CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. GRANT AND HIS MOTHER.
CHAPTER II. RODNEY BARTLETT.
CHAPTER III. A TERRIBLE RESPONSIBILITY.
CHAPTER IV. GRANT SAVES THE TRAIN.
CHAPTER V. GRANT ORDERS A NEW SUIT.
CHAPTER VI. SETH TARBOX MAKES A DISCOVERY.
CHAPTER VII. GRANT MAKES UP HIS MIND.
CHAPTER VIII. ALL IS SETTLED.
CHAPTER IX. THE LONG JOURNEY BEGINS.
CHAPTER X. MR. SILVERTHORN'S TREACHERY.
CHAPTER XI. AN INDIAN ENCOUNTER.
CHAPTER XII. IN DIRE DISTRESS.
CHAPTER XIII. THE SOLITARY CABIN.
CHAPTER XIV. THE NEW ACQUAINTANCE.
CHAPTER XV. ARRIVAL AT SACRAMENTO.
CHAPTER XVI. GRANT GETS A JOB.
CHAPTER XVII. AN UNPLEASANT ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER XVIII. A TRUE FRIEND.
CHAPTER XIX. GRANT FALLS UNDER SUSPICION.
CHAPTER XX. BENTON IS TRAPPED.
CHAPTER XXI. ALBERT BENTON IS UNMASKED.
CHAPTER XXII. PULLING UP STAKES.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE FIRST DAY AT THE MINES.
CHAPTER XXIV. GRANT HAS AN ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER XXV. ANOTHER LONELY CABIN.
CHAPTER XXVI. NAHUM STOCKTON.
CHAPTER XXVII. PAUL CRAMBO.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE BEGINNING OF SUCCESS.
CHAPTER XXIX. BENTON HAS A PLAN.
CHAPTER XXX. BENTON LAYS HIS PLANS.
CHAPTER XXXI. BENTON OPENS THE TRUNK.
CHAPTER XXXII. A LETTER FROM MR. CROSMONT.
CHAPTER XXXIII. ON TO THE GOLDEN GATE.
CHAPTER XXXIV. A STARTLING INCIDENT.
CHAPTER XXXV. A TRAGEDY.
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE TARBOX FAMILY.
CHAPTER XXXVII. MRS. BARTLETT'S LITTLE SCHEME.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. FINDING THE PRODIGAL.
CHAPTER XXXIX. GRANT HEARS FROM HOME.
CHAPTER XL. CONCLUSION.
Title: Digging for Gold
A Story of California
Author: Horatio Alger, Jr.
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First Appearance of Dionysius
DIGGING FOR GOLD
A STORY OF CALIFORNIA
BY
HORATIO ALGER, Jr.
AUTHOR OF “THE RAGGED DICK SERIES,” “TATTERED TOM SERIES,”
“LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES,” “PACIFIC SERIES,” ETC., ETC.
PHILADELPHIA
PORTER & COATES
Copyright, 1892,
BY
PORTER & COATES.