Chapter I: Front Matter

THE COPPER PRINCESS

A Story of Lake Superior Mines

_By_ KIRK MUNROE. _Author of "The Painted Desert" "Rick Dale" The "Mates" Series, etc._

_Illustrated by_ W. A. ROGERS

NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1898

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ON THE FACE OF THE CLIFF STOOD A GIRLISH FIGURE]

BY KIRK MUNROE.

THE PAINTED DESERT. A Story of Northern Arizona.
RICK DALE. A Story of the Northwest Coast.
SNOW-SHOES AND SLEDGES. A Sequel to "The Fur-Seal's Tooth."
THE FUR-SEAL'S TOOTH. A Story of Alaskan Adventure.
RAFTMATES. A Story of the Great River.
CANOEMATES. A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades.
CAMPMATES. A Story of the Plains.
DORYMATES. A Tale of the Fishing Banks.

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_The "Mates" Series, 4 vols., in a box, $5 00._

WAKULLA. A Story of Adventure in Florida.
THE FLAMINGO FEATHER.
DERRICK STERLING. A Story of the Mines.
CHRYSTAL, JACK & CO., and DELTA BIXBY. Two Stories.

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NEW YORK AND LONDON:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.

Copyright, 1898, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

_All rights reserved._

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. STARTLING INTRODUCTION OF TOM TREFETHEN 1

II. PEVERIL TIES "BLACKY'S" RECORD 9

III. A 'VARSITY STROKE STRIKES ADVERSE FORTUNE 17

IV. STARTING IN SEARCH OF THE COPPER PRINCESS 25

V. THE TREFETHENS 32

VI. A MILE BENEATH THE SURFACE 40

VII. CORNWALL TO THE RESCUE 48

VIII. IN THE NEW SHAFT 56

IX. WINNING A FRIEND BY SHEER PLUCK 65

X. HEROISM REWARDED 73

XI. NELLY TREFETHEN FINDS A LETTER 81

XII. A VISION OF THE CLIFFS 89

XIII. LOG-WRECKERS AND SMUGGLERS 95

XIV. A VAIN EFFORT TO RECOVER STOLEN PROPERTY 102

XV. PEVERIL IN THE HANDS OF HIS ENEMIES 110

XVI. LOST IN A PREHISTORIC MINE 118

XVII. UNDERGROUND WANDERINGS 125

XVIII. FROM ONE TRAP INTO ANOTHER 133

XIX. "DARRELL'S FOLLY" AND ITS OWNER 141

XX. PEVERIL IS TAKEN FOR A GHOST 148

XXI. MIKE CONNELL TO THE RESCUE 156

XXII. THE SIGNAL IS CHANGED 164

XXIII. A BATTLE WITH SMUGGLERS 172

XXIV. CONNELL MAKES GOOD HIS ESCAPE 180

XXV. A SEA FIGHT ON LAKE SUPERIOR 188

XXVI. FIRST NEWS OF THE COPPER PRINCESS 196

XXVII. A NIGHT WITH A MADMAN 205

XXVIII. LEFT IN SOLE POSSESSION 213

XXIX. A ROYAL NAME FOR A ROYAL MINE 221

XXX. PEVERIL ACQUIRES AN UNSHARED INTEREST 230

ILLUSTRATIONS

ON THE FACE OF THE CLIFF STOOD A GIRLISH FIGURE _Frontispiece_

"IN BREATHLESS SILENCE THE GROUP WATCHED PEVERIL'S
MOVEMENTS" _Facing p._ 12

PEVERIL GOES TO WORK " 36

THE CAR-PUSHERS MADE A FURIOUS ATTACK ON PEVERIL " 46

PEVERIL LEAPED DOWN AMONG THE SPUTTERING FUSES " 66

THE MEN HASTILY THREW PEVERIL HEAD-FIRST INTO
THE BUSHES " 106

PEVERIL SAT BESIDE THE FIRE IN FORLORN MEDITATION " 130

AT SEEING PEVERIL, THE MEN UTTERED A CRY OF TERROR " 152

A WILD-LOOKING MAN LEVELLED A PISTOL AT PEVERIL " 174

THE TWO MEN STOOD AND LISTENED " 194

RESCUED FROM THE SHAFT " 200

PEVERIL FINDS MARY AGAIN " 234

THE COPPER PRINCESS