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Stewart Edward White. Gold

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CHAPTER I. OH, SUSANNAH!

7CHAPTER II. THE HAMMERLOCK

19CHAPTER III. THE VOYAGE

28CHAPTER IV. THE VILLAGE BY THE LAGOON

38CHAPTER V. A TROPICAL RIVER

44CHAPTER VI. THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE

56CHAPTER VII. THE TRAIL

61CHAPTER VIII. PANAMA

76CHAPTER IX. NORTHWARD HO!

87CHAPTER X. THE GOLDEN CITY

101CHAPTER XI. I MAKE TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS

115CHAPTER XII. TALBOT DESERTS

129CHAPTER XIII. UP-RIVER

141CHAPTER XIV. SUTTER’S FORT

148CHAPTER XV. THE GOLD TRAIL

164CHAPTER XVI. THE FIRST GOLD

170CHAPTER XVII. THE DIGGINGS

176CHAPTER XVIII. BEGINNINGS OF GOVERNMENT

185CHAPTER XIX. SUNDAY AT HANGMAN’S GULCH

192CHAPTER XX. THE GOLD WASHERS

203CHAPTER XXI. WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS

210CHAPTER XXII. THE STRIKE

216CHAPTER XXIII. THE CAMP ON THE PORCUPINE

221CHAPTER XXIV. THE INDIANS

235CHAPTER XXV. BATTLE

244CHAPTER XXVI. WE SEND OUT OUR TREASURE

249CHAPTER XXVII. THE ROBBERY

255CHAPTER XXVIII. THE BULLY

272CHAPTER XXIX. THE CHALLENGE

284CHAPTER XXX. THE FIGHT

291CHAPTER XXXI. THE EXPRESS MESSENGER

298CHAPTER XXXII. ITALIAN BAR

312CHAPTER XXXIII. THE OVERLAND IMMIGRANTS

320CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PRISONERS

327CHAPTER XXXV. THE TRIAL

333CHAPTER XXXVI. THE RULE OF THE LAWLESS

342CHAPTER XXXVII. THE LAST STRAW

351CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE VIGILANTES

359CHAPTER XXXIX. THE VIGILANTES (continued)

371CHAPTER XL. THE RAINS

380CHAPTER XLI. WE GO OUT

392CHAPTER XLII. SAN FRANCISCO AGAIN

404CHAPTER XLIII. THE GOLDEN WEB

414CHAPTER XLIV. PLUTOCRATS!

425CHAPTER XLV. THE CATASTROPHE

433CHAPTER XLVI. THE VISION

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Stewart Edward White

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If I had any scruples–and I do not remember many–they were overcome within the next day or two. It was agreed that I was to go in Ward’s employ, he to pay my passage money and all expenses, I to give him half the gold I might pick up. This seemed to me, at least, an eminently satisfactory and businesslike arrangement. Ward bought the outfits for both of us. It turned out that he was a Mexican war veteran–hence the military cape–and in consequence an old campaigner. His experience and my rural upbringing saved us from most of the ridiculous purchases men made at that time. We had stout clothes and boots, a waterproof apiece, picks and shovel, blankets and long strips of canvas, three axes, knives, one rifle, a double shotgun, and a Colt’s revolver apiece. The latter seemed to me a wonderful weapon, with its six charges in the turning cylinder; but I had no opportunity to try it.

Ward decided instantly for the Panama route.

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