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Title: The Go Ahead Boys and Simon's Mine
Author: Ross Kay
Release Date: February 9, 2005 [EBook #14998]
Language: English
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THE GO AHEAD BOYS
AND
SIMON'S MINE
BY
ROSS KAY
Author of "Dodging the North Sea Mines," "With Joffre
on the Battle Line," "The Search for the Spy," "The
Go Ahead Boys on Smugglers' Island," "The Go
Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave," "The
Go Ahead Boys and the Racing
Motor Boat," etc., etc.
_ILLUSTRATED BY R. EMMETT OWEN_
_I leave this rule for others when I'm dead:
Be always sure you're right--THEN GO AHEAD
Davy Crockett's Motto_
NEW YORK BARSE & HOPKINS PUBLISHERS
=BOOKS FOR YOUNG MEN=
* * * * *
=THE GO AHEAD BOYS By Ross Kay=
_12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume, 75 cents, postpaid_.
1 THE GO AHEAD BOYS ON SMUGGLERS' ISLAND
2 THE GO AHEAD BOYS AND THE TREASURE CAVE
3 THE GO AHEAD BOYS AND THE MYSTERIOUS OLD HOUSE
4 THE GO AHEAD BOYS IN THE ISLAND CAMP
5 THE GO AHEAD BOYS AND THE RACING MOTOR BOAT
6 THE GO AHEAD BOYS AND SIMON'S MINE
(_Other volumes in preparation_)
BARSE & HOPKINS
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
1917
* * * * *
_The Go Ahead Boys and Simon's Mine_
[Illustration: In spite of their recent exertions and the loads they were
carrying they all began to run. page 203]
PREFACE
In this book the writer has endeavored to relate a story of stirring
adventure and at the same time eliminate all sensationalism and improbable
elements. The thread of the story was given him by a man who was familiar
with the life and experiences of prospectors. Indeed, there is warrant for
almost every event recorded in these pages.
The author has no desire to make his young he
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