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"GOLD, GOLD, IN CARIBOO!"

GOLD, GOLD, IN CARIBOO!

A Story of Adventure in British Columbia

by

CLIVE PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY

Author of "Snap" "A Sportsman's Eden" &c.

Illustrated by Godfrey C. Hindley

New Edition

Blackie and Son Limited London Glasgow and Dublin 1903

CONTENTS.

CHAP. Page
I. THE GOLD FEVER, 9

II. A "GILT-EDGED" SPECULATION, 23

III. A LITTLE GAME OF POKER, 33

IV. THE MOTHER OF GOLD, 41

V. "IS THE COLONEL 'STRAIGHT?'" 52

VI. THE WET CAMP, 64

VII. FACING DEATH ON THE STONE-SLIDE, 73

VIII. THEIR FIRST "COLOURS," 82

IX. UNDER THE BALM-OF-GILEAD TREE, 89

X. THE SHADOWS BEGIN TO FALL, 97

XI. "JUMP OR I'LL SHOOT," 107

XII. A SHEER SWINDLE, 117

XIII. THE BULLET'S MESSAGE, 125

XIV. WHAT THE WOLF FOUND, 132

XV. IN THE DANCE-HOUSE, 144

XVI. THE PRICE OF BLOOD, 153

XVII. CHANCE'S GOLD-FEVER RETURNS, 162

XVIII. ON THE COLONEL'S TRAIL AGAIN, 170

XIX. "GOOD-BYE, LILLA," 177

XX. THE ACCURSED RIVER, 184

XXI. PETE'S CREEK, 192

XXII. GOLD BY THE GALLON! 203

XXIII. THE HORNET'S NEST, 211

XXIV. DROWNING IN THE FOREST, 222

XXV. IN THE CAMP OF THE CHILCOTINS, 234

XXVI. RAMPIKE'S WINTER QUARTERS, 243

XXVII. THE SEARCH FOR PHON, 250

XXVIII. THE KING OF THE BIG-HORNS, 258

XXIX. PHON'S RETURN, 266

XXX. CRUICKSHANK AT LAST! 276

ILLUSTRATIONS

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CORBETT SEIZES HIS ONE CHANCE FOR LIFE _Frontis._ 80

"WITH A SCREAM OF FEAR THE CHINAMAN SPRANG OUT" 116

LILLA ACCOSTS THE COLONEL IN THE DANCE-HOUSE 146

"GOLD--GOLD IN FLAKES, AND LUMPS, AND NUGGETS" 210