54

CHAPTER VII.
TIED TO A TREE 62

CHAPTER VIII.
TURNING THE TABLES 70

CHAPTER IX.
BRADLEY'S SIGNAL VICTORY 78

CHAPTER X.
"THE BEST OF FRIENDS MUST PART" 87

CHAPTER XI.
PLANS FOR DEPARTURE 95

CHAPTER XII.
THE PROFITS OF MINING 100

CHAPTER XIII.
KI SING'S RIDE 104

CHAPTER XIV.
GOLDEN GULCH HOTEL 113

CHAPTER XV.
BILL MOSELY REAPPEARS 122

CHAPTER XVI.
A TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE 131

CHAPTER XVII.
LYNCH LAW 139

CHAPTER XVIII.
AFTER THE EXECUTION 147

CHAPTER XIX.
BEN WINS LAURELS AS A SINGER 151

CHAPTER XX.
A LITTLE RETROSPECT 158

CHAPTER XXI.
MR. CAMPBELL RECEIVES TIDINGS OF HIS WARD 165

CHAPTER XXII.
A MORNING CALL 174

CHAPTER XXIII.
A SECRET CONFERENCE 183

CHAPTER XXIV.
MISS DOUGLAS RECEIVES A MESSAGE 188

CHAPTER XXV.
WALKING INTO A TRAP 195

CHAPTER XXVI.
A HARD-HEARTED JAILER 201

CHAPTER XXVII.
A STAR IN THE CLOUD 210

CHAPTER XXVIII.
JONES CHECKMATES ORTON CAMPBELL 219

CHAPTER XXIX.
A WEDDING RECEPTION 229

CHAPTER XXX.
THE NUGGET 237

CHAPTER XXXI.
JOB STANTON'S MISTAKE 246

CHAPTER XXXII.
THE HOUSE IS MORTGAGED 255

CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE BLOW ABOUT TO FALL 260

CHAPTER XXXIV.
CONCLUSION 265

BEN'S NUGGET;

OR,

A BOY'S SEARCH FOR FORTUNE.

CHAPTER I.

THE MOUNTAIN-CABIN.

"What's the news, Ben? You didn't happen to bring an evenin' paper, did
you?"

The speaker was a tall, loose-jointed man, dressed as a miner in a garb
that appeared to have seen considerable service. His beard was long and
untrimmed, and on his head he wore a Mexican sombrero.

This was Jake Bradley, a rough but good-hearted miner, who was stretched
carelessly upon the ground in front of a rude h