MY “PARDNER” AND I
By Willis George Emerson
1894
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
PARTIAL LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I.—VANCE GILDER.
CHAPTER II.—THE OLD MINER.
CHAPTER III.—THE BANNER FORCE.
CHAPTER IV—A SUPPER PARTY.
CHAPTER V.—AN ODD CHARACTER.
CHAPTER VI—THE TOWN BOOMER.
CHAPTER VII.—A VISIT TO WATERVILLE
CHAPTER VIII.—AT THE MINE
CHAPTER IX.—THE STAGE DRIVER.
CHAPTER X.—PROPERTY HAS GONE UP.
CHAPTER XI.—OWNER OF THE PEACOCK MINE.
CHAPTER XII—TROUT FISHING.
CHAPTER XIII.—THE STAGE RIDE.
CHAPTER XIV.—THE TOWN COMPANY’S MEETING.
CHAPTER XV.—MISS VIRGINIA BONIFIELD.
CHAPTER XVI.—THE OLD COLONEL’S DISAPPOINTMENT.
CHAPTER XVII.—An AWAKENING.
CHAPTER XVIII.—VANCE RETURNS TO WATERVILLE.
CHAPTER XIX.—THE INDIGNATION MEETING
CHAPTER XX.—THE STAGE IS ROBBED.
CHAPTER XXI.—REACHING THE 400 FOOT LEVEL.
CHAPTER XXII.—STARTING THE BOOM.
CHAPTER XXIII.—RUFUS GRIM S AMBITION.
CHAPTER XXIV.—THE GOLDEN MAUSOLEUM.
CHAPTER XXV.—CROSS-CUTTING IN THE MINE.
CHAPTER XXVI.—A STARTLING EDITORIAL.
CHAPTER XXVII.—AT LAST!
THE TREASURE OF HIDDEN VALLEY
By Willis George Emerson
CONTENTS
THE TREASURE OF HIDDEN VALLEY
CHAPTER I—AT THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
CHAPTER II—A MESSAGE FROM THE GRAVE
CHAPTER III—FINANCIAL WOLVES
CHAPTER IV.—THE COLLEGE WIDOW
CHAPTER V.—WESTWARD HO!
CHAPTER VI.—RODERICK MEETS JIM RANKIN
CHAPTER VII—GETTING ACQUAINTED
CHAPTER VIII.—A PHILOSOPHER AMONG THE MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER IX—THE HIDDEN VALLEY
CHAPTER X.—THE FAIR RIDER OF THE RANGE
CHAPTER XI.—WINTER PASSES
CHAPTER XII—THE MAJOR’S FIND
CHAPTER XIV.—THE EVENING PARTY
CHAPTER XV.—BRONCHO-BUSTING
CHAPTER XVI.—THE MYSTERIOUS TOILERS OF THE NIGHT
CHAPTER XVII—A TROUT FISHING EPISODE
CHAPTER XVIII.—A COUNTRY FAIR ON THE FRONTIER
CHAPTER XIX.—A LETTER FROM THE COLLEGE WIDOW
CHAPTER XX.—THE STORE OF GOLD
CHAPTER XXI.—A WARNING
CHAPTER XXII.—THE TRAGEDY AT JACK CREEK
CHAPTER XXIII.—THE FIGHT ON THE ROAD
CHAPTER XXIV—SUMMER DAYS
CHAPTER XXV.—RUNNING FOR STATE SENATOR
CHAPTER XXVI.—UNEXPECTED POLITICAL HARMONY
CHAPTER XXVII.—THE UPLIFTING OF HUMANITY
CHAPTER XXVIII.—JUSTICE FOR THE WORKERS
CHAPTER XXIX.—SLEIGH BELLS
CHAPTER XXX.—WHITLEY ADAMS BLOWS IN
CHAPTER XXXI.—RODERICK’S DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXXII.—STAKING THE CLAIMS
CHAPTER XXXIII—THE SNOW SLIDE
CHAPTER XXXIV—THE PASSING OF GRANT JONES
CHAPTER XXXV.—A CALL TO SAN FRANCISCO
CHAPTER XXXVI—IN THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS
CHAPTER XXXVII—RODERICK RESCUES GAIL
CHAPTER XXXVIII—THE SEARCH FOR RODERICK
CHAPTER XXXIX—REUNIONS
CHAPTER XL—BUELL HAMPTON’S GOOD-BY
CHAPTER XLI.—UNDER THE BIG PINE
AFTERWORD