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Title: Ben's Nugget
A Boy's Search For Fortune

Author: Horatio, Jr. Alger

Release Date: May 8, 2008 [EBook #25384]

Language: English

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BEN'S NUGGET;

OR,

A BOY'S SEARCH FOR FORTUNE.

A Story of the Pacific Coast.

BY

HORATIO ALGER, JR.,

AUTHOR OF "RAGGED DICK," "TATTERED TOM," "LUCK AND PLUCK," "BRAVE AND
BOLD SERIES," ETC., ETC.

THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.,
PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO, TORONTO.

COPYRIGHT BY HORATIO ALGER, JR., 1882.

To

Three San Francisco Boys,

JOSEPH AND MAXEY SLOSS AND CLARENCE WALTER,

THIS STORY

IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

PREFACE.

"Ben's Nugget" is the concluding volume of the Pacific Series. Though it
is complete in itself, and may be read independently, the chief
characters introduced will be recognized as old friends by the readers
of "The Young Explorer," the volume just preceding, not omitting Ki
Sing, the faithful Chinaman, whose virtues may go far to diminish the
prejudice which, justly or unjustly, is now felt toward his countrymen.

Though Ben Stanton may be considered rather young for a miner, not a few
as young as he drifted to the gold-fields in the early days of
California. Mining is carried on now in a very different manner, and I
can hardly encourage any of my young readers to follow his example in
seeking fortune so far from home.

New York, May 19, 1882.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. PAGE
THE MOUNTAIN-CABIN 13

CHAPTER II.
THE MISSING CHINAMAN 23

CHAPTER III.
TWO GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD 30

CHAPTER IV.
KI SING IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY 38

CHAPTER V.
FURTHER ADVENTURES OF BILL MOSELY 46

CHAPTER VI.
AN UNEQUAL CONTEST