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Title: The La Chance Mine Mystery

Author: Susan Carleton Jones

Illustrator: George W. Gage

Release Date: November 9, 2008 [EBook #27209]

Language: English

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THE LA CHANCE MINE MYSTERY

BY

S. CARLETON

WITH FRONTISPIECE BY

GEORGE W. GAGE

BOSTON

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

1920

_Copyright, 1920_,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

_All rights reserved_

Published March, 1920

[Illustration: "I STOOD UP AND DROVE FOR ALL I WAS WORTH, AND THE GIRL
BESIDE ME SHOT,--AND HIT!" FRONTISPIECE. _See page 76._]

THE LA CHANCE MINE MYSTERY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. I COME HOME: AND THE WOLVES HOWL 1

II. MY DREAM: AND DUDLEY'S GIRL 16

III. DUDLEY'S MINE: AND DUDLEY'S GOLD 30

IV. THE MAN IN THE DARK 46

V. THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE 56

VI. MOSTLY WOLVES: AND A GIRL 71

VII. I FIND LITTLE ENOUGH ON THE CORDUROY ROAD,
AND LESS AT SKUNK'S MISERY 86

VIII. THOMPSON! 100

IX. TATIANA PAULINA VALENKA! 116

X. I INTERFERE FOR THE LAST TIME 134

XI. MACARTNEY HEARS A NOISE: AND I FIND FOUR DEAD MEN 148

XII. THOMPSON'S CARDS: AND SKUNK'S MISERY 164

XIII. A DEAD MAN'S MESSENGER 182

XIV. WOLVES--AND DUDLEY 199

XV. THE PLACE OF DEPARTED SPIRITS 218

XVI. IN COLLINS'S CARE 231

XVII. HIGH EXPLOSIVE 247

XVIII. LAC