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Title: Down the Slope

Author: James Otis

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Language: English

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[Illustration: "Raise him up!" Skip shouted, and in another instant Fred
was suspended over the old shaft.]

DOWN THE SLOPE

BY

JAMES OTIS

_Author of "Telegraph Tom's Venture," "Messenger No. 48," "Toby Tyler,"
"The Boy Captain," "Silent Peter," etc., etc._

_ILLUSTRATED_

[Illustration]

M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY

407-429 Dearborn Street

CHICAGO

COPYRIGHT 1899

BY

THE WERNER COMPANY

M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY
PRINTERS AND BINDERS
407-429 DEARBORN STREET
CHICAGO

CONTENTS

PAGES

CHAPTER I--THE BREAKER BOY 7-14

CHAPTER II--THE WARNING 14-24

CHAPTER III--IN THE SHAFT 24-33

CHAPTER IV--THE BARRIER 33-41

CHAPTER V--THE MOB 41-50

CHAPTER VI--ON DUTY 51-59

CHAPTER VII--THE STRUGGLE 59-66

CHAPTER VIII--THE PURSUIT 67-75

CHAPTER IX--JOE BRACE 75-84

CHAPTER X--THE RESCUE 85-93

CHAPTER XI--BILLINGS AND SKIP 94-101

CHAPTER XII--A SINGULAR ACCIDENT 101-110

CHAPTER XIII--BURIED ALIVE 110-118

CHAPTER XIV--PRECAUTIONS 118-126

CHAPTER XV--A DISCOVERY 126-134

CHAPTER XVI--GOOD SAMARITANS 134-142

CHAPTER XVII--DOWN THE SLOPE 142-150

CHAPTER XVIII--SHUT DOWN 150-158

CHAPTER XIX--THE CONSULTATION 158-165

CHAPTER XX--THE ACCUSED 165-172

CHAPTER XXI--AMATEUR