The Furnace of Gold

By

PHILIP VERRILL MIGHELS

Author of
THE PILLARS OF EDEN, BRUVVER JIM'S BABY, ETC

Illustrations by

J. N. MARCHAND

GROSSET & DUNLAP
Publishers :: New York

Copyright, 1909, by
P. V. Mighels
Copyright, 1910, by
Desmond FitzGerald, Inc.
All Rights Reserved

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. [PRINCE OR BANDIT]
II. [INTO THE MOUNTAINS]
III. [A RESCUE]
IV. [CONGENIAL COMPANY]
V. [VAN'S PARTNERS]
VI. [THE BATTLE]
VII. [AN EXCHANGE OF QUESTIONS]
VIII. [A NIGHT'S EXPENSES]
IX. [PROGRESS AND SALT]
X. [THE LAUGHING WATER CLAIM]
XI. [ALGY STIRS UP TROUBLE]
XII. [BOSTWICK LOSES GROUND]
XIII. [A COMBINATION OF FORCES]
XIV. [MOVING A SHACK]
XV. [HATCHING A PLOT]
XVI. [INVOLVING BETH]
XVII. [UNEXPECTED COMPLICATIONS]
XVIII. [WHEREIN MATTERS THICKEN]
XIX. [VAN AND BETH AND BOSTWICK]
XX. [QUEENIE]
XXI. [IN THE SHADOW OF THE ROPE]
XXII. [TWO MEETINGS AFTER DARK]
XXIII. [BETH'S DESPERATION]
XXIV. [A BLIZZARD OF DUST]
XXV. [A TIMELY DELIVERANCE]
XXVI. [THE NIGHT IN THE DESERT]
XXVII. [TALL STORIES]
XXVIII. [WORK AND SONG]
XXIX. [SUSPICIOUS ANSWERS]
XXX. [BETH'S ONE EXPEDIENT]
XXXI. [McCOPPET BUSIES HIS MIND]
XXXII. [THE HARDSHIPS OF THE TRAIL]
XXXIII. [THE CLOUDS OF TROUBLE GATHER]
XXXIV. [THE TAKING OF THE CLAIM]
XXXV. [THE MEETINGS OF TWO STRONG MEN]
XXXVI. [VAN RUNS AMUCK]
XXXVII. [THE PRIMITIVE LAW]
XXXVIII. [BETH MAKES DEMANDS]
XXXIX. [ALGY'S COOKING AND BETH'S DESPAIR]
XL. [GLEN AND REVELATIONS]
XLI. [SUVY PROVES HIS LOVE]
XLII. [THE FURNACE OF GOLD]
XLIII. [PREPARING THE NET FOR A DRAW]
XLIV. [THE ENGINES OF CLIMAX]
XLV. [THE LAST CIGARS]
XLVI. [WASTED TIME]
XLVII. [A TRIBUTE TO THE DESERT]