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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: The Pike's Peak Rush - Terry in the New Gold Fields - -Author: Edwin L. Sabin - -Release Date: November 6, 2011 [EBook #37943] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PIKE'S PEAK RUSH *** - - - - -Produced by Beth and the Online Distributed Proofreading -Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - - - - - - +<div style='text-align:center'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 37943 ***</div> <h1>THE GREAT PIKE'S PEAK RUSH</h1> -<h3>OR</h3> +<div class="h3">OR</div> -<h2>TERRY IN THE NEW GOLD FIELDS</h2> +<div class="h2">TERRY IN THE NEW GOLD FIELDS</div> -<h2>BY EDWIN L. SABIN</h2> +<div class="h2">BY EDWIN L. SABIN</div> <blockquote><p>"These mountains are supposed to contain minerals, precious stones and gold and silver ore. It is but late that they have taken the @@ -238,22 +208,22 @@ distance."</p> <p>—<i>From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago.</i></p></blockquote> -<p class="center">NEW YORK<br /> -THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY<br /> +<p class="center">NEW YORK<br > +THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY<br > PUBLISHERS</p> -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Copyright, 1917,<br /> +<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Copyright, 1917,<br > By THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY.</span></p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > <div class="figcenter"> -<a name="illus1" id="illus1"></a> -<img src="images/illus1.jpg" alt=""/> +<a id="illus1"></a> +<img src="images/illus1.jpg" alt=""> </div> -<h3>"NONE OF THAT, MR. IKE CHUBBERS!" REPEATED HARRY, STOUTLY -FORCING THE MUZZLE UPWARD</h3> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class="h3">"NONE OF THAT, MR. IKE CHUBBERS!" REPEATED HARRY, STOUTLY +FORCING THE MUZZLE UPWARD</div> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > <h2>TRAIL AND DIGGIN'S PEOPLE</h2> @@ -261,35 +231,35 @@ FORCING THE MUZZLE UPWARD</h3> <h3>OLD ACQUAINTANCES:</h3> -<table width="50%" summary="old acquaintances"> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Terry Richards</span> </td><td align="right">Off to the Gold Fields</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Mr. and Mrs. Richards</span> </td><td align="right">His Parents</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Harry Revere</span> </td><td align="right">His Partner</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">George Stanton</span> </td><td align="right">A Tender-foot</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Virgie Stanton</span> </td><td align="right">Also a Tender-foot</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Mr. and Mrs. Stanton</span> </td><td align="right">Their Parents</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Sol Judy</span> </td><td align="right">A "Forty-niner"</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Pine Knot Ike</span> </td><td align="right">Not so Tough After All</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Thunder Horse</span> </td><td align="right">Bad Medicine</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Shep</span> </td><td align="right">Ready for Anything</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Duke the Half-Buffalo</span>} </td><td align="right">Queer Wagon Mates</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Jenny the Yellow Mule</span>}</td><td align="right"></td></tr> +<table style="width: 50%;"> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Terry Richards</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">Off to the Gold Fields</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Mr. and Mrs. Richards</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">His Parents</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Harry Revere</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">His Partner</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">George Stanton</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">A Tender-foot</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Virgie Stanton</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">Also a Tender-foot</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Mr. and Mrs. Stanton</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">Their Parents</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Sol Judy</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">A "Forty-niner"</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Pine Knot Ike</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">Not so Tough After All</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Thunder Horse</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">Bad Medicine</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Shep</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">Ready for Anything</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Duke the Half-Buffalo</span>} </td><td style="text-align: right;">Queer Wagon Mates</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Jenny the Yellow Mule</span>}</td><td style="text-align: right;"></td></tr> </table> <h3>NEW ACQUAINTANCES:</h3> -<table width="50%" summary="new acquaintances"> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">The Sick Boy</span> </td><td align="right">Who Shows His Gratitude</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Pat Casey</span> </td><td align="right">With a Taste for Pie</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Little Raven</span> </td><td align="right">White Man's Friend</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Left Hand</span> </td><td align="right">Official Interpreter</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Horace Greeley</span> </td><td align="right">New York Tribune Editor</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Journalist Richardson</span> </td><td align="right">Boston Journal Reporter</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Journalist Villard</span> </td><td align="right">The Cincinnati Reporter</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Green Russell</span>} </td><td align="right">The Original "Boomers"</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">John Gregory</span> }</td><td align="right"></td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">McGrew the Wheel-Barrow Man</span> </td><td align="right">Who "Pushed" Across</td></tr> +<table style="width: 50%;"> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">The Sick Boy</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">Who Shows His Gratitude</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Pat Casey</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">With a Taste for Pie</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Little Raven</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">White Man's Friend</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Left Hand</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">Official Interpreter</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Horace Greeley</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">New York Tribune Editor</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Journalist Richardson</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">Boston Journal Reporter</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Journalist Villard</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">The Cincinnati Reporter</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">Green Russell</span>} </td><td style="text-align: right;">The Original "Boomers"</td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">John Gregory</span> }</td><td style="text-align: right;"></td></tr> +<tr><td><span class="smcap">McGrew the Wheel-Barrow Man</span> </td><td style="text-align: right;">Who "Pushed" Across</td></tr> </table> <blockquote> @@ -301,61 +271,61 @@ Young Denver City.</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > <h2>CONTENTS</h2> -<table summary="CONTENTS"> -<tr><td>CHAPTER</td><td> </td><td align="right">PAGE</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">I. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_I"><span class="smcap">To the Mountains of Gold</span> </a></td><td align="right">1</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">II. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_II"><span class="smcap">The "Pike's Peak Limited"</span> </a></td><td align="right">15</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">III. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_III"><span class="smcap">Duke on a Rampage</span> </a></td><td align="right">29</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">IV. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_IV"><span class="smcap">The Trail Grows Lonesome</span> </a></td><td align="right">39</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">V. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_V"><span class="smcap">Tough Luck for the Limited</span> </a></td><td align="right">53</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">VI. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_VI"><span class="smcap">Just in Time</span> </a></td><td align="right">65</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">VII. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_VII"><span class="smcap">Shep Does His Duty</span> </a></td><td align="right">75</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">VIII. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_VIII"><span class="smcap">The Trail Grows Lively</span> </a></td><td align="right">91</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">IX. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_IX"><span class="smcap">Now Where Is the "Elephant"?</span> </a></td><td align="right">103</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">X. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_X"><span class="smcap">"Forward March" to Gregory Gulch</span> </a></td><td align="right">116</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">XI. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XI"><span class="smcap">"Rich at Last!"</span> </a></td><td align="right">126</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">XII. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XII"><span class="smcap">Panning the "Golden Prize"</span> </a></td><td align="right">138</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">XIII. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XIII"><span class="smcap">Ready for Big Business, But</span> * * * </a></td><td align="right">147</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">XIV. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XIV"><span class="smcap">Pat Casey Helps Out</span> </a></td><td align="right">161</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">XV. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XV"><span class="smcap">Horace Greeley Comes to Town</span> </a></td><td align="right">171</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">XVI. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XVI"><span class="smcap">Two Tenderfeet Arrive</span> </a></td><td align="right">180</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">XVII. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XVII"><span class="smcap">Another Call for Hustle</span> </a></td><td align="right">192</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">XVIII. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XVIII"><span class="smcap">Never Say Die!</span> </a></td><td align="right">201</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">XIX. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XIX"><span class="smcap">To the Pound-a-Day</span> </a></td><td align="right">211</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">XX. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XX"><span class="smcap">Millions in Sight</span> </a></td><td align="right">224</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">XXI. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XXI"><span class="smcap">Terry Makes a Deal</span> </a></td><td align="right">233</td></tr> -<tr><td align="right">XXII. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XXII"><span class="smcap">The "Virginia Consolidated"</span> </a></td><td align="right">241</td></tr> +<table> +<tr><td>CHAPTER</td><td> </td><td style="text-align: right;">PAGE</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">I. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_I"><span class="smcap">To the Mountains of Gold</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">1</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">II. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_II"><span class="smcap">The "Pike's Peak Limited"</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">15</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">III. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_III"><span class="smcap">Duke on a Rampage</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">29</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">IV. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_IV"><span class="smcap">The Trail Grows Lonesome</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">39</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">V. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_V"><span class="smcap">Tough Luck for the Limited</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">53</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">VI. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_VI"><span class="smcap">Just in Time</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">65</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">VII. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_VII"><span class="smcap">Shep Does His Duty</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">75</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">VIII. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_VIII"><span class="smcap">The Trail Grows Lively</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">91</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">IX. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_IX"><span class="smcap">Now Where Is the "Elephant"?</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">103</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">X. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_X"><span class="smcap">"Forward March" to Gregory Gulch</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">116</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">XI. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XI"><span class="smcap">"Rich at Last!"</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">126</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">XII. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XII"><span class="smcap">Panning the "Golden Prize"</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">138</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">XIII. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XIII"><span class="smcap">Ready for Big Business, But</span> * * * </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">147</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">XIV. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XIV"><span class="smcap">Pat Casey Helps Out</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">161</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">XV. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XV"><span class="smcap">Horace Greeley Comes to Town</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">171</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">XVI. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XVI"><span class="smcap">Two Tenderfeet Arrive</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">180</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">XVII. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XVII"><span class="smcap">Another Call for Hustle</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">192</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">XVIII. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XVIII"><span class="smcap">Never Say Die!</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">201</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">XIX. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XIX"><span class="smcap">To the Pound-a-Day</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">211</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">XX. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XX"><span class="smcap">Millions in Sight</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">224</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">XXI. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XXI"><span class="smcap">Terry Makes a Deal</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">233</td></tr> +<tr><td style="text-align: right;">XXII. </td><td><a href="#CHAPTER_XXII"><span class="smcap">The "Virginia Consolidated"</span> </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">241</td></tr> </table> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > <h2>LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS</h2> <h3>DRAWINGS BY H. FISK.</h3> -<table summary="list of illustrations"> -<tr><td></td><td align="right">PAGE</td></tr> +<table> +<tr><td></td><td style="text-align: right;">PAGE</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="#illus1">"None of that, Mr. Ike Chubbers!" repeated Harry, stoutly forcing the -muzzle upward </a></td><td align="right">(frontis)</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="#illus2">"Terry flew to the cart ... flew back again with the precious fluid" </a></td><td align="right">65</td></tr> +muzzle upward </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">(frontis)</td></tr> +<tr><td><a href="#illus2">"Terry flew to the cart ... flew back again with the precious fluid" </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">65</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="#illus3">"The giant sat down with an explosive grunt, and Harry stood over, -scarcely panting, revolver dangling in hand" </a></td><td align="right">167</td></tr> +scarcely panting, revolver dangling in hand" </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">167</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="#illus4">"You dare to lay hand on this or interfere in any way and I'll show you -what a Californy Forty-niner knows about protecting property" </a></td><td align="right">245</td></tr> +what a Californy Forty-niner knows about protecting property" </a></td><td style="text-align: right;">245</td></tr> </table> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > <h2>THE GREAT PIKE'S PEAK RUSH</h2> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_I" id="CHAPTER_I"></a>CHAPTER I</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_I"></a>CHAPTER I</h2> <h3>TO THE MOUNTAINS OF GOLD</h3> @@ -790,8 +760,8 @@ Harry were already on the way.</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_II" id="CHAPTER_II"></a>CHAPTER II</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_II"></a>CHAPTER II</h2> <h3>THE "PIKE'S PEAK LIMITED"</h3> @@ -938,15 +908,15 @@ lump.</p> Jenny and Duke. Harry was always the first out.</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">"Gold, gold, gold, gold!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Bright and yellow, hard and cold,"<br /></span> +<span class="i0">"Gold, gold, gold, gold!<br ></span> +<span class="i0">Bright and yellow, hard and cold,"<br ></span> </div></div> <p>he declaimed. "Eh, Jenny? Or should I say:</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">"Jenny, Jenny! All pure gold!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Bright and yellow and hard to hold!"<br /></span> +<span class="i0">"Jenny, Jenny! All pure gold!<br ></span> +<span class="i0">Bright and yellow and hard to hold!"<br ></span> </div></div> <p>So Terry aided by carrying the stuff out, to be stowed in the cart. @@ -1218,8 +1188,8 @@ anyway. So long."</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_III" id="CHAPTER_III"></a>CHAPTER III</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_III"></a>CHAPTER III</h2> <h3>DUKE ON A RAMPAGE</h3> @@ -1521,8 +1491,8 @@ us."</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_IV" id="CHAPTER_IV"></a>CHAPTER IV</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_IV"></a>CHAPTER IV</h2> <h3>THE TRAIL GROWS LONESOME</h3> @@ -1970,8 +1940,8 @@ hoof-marks led away westward, as if to the next stake.</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_V" id="CHAPTER_V"></a>CHAPTER V</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_V"></a>CHAPTER V</h2> <h3>TOUGH LUCK FOR THE LIMITED</h3> @@ -2348,18 +2318,18 @@ brush.</p> needs food and water mighty bad—'specially water. Open the keg, quick."</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > <div class="figcenter"> -<a name="illus2" id="illus2"></a> -<img src="images/illus2.jpg" alt=""/> +<a id="illus2"></a> +<img src="images/illus2.jpg" alt=""> </div> <h3>"TERRY FLEW TO THE CART ... FLEW BACK AGAIN WITH THE PRECIOUS FLUID"</h3> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_VI" id="CHAPTER_VI"></a>CHAPTER VI</h2> +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_VI"></a>CHAPTER VI</h2> <h3>JUST IN TIME</h3> @@ -2742,8 +2712,8 @@ were bent on discovering just how true the "elephant" stories were.</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_VII" id="CHAPTER_VII"></a>CHAPTER VII</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_VII"></a>CHAPTER VII</h2> <h3>SHEP DOES HIS DUTY</h3> @@ -3117,8 +3087,8 @@ little tail at sight of the new company.</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_VIII" id="CHAPTER_VIII"></a>CHAPTER VIII</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_VIII"></a>CHAPTER VIII</h2> <h3>THE TRAIL GROWS LIVELY</h3> @@ -3486,8 +3456,8 @@ all! What kind of a trip did you have?"</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_IX" id="CHAPTER_IX"></a>CHAPTER IX</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_IX"></a>CHAPTER IX</h2> <h3>NOW WHERE IS THE "ELEPHANT"?</h3> @@ -3756,14 +3726,14 @@ tent. But it wasn't Pine Knot Ike. It was the red-headed Mr. Reilly. On a placard across the tent front was the announcement, rudely charcoaled:</p> <p class="center"> -"SEE IT! SEE IT! SEE IT!<br /> -The Ferocious Head of Chief Bloody Knife!<br /> -Cannibal of the Plains!<br /> -Slain in Hand-to-Hand Conflict by the Noted<br /> +"SEE IT! SEE IT! SEE IT!<br > +The Ferocious Head of Chief Bloody Knife!<br > +Cannibal of the Plains!<br > +Slain in Hand-to-Hand Conflict by the Noted<br > Frontiersman Black Panther!</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i20">Admission 50c gold."<br /></span> +<span class="i20">Admission 50c gold."<br ></span> </div></div> <p>Evidently this was the show to which Mr. Reilly had referred. Standing @@ -3886,8 +3856,8 @@ trails in north and south and yonder for Gregory Gulch.</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_X" id="CHAPTER_X"></a>CHAPTER X</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_X"></a>CHAPTER X</h2> <h3>FORWARD MARCH TO GREGORY GULCH</h3> @@ -4126,7 +4096,7 @@ Mountain, the trail left the creek, veered to the right, and traversed a deep narrow gulch whose rocky bottom, scored by wagon-tires, made rough going.</p> -<p>"Great Cæsar's ghost!" uttered Harry, as they rounded a shoulder.</p> +<p>"Great Cæsar's ghost!" uttered Harry, as they rounded a shoulder.</p> <p>High above them, before, was a portion of the procession: wagons, animals, and people, far aloft, zig-zagging up a mountainside by another @@ -4183,8 +4153,8 @@ and encouraged by the sight, the halted procession bestirred to follow.</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XI" id="CHAPTER_XI"></a>CHAPTER XI</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XI"></a>CHAPTER XI</h2> <h3>RICH AT LAST!</h3> @@ -4548,7 +4518,7 @@ up here. I lose my breath. I feel a heap better down on the plains, and I guess I'll go back home for a spell. If I don't give the mine to you somebody'll jump it. There isn't anybody up here I can trust."</p> -<p>"But, great Cæsar!" expostulated Harry. "We'll work it, if you want us +<p>"But, great Cæsar!" expostulated Harry. "We'll work it, if you want us to, while you're gone. We won't accept it forever, though."</p> <p>"I should say not!" affirmed Terry. "We can find our own claim."</p> @@ -4573,8 +4543,8 @@ declared Harry, quickly.</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XII" id="CHAPTER_XII"></a>CHAPTER XII</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XII"></a>CHAPTER XII</h2> <h3>PANNING THE "GOLDEN PRIZE"</h3> @@ -4845,8 +4815,8 @@ is too slow for <i>us</i>."</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XIII" id="CHAPTER_XIII"></a>CHAPTER XIII</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XIII"></a>CHAPTER XIII</h2> <h3>READY FOR BIG BUSINESS, BUT * * * !</h3> @@ -5282,8 +5252,8 @@ dry, except for a dribble!</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XIV" id="CHAPTER_XIV"></a>CHAPTER XIV</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XIV"></a>CHAPTER XIV</h2> <h3>PAT CASEY HELPS OUT</h3> @@ -5478,15 +5448,15 @@ hundred dollars an' the experience."</p> answered. "And there's something you men can keep: you can keep <i>off</i>. What's that in your hand? A piece of our rock? Drop it!"</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > <div class="figcenter"> -<a name="illus3" id="illus3"></a> -<img src="images/illus3.jpg" alt=""/> +<a id="illus3"></a> +<img src="images/illus3.jpg" alt=""> </div> <h3>"THE GIANT SAT DOWN WITH AN EXPLOSIVE GRUNT, AND HARRY STOOD OVER, SCARCELY PANTING, REVOLVER DANGLING IN HAND"</h3> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > <p>"Cock-a-doodle-do!" jeered the giant. "Mebbe I picked up this rock here an' mebbe I picked it up somewheres else. But I drop it when I get @@ -5584,16 +5554,16 @@ baked several pies and a batch of bread and hung out some washing. A sign, of wrapping paper and charcoal lettering, now announced:</p> -<p class="center">GREGORY GULCH BAKERY<br /> -Apple Pie<br /> -Bread, Etc.<br /> +<p class="center">GREGORY GULCH BAKERY<br > +Apple Pie<br > +Bread, Etc.<br > <span class="smcap">Harry Revere & Co.</span></p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XV" id="CHAPTER_XV"></a>CHAPTER XV</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XV"></a>CHAPTER XV</h2> <h3>HORACE GREELEY COMES TO TOWN</h3> @@ -5869,8 +5839,8 @@ besides."</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XVI" id="CHAPTER_XVI"></a>CHAPTER XVI</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XVI"></a>CHAPTER XVI</h2> <h3>TWO TENDERFEET ARRIVE</h3> @@ -6245,8 +6215,8 @@ wail.</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XVII" id="CHAPTER_XVII"></a>CHAPTER XVII</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XVII"></a>CHAPTER XVII</h2> <h3>ANOTHER CALL FOR HUSTLE</h3> @@ -6530,8 +6500,8 @@ him and Virgie out of sight.</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XVIII" id="CHAPTER_XVIII"></a>CHAPTER XVIII</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XVIII"></a>CHAPTER XVIII</h2> <h3>NEVER SAY DIE!</h3> @@ -6857,8 +6827,8 @@ enthused George.</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XIX" id="CHAPTER_XIX"></a>CHAPTER XIX</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XIX"></a>CHAPTER XIX</h2> <h3>TO THE POUND-A-DAY</h3> @@ -7242,8 +7212,8 @@ dot come into my gulch."</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XX" id="CHAPTER_XX"></a>CHAPTER XX</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XX"></a>CHAPTER XX</h2> <h3>MILLIONS IN SIGHT</h3> @@ -7527,8 +7497,8 @@ sun-up of the third morning.</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XXI" id="CHAPTER_XXI"></a>CHAPTER XXI</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XXI"></a>CHAPTER XXI</h2> <h3>TERRY MAKES A DEAL</h3> @@ -7715,7 +7685,7 @@ sacks full!"</p> there all by himself. He wants us to watch his diggin's while he takes his gold out and comes back. That's why he sold so cheap."</p> -<p>"Great Cæsar!" murmured Harry. "Sacks full? Thought we'd bought all his +<p>"Great Cæsar!" murmured Harry. "Sacks full? Thought we'd bought all his sacks and he'd turned home?"</p> <p>"So he had, but he changed his mind. And he's struck it rich, rich!"</p> @@ -7796,8 +7766,8 @@ hotly arguing.</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XXII" id="CHAPTER_XXII"></a>CHAPTER XXII</h2> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XXII"></a>CHAPTER XXII</h2> <h3>THE "VIRGINIA CONSOLIDATED"</h3> @@ -7899,16 +7869,16 @@ It's been duly bought, paid for, an' it's workable, an' that's enough. Ain't I right, boys?" he appealed to the gathering crowd. "When money's passed an' accepted, that binds the sale."</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > <div class="figcenter"> -<a name="illus4" id="illus4"></a> -<img src="images/illus4.jpg" alt=""/> +<a id="illus4"></a> +<img src="images/illus4.jpg" alt=""> </div> <h3>"YOU DARE TO LAY HAND ON THIS OR INTERFERE IN ANY WAY AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT A CALIFORNY FORTY-NINER KNOWS ABOUT PROTECTING PROPERTY"</h3> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > <p>The crowd shifted and murmured. Plainly, they were not very approving of the Pine Knot Ike party methods, but they had a strong sense of legal @@ -8193,7 +8163,7 @@ Consolidated!"</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > <h2>THE BAR B SERIES</h2> <h3>By EDWIN L. SABIN</h3> @@ -8244,7 +8214,7 @@ Clarence Rowe.</p> <p>Each Volume 8vo, cloth, 75 cents.</p> -<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<hr style="width: 65%;" > <h2>Also by MR. SABIN</h2> @@ -8261,7 +8231,7 @@ Illustrated by Clarence Rowe. 12mo, cloth.</p> Mississippi. Every boy will read it eagerly. Illustrated by Charles Copeland. 12mo, $0.75</p> -<hr style="width: 45%;" /> +<hr style="width: 45%;" > <h2>THE "SILVER FOX FARM" SERIES</h2> @@ -8299,18 +8269,18 @@ Silver Fox Farm go in for a full-fledged airship.</p></blockquote> Farmers, including the story of the thrilling rescue of a shipwrecked yachting party by means of their great air-cruiser.</p></blockquote> -<hr style="width: 45%;" /> +<hr style="width: 45%;" > <h2>BOY SCOUT BOOKS</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">BOY SCOUTS IN THE MAINE WOODS.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">BOY SCOUTS IN A LUMBER CAMP.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">BOY SCOUTS IN THE MAINE WOODS.<br ></span> +<span class="i0">BOY SCOUTS IN A LUMBER CAMP.<br ></span> </div></div> <p>12mo, illustrated. Each, 75 cents.</p> -<hr style="width: 45%;" /> +<hr style="width: 45%;" > <h2><span class="smcap">Other Books by</span> JAMES OTIS</h2> @@ -8320,22 +8290,22 @@ shipwrecked yachting party by means of their great air-cruiser.</p></blockquote> <p>12mo, illustrated. 75 cents net.</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Joel Harford<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Joey at the Fair<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Two Stowaways<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Joel Harford<br ></span> +<span class="i0">Joey at the Fair<br ></span> +<span class="i0">Two Stowaways<br ></span> </div></div> <p>12mo, illustrated. Each, 75 cents postpaid.</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">A Short Cruise<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Aunt Hannah and Seth<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Dick in the Desert<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Christmas at Deacon Hackett's<br /></span> -<span class="i0">How the Twins Captured a Hessian<br /></span> -<span class="i0">How Tommy Saved the Barn<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Our Uncle the Major<br /></span> -<span class="i0">The Wreck of the Circus<br /></span> +<span class="i0">A Short Cruise<br ></span> +<span class="i0">Aunt Hannah and Seth<br ></span> +<span class="i0">Dick in the Desert<br ></span> +<span class="i0">Christmas at Deacon Hackett's<br ></span> +<span class="i0">How the Twins Captured a Hessian<br ></span> +<span class="i0">How Tommy Saved the Barn<br ></span> +<span class="i0">Our Uncle the Major<br ></span> +<span class="i0">The Wreck of the Circus<br ></span> </div></div> <p>8vo, illustrated. Each, 50 cents postpaid.</p> @@ -8344,385 +8314,6 @@ shipwrecked yachting party by means of their great air-cruiser.</p></blockquote> <p>12mo, illustrated. 50 cents.</p> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Pike's Peak Rush, by Edwin L. Sabin - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PIKE'S PEAK RUSH *** - -***** This file should be named 37943-h.htm or 37943-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/3/7/9/4/37943/ - -Produced by Beth and the Online Distributed Proofreading -Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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