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II. THE BOYS REACH A DECISION 9

III. A FALSE IDENTIFICATION 18

IV. A SERIOUS SET-BACK 27

V. A NIGHT IN NEW YORK 36

VI. PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE 44

VII. BUYING THE OUTFITS 52

VIII. ON THE WAY TO JUNEAU 61

IX. THE FATE OF A STOWAWAY 69

X. UP THE LYNN CANAL 77

XI. THE START FROM DYEA 85

XII. EARL HAS AN ADVENTURE 93

XIII. AT THE SUMMIT OF CHILKOOT PASS 101

XIV. BOAT-BUILDING AT LAKE LINDERMAN 109

XV. ON TO LAKE BENNETT 118

XVI. AN EXCITING NIGHT IN CAMP 127

XVII. A HUNT FOR FOOD 134

XVIII. ON TO THE WHITE HORSE RAPIDS 141

XIX. NEARING THE END OF A LONG JOURNEY 149

XX. THE GOLD FIELDS AT LAST 157

XXI. A DAY IN DAWSON CITY 164

XXII. DIGGING FOR GOLD 172

XXIII. GOOD LUCK AND BAD 180

XXIV. AN UNLOOKED-FOR ARRIVAL 187

XXV. MORE WORK IN THE GULCHES 195

XXVI. SLUICE BOXES AND PREPARATIONS FOR WINTER 203

XXVII. THE END OF THE SUMMER SEASON 211

XXVIII. SNOWED IN 219

XXIX. WAITING AND WATCHING FOR SPRING 227

XXX. LAST WASHINGS FOR GOLD 235

XXXI. DOWN THE YUKON AND HOME 243

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"'Uncle Foster! Earl! look at this'" _Frontispiece_

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"With a final kick the stowaway was run off the gang-plank" 72

"The water was boiling on every side" 125

"'I would like to see the prisoner, please'" 196

TO ALASKA FOR GOLD.

CHAPTER I.

A LETTER FROM THE WEST.

"It is not a question of what we should like to do, Randy; it is a
questi