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Title: The Young Treasure Hunter
or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska

Author: Frank V. Webster

Release Date: March 28, 2007 [EBook #20922]

Language: English

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The Young Treasure Hunter

Or

Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska

BY

FRANK V. WEBSTER

AUTHOR OF "ONLY A FARM BOY," "THE NEWSBOY PARTNERS," "THE BOY FROM THE
RANCH," "BOB THE CASTAWAY," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

[Illustration: "The moose plunged on"

_Page 85_]

BOOKS FOR BOYS

_By FRANK V. WEBSTER_

12mo. Illustrated. Bound in cloth.

ONLY A FARM BOY, Or Dan Hardy's Rise in Life
TOM THE TELEPHONE BOY, Or The Mystery of a Message
THE BOY FROM THE RANCH, Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences
THE YOUNG TREASURE HUNTER, Or Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska
BOB THE CASTAWAY, Or The Wreck of the Eagle
THE YOUNG FIREMEN OF LAKEVILLE, Or Herbert Dare's Pluck
THE NEWSBOY PARTNERS, Or Who Was Dick Box?
THE BOY PILOT OF THE LAKES, Or Nat Morton's Perils
TWO BOY GOLD MINERS, Or Lost in the Mountains
JACK THE RUNAWAY, Or On the Road with a Circus

_Cupples & Leon Co., Publishers, New York_

Copyright, 1909, by
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

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THE YOUNG TREASURE HUNTER

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. IN NEEDY CIRCUMSTANCES 1
II. SEEKING A JOB 9
III. THE BURIED TREASURE STORY 18
IV. FRED HAS HOPES 24
V. MRS. STULTS CONSENTS 30
VI. THE OLD GOLD HUNTER 38
VII. OFF FOR ALASKA 45
VIII. AMID FROST AND ICE