. A MILE BENEATH THE SURFACE 40
VII. CORNWALL TO THE RESCUE 48
VIII. IN THE NEW SHAFT 56
IX. WINNING A FRIEND BY SHEER PLUCK 65
X. HEROISM REWARDED 73
XI. NELLY TREFETHEN FINDS A LETTER 81
XII. A VISION OF THE CLIFFS 89
XIII. LOG-WRECKERS AND SMUGGLERS 95
XIV. A VAIN EFFORT TO RECOVER STOLEN PROPERTY 102
XV. PEVERIL IN THE HANDS OF HIS ENEMIES 110
XVI. LOST IN A PREHISTORIC MINE 118
XVII. UNDERGROUND WANDERINGS 125
XVIII. FROM ONE TRAP INTO ANOTHER 133
XIX. "DARRELL'S FOLLY" AND ITS OWNER 141
XX. PEVERIL IS TAKEN FOR A GHOST 148
XXI. MIKE CONNELL TO THE RESCUE 156
XXII. THE SIGNAL IS CHANGED 164
XXIII. A BATTLE WITH SMUGGLERS 172
XXIV. CONNELL MAKES GOOD HIS ESCAPE 180
XXV. A SEA FIGHT ON LAKE SUPERIOR 188
XXVI. FIRST NEWS OF THE COPPER PRINCESS 196
XXVII. A NIGHT WITH A MADMAN 205
XXVIII. LEFT IN SOLE POSSESSION 213
XXIX. A ROYAL NAME FOR A ROYAL MINE 221
XXX. PEVERIL ACQUIRES AN UNSHARED INTEREST 230
ILLUSTRATIONS
ON THE FACE OF THE CLIFF STOOD A GIRLISH FIGURE _Frontispiece_
"IN BREATHLESS SILENCE THE GROUP WATCHED PEVERIL'S
MOVEMENTS" _Facing p._ 12
PEVERIL GOES TO WORK " 36
THE CAR-PUSHERS MADE A FURIOUS ATTACK ON PEVERIL " 46
PEVERIL LEAPED DOWN AMONG THE SPUTTERING FUSES " 66
THE MEN HASTILY THREW PEVERIL HEAD-FIRST INTO
THE BUSHES " 106
PEVERIL SAT BESIDE THE
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