53
IX. INTO THE INTERIOR 61
X. ATTACKED BY WOLVES 71
XI. SHOOTING A MOOSE 78
XII. LOST IN THE SNOW 86
XIII. IN THE WILDERNESS 92
XIV. THE LOST MAP 100
XV. IN THE CAVE 108
XVI. DIGGING FOR TREASURE 116
XVII. THE SPYING INDIAN 125
XVIII. FOLLOWED BY THE ENEMY 131
XIX. THE ATTACK 137
XX. BURYING THE TREASURE 146
XXI. CAPTURED 153
XXII. ANXIOUS HOURS 161
XXIII. CALLACK'S CRUEL THREAT 168
XXIV. DOUBLE HARDSHIP 174
XXV. THE RESCUE--CONCLUSION 193

The Young Treasure Hunter

CHAPTER I

IN NEEDY CIRCUMSTANCES

"How are you feeling this morning, father?" asked Fred Stanley as his
parent came slowly into the dining-room, leaning heavily on a crutch.

"Not so well, Fred. My leg pained me considerable last night, and I did
not sleep much. You are up early, aren't you?"

"Yes. I am going over to the new diggings and see if I can't get a job,
so I want to start soon."

"Where are the new diggings, Fred? I hadn't heard of any. But that is
not surprising, as I don't hear news as I used to before the accident,
when I could get around among the miners."

"Why, there is a rumor that several prospectors have struck it rich near
Cartersville. They've formed a settlement and called it New Strike. I
heard they wanted boys to drive the ore carts, and I thought I'd go over
and try for a place."

"It's too bad you have had to stop school, Fred, and go to work. If I
wasn't crippled I could make lots of money at mining."

"Never mind, father. When you get well again you'll make more than ever.
And I don't mind giving up school--very much."

The last words Fred added in a lower tone of voice, for the truth was,
he greatly liked his studies, and it had been quite a sacrifice for him
to stop going to school. But when his services were needed at home he
did not complain.

Norman Stanley, Fred's father, had been injured in a mining accident
about six months before this story opens, and, though he was now
somewhat improved, he could not walk without the aid of a crutch. The
physician said he would eventually get