] | A Welcome Change. | 290 |
| [CHAPTER XXXI.] | The Sea. | 299 |
| [CHAPTER XXXII.] | A Happy Surprise. | 308 |
| [CHAPTER XXXIII.] | Homeward Bound. | 318 |
THE SEARCH FOR THE SILVER CITY.
CHAPTER I.
THE SEA DREAM.
Three years ago last August, it is unnecessary to specify the exact date, Teddy Wright was not only a very lonely fellow, but considered himself abused by circumstances.
During the previous season he had studied very hard at the military school on the Hudson which he often referred to slightingly as "the barracks," and as a reward for the flattering reports sent home by his teachers, had been promised a long vacation in the Adirondacks with a schoolmate who lived in the northern portion of New York state.
Teddy's parents and sisters intended spending the summer at some one of the fashionable watering places; but with three long months of "roughing it" where game could be found in abundance, he had no desire to accompany them.
"Life in the woods knocks staying at a big hotel on the sea-shore, where a fellow is obliged to be dressed up all the time," he said when one of his sisters expressed surprise at his choice. "We shall regularly camp out, and father has given me a doubled-barreled breech-loader, to say nothing of his own rod and collection of flies. Jack and I will have the jolliest kind of a time while you're moonin' on the hot sands trying to think it is fun."
Teddy went to Jack's home, and, to his sorrow and dismay, found that young gentleman so ill that there was no hope of his being allowed to take the long-contemplated trip.