Chapters (107)
- The Furnace of Gold
- PHILIP VERRILL MIGHELS
- Author of THE PILLARS OF EDEN, BRUVVER JIM'S BABY, ETC
- Illustrations by
- J. N. MARCHAND
- GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers :: New York
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS He Proceeded to Pan from a Dozen Different Places in the Cove . . . . Frontispiece [missing from book] His Hold Was Giving Way The Angry Miner Lurching in Closer to Shoot [missing from book] "Don't You Want to Give This Man a Chance?" Beth Felt Her Heart Begin New Gymnastics [missing from book] No Corpse Snatched from Its Grave Could Have Been More Helplessly Inert "Yesh, He's Broke the Law" Till the Mechanism Burst, He would Chase His Man Across the Desert [missing from book]
- THE FURNACE OF GOLD
- CHAPTER I
- PRINCE OR BANDIT
- CHAPTER II
- INTO THE MOUNTAINS
- CHAPTER III
- A RESCUE
- [Illustration: His hold was giving way.]
- CHAPTER IV
- CONGENIAL COMPANY
- CHAPTER V
- VAN'S PARTNERS
- CHAPTER VI
- THE BATTLE
- CHAPTER VII
- AN EXCHANGE OF QUESTIONS
- CHAPTER VIII
- A NIGHT'S EXPENSES
- CHAPTER IX
- PROGRESS AND SALT
- CHAPTER X
- THE LAUGHING WATER CLAIM
- CHAPTER XI
- ALGY STIRS UP TROUBLE
- CHAPTER XII
- BOSTWICK LOSES GROUND
- CHAPTER XIII
- A COMBINATION OF FORCES
- CHAPTER XIV
- MOVING A SHACK
- CHAPTER XV
- HATCHING A PLOT
- CHAPTER XVI
- INVOLVING BETH
- CHAPTER XVII
- UNEXPECTED COMPLICATIONS
- CHAPTER XVIII
- WHEREIN MATTERS THICKEN
- CHAPTER XIX
- VAN AND BETH AND BOSTWICK
- CHAPTER XX
- QUEENIE
- CHAPTER XXI
- IN THE SHADOW OF THE ROPE
- [Illustration: "Don't you want to give this man a chance?"]
- CHAPTER XXII
- TWO MEETINGS AFTER DARK
- CHAPTER XXIII
- BETH'S DESPERATION
- CHAPTER XXIV
- A BLIZZARD OF DUST
- CHAPTER XXV
- A TIMELY DELIVERANCE
- CHAPTER XXVI
- THE NIGHT IN THE DESERT
- CHAPTER XXVII
- TALL STORIES
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- WORK AND SONG
- CHAPTER XXIX
- SUSPICIOUS ANSWERS
- CHAPTER XXX
- BETH'S ONE EXPEDIENT
- CHAPTER XXXI
- MCCOPPET BUSIES HIS MIND
- CHAPTER XXXII
- THE HARDSHIPS OF THE TRAIL
- CHAPTER XXXIII
- THE CLOUDS OF TROUBLE GATHER
- CHAPTER XXXIV
- THE TAKING OF THE CLAIM
- CHAPTER XXXV
- THE MEETINGS OF TWO STRONG MEN
- [Illustration: No corpse snatched from its grave could have been more helplessly inert.]
- CHAPTER XXXVI
- VAN RUNS AMUCK
- CHAPTER XXXVII
- THE PRIMITIVE LAW
- [Illustration: "Yesh—he's broke the law."]
- CHAPTER XXXVIII
- BETH MAKES DEMANDS
- CHAPTER XXXIX
- ALGY'S COOKING AND BETH'S DESPAIR
- CHAPTER XL
- GLEN AND REVELATIONS
- CHAPTER XLI
- SUVY PROVES HIS LOVE
- CHAPTER XLII
- THE FURNACE OF GOLD
- CHAPTER XLIII
- PREPARING THE NET FOR A DRAW
- CHAPTER XLIV
- THE ENGINES OF CLIMAX
- CHAPTER XLV
- THE LAST CIGARS
- CHAPTER XLVI
- WASTED TIME
- CHAPTER XLVII
- A TRIBUTE TO THE DESERT
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