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Title: The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories

Author: Various

Release Date: May 5, 2007 [EBook #21340]

Language: English

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THE LITTLE GOLD MINERS OF THE SIERRAS

BY

JOAQUIN MILLER

AND OTHER STORIES

_FULLY ILLUSTRATED_

[Illustration: "COLOR! TWO COLORS! THREE, FOUR, FIVE--A DOZEN!"]

BOSTON D. LOTHROP & COMPANY FRANKLIN AND HAWLEY STREETS

Copyright, 1886,
by
D. LOTHROP & COMPANY.

CONTENTS.

PAGE.

I. THE LITTLE GOLD MINERS OF THE SIERRAS. 7
_Joaquin Miller._

II. A MODERN HERO. 23
_Marion Harland._

III. BENNY'S WIGWAM. 44
_Mary Catherine Lee._

IV. BENNY'S DISAPPEARANCE. 63
_Mary Catherine Lee._

V. HOW TWO SCHOOLBOYS KILLED A BEAR. 86
_H. F. Marsh._

VI. PETE'S PRINTING PRESS. 94
_Kate Gannett Wells._

VII. AUNT ELIZABETH'S FENCE. 119
_George H. Hebard._

VIII. THE BUTTON BOY. 138
_A. M. Griffin._

IX. DAN HARDY'S CRIPPY. 156
_James Otis._

X. HIS THREE TRIALS. 185
_Kate Gannett Wells._

XI. IN THE SECOND DORMITORY. 211
_John Preston True._

XII. THE DOUGHNUT BAIT. 232
_George Varney._

XIII. A REAL HAPPENING. 239
_Mary B. Claflin._