THE BOY PATRIOT

By Edward Sylvester Ellis

The Gold-Hunters	3
At Juneau	13
Up the Lynn Canal	37
The Avalanche	47
Through Chilkoot Pass	58
A Significant Discovery	71
The Plotters	80
On Lake Bennet	90
Into British Territory	100
At White Horse Rapids	111
On the Yukon	120
At Dawson City	131
On the Edge of the Gold-Fields	141
Prospecting	151
A Find	159
The Claim	169
A Golden Harvest	180
A Startling Discovery	191
The Trail into the Mountains	200
A Sound from out the Stillness	209
A Turning of the Tables	218
A Lion in the Path	227
A General Settlement of Accounts	236
Conclusion	246

The head and shoulders of a man intently studying them	Frontispiece.
Jeff	9
"Roswell, do you know that strange man has been following us for the past hour?"	33
Catching the eye of the amazed boys, Tim winked	43
The tent-poles were shoved down into the snow	53
All joined in pushing and pulling one sled	65
Suddenly Hardman made a sign	75
"You're a pretty fellow to stand guard," said Frank	85
"Oh, look there! isn't it dreadful?"	97
"We're at the fut of the lake," shouted Tim	105
The current was not only very swift, but the channel was filled with rocks	113
Tim and Jeff lit their pipes; Hardman sat apart	127
And the three cheers were given with a will	137
"I don't see the use of your harping on that affair," said Hardman	147
"It's gold!" he exclaimed	161
The boys stood attentively watching the operation	175
"I have just thought what Tim's business is at Dawson," said Frank	189
"We have been robbed! All the gold is gone,"	195
The tell-tale footprints	203
Watching at the turn in the trail	215
"Hands up, younker!"	223
"We have made a mess of it," was the disgusted comment of Frank	231
Tim and his prisoners	241
"Say, Tim, you hain't any idea of going to college, have you?"	251

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	An Estray.	5
II.	The Tinkle of a Bell.	15
III.	An Aboriginal Plot.	25
IV.	A Party of the Third Part.	34
V.	A Friend in Need.	44
VI.	Fred Linden Receives a Message From the Ozark Camp.	54
VII.	The Hunters of Ozark.	64
VIII.	A Welcome Acquaintance.	74
IX.	A Mishap.	84
X.	A Struggle For Life.	94
XI.	Tramping Southward.	104
XII.	A Strange Animal.	114
XIII.	A Troublesome Visitor.	124
XIV.	A Welcome Ally.	134
XV.	"Deerfoot Will Be Sentinel to-Night."	144
XVI.	Around the Camp-Fire.	154
XVII.	A Suspicious Sound.	164
XVIII.	Like a Thief in the Night.	174
XIX.	Shawanoe And Winnebago.	185
XX.	Another Night Visitor.	195
XXI.	The Camp of the Winnebagos.	205
XXII.	"Keep to the Trail"	215
XXIII.	An Infuriate Shawanoe.	225
XXIV.	The Defiance.	236
XXV.	The Signal Fire.	245
XXVI.	On the Edge of the Prairie.	257
XXVII.	A Morning Meal.	269
XXVIII.	A Strange Ride.	281
XXIX.	A Young Hunter's Strategy.	293
XXX.	Terry Finishes His Ride.	305
XXXI.	The Devil's Punch Bowl.	316
XXXII.	The Terror in the Air.	328
XXXIII.	Fred Linden Awakens to an Alarming Fact.	341
XXXIV.	The Canoe.	352
XXXV.	America Versus Ireland.	364
XXXVI.	America Versus America.	376
XXXVII.	The Last Camp-Fire.	388
XXXVIII.	Conclusion.	400

CHAPTER I	Longing for Night
CHAPTER II	The Cawing of a Crow
CHAPTER III	The Halt in the Woods
CHAPTER IV	On the Edge of the Clearing
CHAPTER V	Daring and Delicate Work
CHAPTER VI	The Right of Eminent Domain
CHAPTER VII	A Question of Ownership
CHAPTER VIII	By the Way
CHAPTER IX	The "Accident"
CHAPTER X	At Rattlesnake Gulch
CHAPTER XI	Watching and Waiting
CHAPTER XII	Carrying the War into Africa
CHAPTER XIII	Unkind Fate
CHAPTER XIV	The Intruder
CHAPTER XV	A Dark Prospect
CHAPTER XVI	Simon Kenton in a Panic
CHAPTER XVII	A Run of Good Fortune
CHAPTER XVIII	"It's an Ill Wind that Blows Nobody any Good"
CHAPTER XIX	A Fellow-Passenger
CHAPTER XX	War's Strategy
CHAPTER XXI	The Phantom of the River
CHAPTER XXII	Putting Out from Shore
CHAPTER XXIII	The Shawanoe Camp
CHAPTER XXIV	The Forlorn Hope
CHAPTER XXV	Face to Face
CHAPTER XXVI	In the Lion's Den
CHAPTER XXVII	The Last Recourse
CHAPTER XXVIII	The Return
CHAPTER XXIX	Squaring Accounts
CHAPTER XXX	Conclusion