ustle. And that goes!" I added warningly.

"Thank you, Frank," replied Talbot, and I thought I saw his bright eye
dim. He held silent for a moment. "Do you know," he said suddenly, "I
believe we're on the right track. It isn't the gold. That is a bait, a
glittering bait, that attracts the world to these shores. It's the
country. The gold brings them, and out of the hordes that come, some,
like us, will stick. And after the gold is dug and scattered and all but
forgotten, we will find that we have fallen heirs to an empire."

THE END

NOTE

The author desires fully to acknowledge his indebtedness to the
following writers, from whose books he has drawn freely, both for
historical fact, incidents, and the spirit of the times:

Tuthill--History of California.
Foster--The Gold Regions of California.
Stillman--Seeking the Golden Fleece.
Taylor--El Dorado.
Delano--Life on the Plains.
Shinn--Mining Camps.
Brooks--Four Months Among the Gold Finders.
Johnson--Sights in the Gold Region and Scenes by the Way.
Bostwicks--Three Years in California.
Shaw--Ramblings in California.
Hittell--History of San Francisco.
Bates--Four Years on the Pacific Coast.
Taylor--California Life Illustrated.
Marryatt--Mountains and Molehills.
James--The Heroes of California.
Hunt--California the Golden.
Haskins--The Argonauts of California.
Bell--Reminiscences of a Ranger.
Royce--California.
Eldredge--Beginnings of San Francisco.
Langford--Vigilante Days and Ways.

The author desires further to announce that, provided nothing
interferes, he hopes to supplement this novel with two others. They
also will deal with early days, and will be entitled _The Gray Dawn_,
and _The Rose Dawn_.

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