Julian was obliged to promise again that Mr. Banta should never hear a word of what Tony had told him; but that night he told it to Jack, who said that his "funny story" had come out just as he thought it would.
"You said you didn't want them to deal with the culprits here in camp, and you have your wish," said Jack.
Not long after that the miners, discouraged, packed up, by companies of half a dozen or more, bid good-bye to their associates, and struck out for other localities. Dutch Flat was "played out," there was no gold there for them, and they were going where they could do better. Some of them talked of going home, while others, whose "piles" were not quite as large as they wished, were going totry it again for another year. Mr. Banta lingered there for some time, and then he, too, astonished the boys by bringing up his tools and telling them that next day he would strike for Denver.
"And when I get there I don't think I shall stop," said he. "I have been away from my home in the granite hills so long that I won't know how to act when I get there, and I can't learn any younger than I can now. I am going as far as St. Louis with you, and then I shall strike off alone."
This put new life into the boys. As soon as it became known in camp that Mr. Banta was going away, a dozen others joined in with his party, and when they rode away from the camp the few miners who were left behind cheered themselves hoarse. The boys had been "to the mines," had met with some adventures while there, and they were ready to go back among civilized people once more.
Their stay in Denver did not last more than a week, and the boys were made to promise, over and over again, that after they had seen their friends in St. Louis theywould go back there to live. Everything they had in the world was there, the Western country seemed to agree with them, and there they would remain. They had not yet completed their course at the business school, and when that was done they must look for some useful occupation in which to spend their lives.
Mr. Banta proved that he had some money in the bank before he had been in Denver two days. The boys left him at his old hotel, clad in a miner's suit, and looking altogether, as he expressed it, "like a low-down tramp," and when they saw him again they could hardly recognize him. The barber had been at work on him, the tailor had done his best to fit him out; but the squeeze he gave their hands proved that he was the same "old Banta" still. The boys never forgot him; his kindness had saved them many a dollar.
After taking leave of Mr. Banta at St. Louis the boys took up their quarters at a leading hotel, and for two weeks devoted themselves to calling upon their friends. As they signed their names to the register Julian whispered,
"I have often thought, while I have been carrying messages here in the city and looked into this hotel while hurrying past it, that the men who could put up at a first-class house like this must be a happy lot, and now I have a chance to see how it goes myself. Jack, let us go down and have a glass of soda water. Why don't you grumble about that the way you did the last time we were here?"
But Jack did not feel like grumbling—he was too happy for that. He did not think, while he was finding fault with Julian for the wages he had spent at the express office in buying 'old horse,' that he was one whose fortunes hung upon the letter that was to tell him about The Haunted Mine.
THE END.
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.'S POPULAR JUVENILES.
HARRY CASTLEMON.
HOW I CAME TO WRITE MY FIRST BOOK.
When I was sixteen years old I belonged to a composition class. It was our custom to go on the recitation seat every day with clean slates, and we were allowed ten minutes to write seventy words on any subject the teacher thought suited to our capacity. One day he gave out "What a Man Would See if He Went to Greenland." My heart was in the matter, and before the ten minutes were up I had one side of my slate filled. The teacher listened to the reading of our compositions, and when they were all over he simply said: "Some of you will make your living by writing one of these days." That gave me something to ponder upon. I did not say so out loud, but I knew that my composition was as good as the best of them. By the way, there was another thing that came in my way just then. I was reading at that time one of Mayne Reid's works which I had drawn from the library, and I pondered upon it as much as I did upon what the teacher said to me. In introducing Swartboy to his readers he made use of this expression: "No visible change was observable in Swartboy's countenance." Now, it occurred to me that if a man of his education could make such a blunder as that and still write a book, I ought to be able to do it, too. I went home that very day and began a story, "The Old Guide's Narrative," which was sent to theNew York Weekly, and came back, respectfully declined. It was written on both sides of the sheets but I didn't know that this was against the rules. Nothing abashed, I began another, and receiving some instruction, from a friend of mine who was a clerk in a book store, I wrote it on only one side of the paper. But mind you, he didn't know what I was doing. Nobody knew it; but one day, after a hard Saturday's work—the other boys had been out skating on the brick-pond—I shyly broached the subject to my mother. I felt the need of some sympathy. She listened in amazement, and then said: "Why, do you think you could write a book like that?" That settled the matter, and from that day no one knew what I was up to until I sent the first four volumes of Gunboat Series to my father. Was it work? Well, yes; it was hard work, but each week I had the satisfaction of seeing the manuscript grow until the "Young Naturalist" was all complete.—Harry Castlemon in the Writer.
GUNBOAT SERIES.6 vols.By Harry Castlemon.$6.00Frank the Young Naturalist.Frank before Vicksburg.Frank on a Gunboat.Frank on the Lower Mississippi.Frank in the Woods.Frank on the Prairie.ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES.3 vols.By Harry Castlemon.$3.00Frank Among the Rancheros.Frank in the Mountains.Frank at Don Carlos' Rancho.SPORTSMAN'S CLUB SERIES.3 vols.By Harry Castlemon.$3.75The Sportsman's Club in the Saddle.The Sportsman's ClubThe Sportsman's Club Afloat.Among the Trappers.FRANK NELSON SERIES.3 vols.By Harry Castlemon.$3.75Snowed up.Frank in the Forecastle.The Boy Traders.ROUGHING IT SERIES.3 vols.By Harry Castlemon.$3.00George in Camp.George at the Fort.George at the Wheel.ROD AND GUN SERIES.3 vols.By Harry Castlemon.$3.00Don Gordon's Shooting Box.The Young Wild Fowlers.Rod and Gun Club.GO-AHEAD SERIES.3 vols.By Harry Castlemon.$3.00Tom Newcombe.Go-Ahead.No Moss.WAR SERIES.6 vols.By Harry Castlemon.$6.00True to His Colors.Marcy the Blockade-Runner.Rodney the Partisan.Marcy the Refugee.Rodney the Overseer.Sailor Jack the Trader.HOUSEBOAT SERIES.3 vols.By Harry Castlemon.$3.00The Houseboat Boys.The Mystery of Lost River Cañon.The Young Game Warden.AFLOAT AND ASHORE SERIES.3 vols.By Harry Castlemon.$3.00Rebellion in Dixie.A Sailor in Spite of Himself.The Ten-Ton Cutter.
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OUR AIMis to maintain the supremacy of these books over all othersfrom every viewpoint, and to make the superior features so apparent that those who have once read one, will always return to the Roundabout Library for more.
Bound in Extra cloth, with gold title and appropriate cover designs stamped in colors, attractive and durable, printed on the best paper from large clear type. Illustrated, 12mo.
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Selected from the works of Alger, Castlemon, Ellis,Stephens, Henty, Mrs. Lillie and other writers.
Price, per volume, $0.75
Across Texas.By Edward S. Ellis.
Adventures in Canada; or, Life in the Woods.By John C. Geikie.
Alison's Adventures.By Lucy C. Lillie.
American Family Robinson, The; or, The Adventures of a Family Lost in the Great Desert of the West.By W. D. Belisle.
Bear Hunters of the Rocky Mountains, The.By Anne Bowman.
Ben's Nugget; or, A Boy's Search for a Fortune.By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Bob Burton; or, the Young Ranchman of the Missouri.By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Bonnie Prince Charlie; A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden.By G. A. Henty.
Brave Billy.By Edward S. Ellis.
Brave Tom; or, The Battle that Won.By Edward S. Ellis.
By England's Aid; or, The Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604).By G. A. Henty.
By Pike and Dyke; A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic.By G. A. Henty.
By Right of Conquest; or, With Cortez in Mexico.By G. A. Henty.
By Love's Sweet Rule.By Gabrielle Emelie Jackson.
Cabin in the Clearing, The.A Tale of the Frontier. By Edward S. Ellis.
Camping Out, As Recorded by "Kit."By C. A. Stephens.
Camp in the Foothills, The.By Harry Castlemon.
Cornet of Horse, The.A Tale of Marlborough's Wars By G. A. Henty.
Cruise of the Firefly.By Edward S. Ellis.
Dear Days, A Story of Washington School Life.By Ada Mickle.
Diccon the Bold.A Story of the Days of Columbus. By John Russell Coryell.
Do and Dare; or, A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune.By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Dog Crusoe, The. A Tale of the Western Prairies.By R. M. Ballantyne.
Dog of Cotopaxi, The.By Hezekiah Butterworth.
Doris and Theodora.By Margaret Vandegrift.
Dr. Gilbert's Daughters.By Margaret H. Matthews.
Dragon and the Raven, The; or, The Days of King Alfred.By G. A. Henty.
Elam Storm, the Wolfer; or, The Lost Nugget.By Harry Castlemon.
Elinor Belden; or, The Step Brothers.By Lucy C. Lillie.
Esther's Fortune.By Lucy C. Lillie.
Floating Treasure.By Harry Castlemon.
Four Little Indians.By Ella Mary Coates.
Family Dilemma.By Lucy C. Lillie.
Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands, The.By R. M. Ballantyne.
For Honor's Sake.By Lucy C. Lillie.
Four Boys; or, The Story of the Forest Fire.By Edward S. Ellis.
Fox Hunting, As Recorded by "Raed."By C. A. Stephens.
Freaks on the Fells.By R. M. Ballantyne.
Gascoyne, the Sandalwood Trader.By R. M. Ballantyne.
Girl's Ordeal, A.By Lucy C. Lillie
Gorilla Hunters, The.By R. M. Ballantyne.
Great Cattle Trail, The.By Edward S. Ellis.
Hunt on Snow Shoes, A.By Edward S. Ellis.
Hartwell Farm, The.By Elizabeth B. Comins.
Hector's Inheritance; or, The Boys of Smith Institute.By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Helen Glenn; or, My Mother's Enemy.By Lucy C. Lillie.
Helping Himself; or, Grant Thornton's Ambition.By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Honest Ned.By Edward S. Ellis.
Haunted Mine, The.By Harry Castlemon.
In Freedom's Cause.A Story of Wallace and Bruce. By G. A. Henty.
In the Reign of Terror; The Adventures of a Westminster Boy.By G. A. Henty.
Jack Midwood; or, Bread Cast Upon the Waters.By Edward S. Ellis.
Joe Wayring at Home; or, The Adventures of a Fly Rod.By Harry Castlemon.
Kangaroo Hunters, The; or, Adventures in the Bush.By Anne Bowman.
King's Rubies, The.By Adelaide Fulaer Bell.
Lady Green Satin.By Baroness Deschesnez.
Left on Labrador; or, The Cruise of the Yacht "Curlew."By C. A. Stephens.
Lena Wingo, the Mohawk.By Edward S. Ellis.
Lenny, the Orphan.By Margaret Hosmer.
Lion of the North. The; A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus.By G. A. Henty.
Luke Walton; or, The Chicago Newsboy.By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Lynx Hunting.By C. A. Stephens.
Limber Lew, the Circus King.By Edward S. Ellis.
Marion Berkley.By Elizabeth B. Comins.
Missing Pocket-Book, The.By Harry Castlemon.
Mysterious Andes, The.By Hezekiah Butterworth.
Northern Lights.Stories from Swedish and Finnish Authors.
Off to the Geysers; or, The Young Yachters in Iceland.By C. A. Stephens.
On the Amazon; or, The Cruise of the "Rambler."By C. A. Stephens.
On the Trail of the Moose.By Edward S. Ellis.
Orange and Green; A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick.By G. A. Henty.
Oscar in Africa.By Harry Castlemon.
Our Boys in Panama.By Hezekiah Butterworth.
Our Fellows; or, Skirmishes with the Swamp Dragoons.By Harry Castlemon.
Path in the Ravine, The.By Edward S. Ellis.
Plucky Dick; or, Sowing and Reaping.By Edward S. Ellis.
Queen's Body Guard, The.By Margaret Vandegrift
Question of Honor.By Lynde Palmer.
Righting the Wrong.By Edward S. Ellis.
River Fugitives, The.By Edward S. Ellis.
Romain Kalbris.His Adventures by Sea and Shore. Translated from the French of Hector Malot.
Rose Raymond's Wards.By Margaret Vandegrift.
Ruth Endicott's Way.By Lucy C. Lillie.
Shifting Winds; A Story of the Sea.By R. M. Ballantyne.
Snagged and Sunk; or, The Adventures of a Canvas Canoe.By Harry Castlemon.
Squire's Daughter, The.By Lucy C. Lillie.
Steel Horse, The; or, The Rambles of a Bicycle.By Harry Castlemon.
Store Boy, The; or, The Fortunes of Ben Barclay.By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Storm Mountain.By Edward S. Ellis.
Struggling Upward; or, Luke Larkin's Luck.By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Tam; or, Holding the Fort.By Edward S. Ellis.
Through Forest and Fire.By Edward S. Ellis.
True to the Old Flag; A Tale of the American War of Independence.By G. A. Henty.
Two Bequests, The; or, Heavenward Led.By Jane R. Sommers.
Two Ways of Becoming a Hunter.By Harry Castlemon.
Under Drake's Flag. A Tale of the Spanish Main.By G. A. Henty.
Under the Holly.By Margaret Hosmer.
Under the Red Flag; or, The Adventures of Two American Boys in the Days of the Commune.By Edward King.
Ways and Means.By Margaret Vandegrift.
Where Honor Leads.By Lynde Palmer.
Wilderness Fugitives, The.By Edward S. Ellis.
Wild Man of the West, The.By R. M. Ballantyne.
With Clive in India; or, The Beginning of an Empire.By G. A. Henty.
With Wolfe in Canada; or, The Winning of a Continent.By G. A. Henty.
Wyoming.By Edward S. Ellis.
Young Adventurer, The; Tom's Trip Across the Plains.By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Young Circus Rider, The.By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Young Conductor, The; or, Winning His Way.By Edward S. Ellis.
Young Explorer, The; or, Among the Sierras.By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Young Miner, The; or, Tom Nelson in California.By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Young Ranchers, The; or, Fighting the Sioux.By Edward S. Ellis.
Young Wreckers The.By Richard Meade Bache.
J. T. TROWBRIDGE.Neither as a writer does he stand apart from the great currents of life and select some exceptional phase or odd combination of circumstances. He stands on the common level and appeals to the universal heart, and all that he suggests or achieves is on the plane and in the line of march of the great body of humanity.The Jack Hazard series of stories, published in the lateOur Young Folks, and continued in the first volume ofSt. Nicholas, under the title of "Fast Friends," is no doubt destined to hold a high place in this class of literature. The delight of the boys in them (and of their seniors, too) is well founded. They go to the right spot every time. Trowbridge knows the heart of a boy like a book, and the heart of a man, too, and he has laid them both open in these books in a most successful manner. Apart from the qualities that render the series so attractive to all young readers, they have great value on account of their portraitures of American country life and character. The drawing is wonderfully accurate, and as spirited as it is true. The constable, Sellick, is an original character, and as minor figures where will we find anything better than Miss Wansey, and Mr. P. Pipkin, Esq. The picture of Mr. Dink's school, too, is capital, and where else in fiction is there a better nick-name than that the boys gave to poor little Stephen Treadwell, "Step Hen," as he himself pronounced his name in an unfortunate moment when he saw it in print for the first time in his lesson in school.On the whole, these books are very satisfactory, and afford the critical reader the rare pleasure of the works that are just adequate, that easily fulfill themselves and accomplish all they set out to do.—Scribner's Monthly.
J. T. TROWBRIDGE.
Neither as a writer does he stand apart from the great currents of life and select some exceptional phase or odd combination of circumstances. He stands on the common level and appeals to the universal heart, and all that he suggests or achieves is on the plane and in the line of march of the great body of humanity.
The Jack Hazard series of stories, published in the lateOur Young Folks, and continued in the first volume ofSt. Nicholas, under the title of "Fast Friends," is no doubt destined to hold a high place in this class of literature. The delight of the boys in them (and of their seniors, too) is well founded. They go to the right spot every time. Trowbridge knows the heart of a boy like a book, and the heart of a man, too, and he has laid them both open in these books in a most successful manner. Apart from the qualities that render the series so attractive to all young readers, they have great value on account of their portraitures of American country life and character. The drawing is wonderfully accurate, and as spirited as it is true. The constable, Sellick, is an original character, and as minor figures where will we find anything better than Miss Wansey, and Mr. P. Pipkin, Esq. The picture of Mr. Dink's school, too, is capital, and where else in fiction is there a better nick-name than that the boys gave to poor little Stephen Treadwell, "Step Hen," as he himself pronounced his name in an unfortunate moment when he saw it in print for the first time in his lesson in school.
On the whole, these books are very satisfactory, and afford the critical reader the rare pleasure of the works that are just adequate, that easily fulfill themselves and accomplish all they set out to do.—Scribner's Monthly.
CHARLES ASBURY STEPHENS.This author wrote his "Camping Out Series" at the very height of his mental and physical powers."We do not wonder at the popularity of these books; there is a freshness and variety about them, and an enthusiasm in the description of sport and adventure, which even the older folk can hardly fail to share."—Worcester Spy."The author of the Camping Out Series is entitled to rank as decidedly at the head of what may be called boys' literature."—Buffalo Courier.CAMPING OUT SERIES.By C. A. STEPHENS.All books in this series are 12mo. with eight full page illustrations. Cloth, extra, 75 cents.Camping Out.As Recorded by "Kit.""This book is bright, breezy, wholesome, instructive, and stands above the ordinary boys' books of the day by a whole head and shoulders."—The Christian Register,Boston.Left on Labrador; or, The Cruise of the Schooner Yacht "Curlew."As Recorded by "Wash.""The perils of the voyagers, the narrow escapes, their strange expedients, and the fun and jollity when danger had passed, will make boys even unconscious of hunger."—New Bedford Mercury.Off to the Geysers; or The Young Yachters in Iceland.As Recorded by "Wade.""It is difficult to believe that Wade and Read and Kit and Wash were not live boys, sailing up Hudson Straits, and reigning temporarily over an Esquimaux tribe."—The Independent, New York.Lynx Hunting: From Notes by the Author of "Camping Out.""Offirst qualityas a boys' book, and fit to take its place beside the best."—Richmond Enquirer.Fox Hunting.As Recorded by "Raed.""The most spirited and entertaining book that has as yet appeared. It overflows with incident, and is characterized by dash and brilliancy throughout."—Boston Gazette.On the Amazon; or, the Cruise of the "Rambler."As Recorded by "Wash.""Gives vivid pictures of Brazilian adventure and scenery."—Buffalo Courier.
CHARLES ASBURY STEPHENS.
This author wrote his "Camping Out Series" at the very height of his mental and physical powers.
"We do not wonder at the popularity of these books; there is a freshness and variety about them, and an enthusiasm in the description of sport and adventure, which even the older folk can hardly fail to share."—Worcester Spy.
"The author of the Camping Out Series is entitled to rank as decidedly at the head of what may be called boys' literature."—Buffalo Courier.
CAMPING OUT SERIES.
By C. A. STEPHENS.
All books in this series are 12mo. with eight full page illustrations. Cloth, extra, 75 cents.
Camping Out.As Recorded by "Kit."
"This book is bright, breezy, wholesome, instructive, and stands above the ordinary boys' books of the day by a whole head and shoulders."—The Christian Register,Boston.
Left on Labrador; or, The Cruise of the Schooner Yacht "Curlew."As Recorded by "Wash."
"The perils of the voyagers, the narrow escapes, their strange expedients, and the fun and jollity when danger had passed, will make boys even unconscious of hunger."—New Bedford Mercury.
Off to the Geysers; or The Young Yachters in Iceland.As Recorded by "Wade."
"It is difficult to believe that Wade and Read and Kit and Wash were not live boys, sailing up Hudson Straits, and reigning temporarily over an Esquimaux tribe."—The Independent, New York.
Lynx Hunting: From Notes by the Author of "Camping Out."
"Offirst qualityas a boys' book, and fit to take its place beside the best."—Richmond Enquirer.
Fox Hunting.As Recorded by "Raed."
"The most spirited and entertaining book that has as yet appeared. It overflows with incident, and is characterized by dash and brilliancy throughout."—Boston Gazette.
On the Amazon; or, the Cruise of the "Rambler."As Recorded by "Wash."
"Gives vivid pictures of Brazilian adventure and scenery."—Buffalo Courier.