A Desperate Chance
CHAPTER I. THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE
SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL
MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
CHAPTER II. A RECOGNITION--THE WOODSMAN'S
DISCLOSURES--A CHANCE AFTER ALL--THE BIVOUAC--DESMOND'S
DISCOVERY--SAVAGES GALORE.
CHAPTER III. CREEDON'S KNOWLEDGE OF WOODCRAFT--THE
REDMEN'S DEPARTURE--A LONG TRAIL--ON THE TRAMP--THE STRANGEST REFUGE IN
THE WORLD--A BRIDGE OF RISKS.
CHAPTER IV. ON AN EXPLORING EXPEDITION--A FIND IN A
CAVE--THE SEPULCHRAL VOICE--THE EXPLANATION--DESMOND GETS SQUARE ON A
TRICK--STRANGE LONGINGS--THE FINDING OF A NUGGET.
CHAPTER V. BOY'S DETERMINATION--GOING THROUGH A
CREVICE--THE MOVABLE ROCK--AID TO DISCOVER--UP THROUGH A HOLE--THE
GOLDEN HEAP--DESMOND'S GREAT TRIUMPH--THE OLD MEXICAN'S SECRET EXPOSED.
CHAPTER VI. DISCUSSING THE FIND--A NEW
RESOLUTION--GOING TO CREEDON MINE--A DISAPPOINTMENT--BETTER
INDICATIONS--A NEW MOVE.
CHAPTER VII. A SAD PARTING--PROPHETIC WORDS--ON THE
TRAIN--A SENATOR'S SON--LEADING UP TO A TRICK--GENUINE FUN AHEAD.
CHAPTER VIII. PLAYING TO CATCH A WEASEL--A SHARP'S
SCHOLAR--OPENING UP OF THE GAME--TWO BIG HANDS--A CRISIS.
CHAPTER IX. ALMOST A BREAK--A NOVEL GAME TO
ROB--OUR HERO'S ARTISTIC ACTING--A TABLEAU AND A GRAND SURPRISE.
CHAPTER X. CONCLUSION.
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