The Furnace of GoldByPHILIP VERRILL MIGHELSAuthor ofTHE PILLARS OF EDEN, BRUVVER JIM'S BABY, ETCIllustrations byJ. N. MARCHANDGROSSET & DUNLAPPublishers :: New YorkCopyright, 1909, byP. V. MighelsCopyright, 1910, byDesmond FitzGerald, Inc.All Rights ReservedCONTENTSCHAPTER 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]