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“‘I TOLD YOU YOU COULDN’T LICK ME,’ SAID HE”
Copyright, 1913, by Doubleday, Page & Company
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian
CONTENTS
Part I.–Panama
CHAPTERPAGE
I.Oh, Susannah!3
II.The Hammerlock7
III.The Voyage19
IV.The Village by the Lagoon28
V.A Tropical River38
VI.The Village in the Jungle44
VII.The Trail56
VIII.Panama61
IX.Northward Ho!76
Part II.–THE GOLDEN CITY
X.The Golden City87
XI.I Make Twenty-five Dollars101
XII.Talbot Deserts115
XIII.Up-River129
Part III.–THE MINES
XIV.Sutter’s Fort141
XV.The Gold Trail148
XVI.The First Gold164
XVII.The Diggings170
XVIII.Beginnings of Government176
XIX.Sunday at Hangman’s Gulch185
XX.The Gold Washers192
XXI.We Leave the Diggings203
XXII.The Strike210
XXIII.The Camp on the Porcupine216
XXIV.The Indians221
XXV.Battle235
XXVI.We Send Out Our Treasure244
XXVII.The Robbery249
XXVIII.The Bully255
XXIX.The Challenge272
XXX.The Fight284
XXXI.The Express Messenger291
XXXII.Italian Bar298
XXXIII.The Overland Immigrants312
XXXIV.The Prisoners320
XXXV.The Trial327
XXXVI.The Rule of the Lawless333
XXXVII.The Last Straw342
XXXVIII.The Vigilantes351
XXXIX.The Vigilantes (continued)359
Part IV.–The Law
XL.The Rains371
XLI.We Go Out380
XLII.San Francisco Again392
XLIII.The Golden Web404
XLIV.Plutocrats!414
XLV.The Catastrophe425
XLVI.The Vision433
ILLUSTRATIONS
“‘I told you you couldn’t lick me,’ said he”Frontispiece
“‘You hounds!’ he roared. ‘Don’t you dare try to sneak off!’”78
“The big man whirled to the floor”286
“We marched our prisoner in double-quick time to the agreed rendezvous”360
PART I
PANAMA
GOLD