COVERY 191

THE TRAIL INTO THE MOUNTAINS 200

A SOUND FROM OUT THE STILLNESS 209

A TURNING OF THE TABLES 218

A LION IN THE PATH 227

A GENERAL SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 236

CONCLUSION 246

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS OF A MAN INTENTLY STUDYING
THEM Frontispiece.

JEFF 9

"ROSWELL, DO YOU KNOW THAT STRANGE MAN HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING US FOR THE PAST HOUR?" 33

CATCHING THE EYE OF THE AMAZED BOYS, TIM WINKED 43

THE TENT-POLES WERE SHOVED DOWN INTO THE SNOW 53

ALL JOINED IN PUSHING AND PULLING ONE SLED 65

SUDDENLY HARDMAN MADE A SIGN 75

"YOU'RE A PRETTY FELLOW TO STAND GUARD," SAID FRANK 85

"OH, LOOK THERE! ISN'T IT DREADFUL?" 97

"WE'RE AT THE FUT OF THE LAKE," SHOUTED TIM 105

THE CURRENT WAS NOT ONLY VERY SWIFT, BUT THE CHANNEL
WAS FILLED WITH ROCKS 113

TIM AND JEFF LIT THEIR PIPES; HARDMAN SAT APART 127

AND THE THREE CHEERS WERE GIVEN WITH A WILL 137

"I DON'T SEE THE USE OF YOUR HARPING ON THAT AFFAIR,"
SAID HARDMAN 147

"IT'S GOLD!" HE EXCLAIMED 161

THE BOYS STOOD ATTENTIVELY WATCHING THE OPERATION 175

"I HAVE JUST THOUGHT WHAT TIM'S BUSINESS IS AT DAWSON,"
SAID FRANK 189

"WE HAVE BEEN ROBBED! ALL THE GOLD IS GONE," 195

THE TELL-TALE FOOTPRINTS 203

WATCHING AT THE TURN IN THE TRAIL 215

"HANDS UP, YOUNKER!" 223

"WE HAVE MADE A MESS OF IT," WAS THE DISGUSTED
COMMENT OF FRANK 231

TIM AND HIS PRISONERS