Copyright 1908

BY

THE REILLY & BRITTON CO.


LIST OF CHAPTERS

CHAPTER PAGE
II Hear Bad News[9]
III Find a Relative[24]
IIIMy Fortunes Improve[40]
IVI Ship Aboard the “Flipper”[54]
V“Nux” and “Bryonia”[66]
VIThe Land of Mystery[83]
VIIThe Major[91]
VIIIThe Sands of Gold[110]
IXThe Outlaws[124]
XThe Rocking-Stone[137]
XIThe Cavern[153]
XIIWe Recover the Gold[169]
XIIIThe Catastrophe[184]
XIVBuried Alive![193]
XVThe Major Gives Chase[206]
XVIThe Grave Captain Gay[219]
XVIIWe Give up the Ship[235]
XVIIIUncle Naboth’s Revenge[247]
XIXThe Conquest of Mrs. Ranck[257]
XXSteele, Perkins & Steele[270]

CHAPTER I
I HEAR BAD NEWS.

“Sam—come here!”

It was Mrs. Ranck’s voice, and sounded more bitter and stringent than usual.