HORATIO ALGER, JR. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth.
DIGGING FOR GOLD.
FACING THE WORLD.
IN A NEW WOULD.

_Other Volumes in Preparation._

COPYRIGHT, 1893, BY PORTER & COATES.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. OLD FRIENDS IN MELBOURNE, . . 1

II. PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, . . . 9

III. FLETCHER ACTS SUSPICIOUSLY, . . 18

IV. A TIMELY RESCUE, . . . . . 26

V. STARTING FOR THE MINES, . . . 31

VI. A NIGHT INCIDENT, . . . . . 40

VII. PARTING COMPANY, . . . . . 49

VIII. A VICTIM OF TREACHERY, . . . 58

IX. A DISAGREEABLE SURPRISE, . . . 66

X. FLETCHER TURNS UP AGAIN, . . . 74

XI. TAKEN CAPTIVE, . . . . . . 83

XII. THE HOME OF THE BUSHRANGERS, . 91

XIII. A TRIAL AND ITS TRAGIC FINALE . 100

XIV. ELECTION OF A NEW CAPTAIN, . . 108

XV. LOST IN THE WOODS, . . . . . 118

XVI. THE SHEPHERD'S HUT, . . . . 125

XVII. A WELCOME IN THE WILDS, . . . 134

XVIII. A DANGEROUS ACQUAINTANCE, . . 142

XIX. A RUFFIAN FOILED, . . . . . 151

XX. THE BOYS ARRIVE AT BENDIGO, . . 130

XXI. BUYING A CLAIM, . . . . . . 168

XXII. STRIKING LUCK, . . . . . . 177

XXIII. RAISING THE NUGGET, . . . . 186

XXIV. THE NUGGET IN DANGER, . . . . 194

XXV. THE MIDNIGHT ROBBERY, . . . . 202

XXVI. A THIEF'S EMBARRASSMENT, . . . 210

XXVII. BAFFLED CUPIDITY, . . . . . 219

XXVIII. THE NUGGET IN SAFETY, . . . . 227

XXIX. SELLING THE CLAIM, . . . . . 235

XXX. THE Two CONSPIRATORS, . . . . 244

XXXI. TAKEN CAPTIVE, . . . . . . 253

XXXII. OBED IN A TIGHT PLACE, . . . 262

XXXIII. THE TABLES ARE TURNED, . . . 271

XXXIV. FAREWELL TO MELBOURNE, . . . 279

XXXV. SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES, . . . 288

XXXVI. A HEART-BROKEN RELATIVE, . . . 293

XXXVII. HOME AGAIN, . . . . . . . 300

XXXVIII. THE BOYS' SECURE POSITIONS, . . 307

XXXIX. CONCLUSION, . . . . . . . 314

IN A NEW WORLD.

CHAPTER I.

OLD FRIENDS IN MELBOURNE.

A stout gentleman of middle age and two boys were sitting in the public
room of a modest inn in Melbourne. The gentleman was known to the public
as Professor Hemmenway, who announced himself on the programme of his
entertainment as "The Magic