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Title: Captain Bayley's Heir:
A Tale of the Gold Fields of California

Author: G. A. Henty

Illustrator: H. M. Paget

Release Date: May 17, 2009 [EBook #28857]

Language: English

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CAPTAIN BAYLEY'S HEIR

A TALE OF THE GOLD FIELDS OF CALIFORNIA.

BY G. A. HENTY

CAPTAIN BAYLEY'S HEIR.

[Illustration: CAPTAIN BAYLEY HEARS STARTLING NEWS.]

CAPTAIN BAYLEY'S HEIR:

A TALE OF THE GOLD FIELDS OF CALIFORNIA.

BY

G. A. HENTY,

Author of "With Clive in India;" "Facing Death;" "For Name and Fame;"
"True to the Old Flag;" "A Final Beckoning;" &c.

_WITH TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
BY H. M. PAGET._

[Illustration]

NEW YORK
SCRIBNER AND WELFORD
743 & 745 BROADWAY.

CONTENTS.

Chap. Page

I. WESTMINSTER! WESTMINSTER! 9

II. A COLD SWIM, 25

III. A CRIPPLE BOY, 42

IV. AN ADOPTED CHILD, 58

V. A TERRIBLE ACCUSATION, 75

VI. AT NEW ORLEANS, 92

VII. ON THE MISSISSIPPI, 107

VIII. STARTING FOR THE WEST, 127

IX. ON THE PLAINS, 154

X. A BUFFALO STORY, 173

XI. HOW DICK LOST HIS SCALP, 186

XII. THE ATTACK ON THE CARAVAN, 206

XIII. AT THE GOLD-FIELDS, 223

XIV. CAPTAIN BAYLEY, 238

XV. THE MISSING HEIR, 253

XVI. JOHN HOLL, DUST CONTRACTOR, 268

XVII. THE LONELY DIGGERS, 285

XVIII. A DREAM VERIFIED, 306

XIX. STRIKING IT RICH, 324

XX. A MESSAGE FROM ABROAD, 341

XXI. HAPPY MEETINGS, 360

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