Chapter I: Front Matter

_The X Bar X Boys at Nugget Camp._ (_Page 62_)]

THE X BAR X BOYS
AT NUGGET CAMP

BY
JAMES CODY FERRIS

AUTHOR OF “THE X BAR X BOYS ON THE RANCH,”
“THE X BAR X BOYS AT THE ROUND-UP,” ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED BY_
WALTER S. ROGERS

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

WESTERN STORIES FOR BOYS

By JAMES CODY FERRIS

THE X BAR X BOYS BOOKS

THE X BAR X BOYS ON THE RANCH
THE X BAR X BOYS IN THUNDER CANYON
THE X BAR X BOYS ON WHIRLPOOL RIVER
THE X BAR X BOYS ON BIG BISON TRAIL
THE X BAR X BOYS AT THE ROUND-UP
THE X BAR X BOYS AT NUGGET CAMP

(OTHER VOLUMES IN PREPARATION.)

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GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK

Copyright, 1928, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP, Inc.

The X Bar X Boys at Nugget Camp

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I A DANGEROUS CAST 1

II OUT OF THE DEPTHS 11

III MYSTERIOUS RIDERS 19

IV THE OLD MINER 28

V BELLE ADA’S NERVE 37

VI STOLEN NUGGETS 45

VII THE GOLD RUSH 54

VIII POP LAYS DOWN THE LAW 63

IX ROY MAKES A STATEMENT 71

X SILENT PACKS A GUN 80

XI THE FIGHT 89

XII A CRACK AT FORTUNE 97

XIII OFF TO NUGGET CAMP 104

XIV SOME SHOOTING 111

XV HORSEMEN IN THE STORM 118

XVI HIS NIGHT TO HOWL 127

XVII THE LUCKY SHOT 136

XVIII DISCOVERY 143

XIX THE STRANGER 154

XX BUNCOED 164

XXI ALLEN’S GUN 173

XXII ON THE TRAIL 181

XXIII GREYHOUND 190

XXIV READY TO QUIT 205

XXV ONE ELEVEN COMES THROUGH 211

THE X BAR X BOYS AT NUGGET CAMP