The Young Treasure Hunter

The acknowledged successor to Horatio Alger, Jr.

A classic boys tale of courage and self reliance. A stirring tale of adventures in the snow-bound North with all of its many perils.

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 entirely well, but the process seemed very slow,...
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The acknowledged successor to Horatio Alger, Jr.

A classic boys tale of courage and self reliance. A stirring tale of adventures in the snow-bound North with all of its many perils.

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 entirely well, but the process seemed very slow, and at times Mr. Stanley was almost discouraged. The Stanley family, of which Fred was the only child, lived in the town of Piddock, California. It was not far from a mining region, and within a short distance of the coast. Fred has had to quit school to help earn a living for the family.

Fred hears of a job driving the ore carts in a nearby community and heads out to look for employment. The story follows him through his many adventures as he tries to be responsible for his family income.

Mr. Webster's style is very much like that of the boy's favorite author, the late lamented Horatio Alger, Jr. but his tales are more up to date. The stories are as clean as they are clever, and will prove of absorbing interest to boy's everywhere. At the time of original publication Mr. Webster demanded that they be marketed at a price which would place them within the reach of all boys.

CONTENTS

I. IN NEEDY CIRCUMSTANCES

II. SEEKING A JOB

III. THE BURIED TREASURE STORY

IV. FRED HAS HOPES

V. MRS. STULTS CONSENTS

VI. THE OLD GOLD HUNTER

VII. OFF FOR ALASKA

VIII. AMID FROST AND ICE

IX. INTO THE INTERIOR

X. ATTACKED BY WOLVES

XI. SHOOTING A MOOSE

XII. LOST IN THE SNOW

XIII. IN THE WILDERNESS

XIV. THE LOST MAP

XV. IN THE CAVE

XVI. DIGGING FOR TREASURE

XVII. THE SPYING INDIAN

XVIII. FOLLOWED BY THE ENEMY

XIX. THE ATTACK

XX. BURYING THE TREASURE

XXI. CAPTURED

XXII. ANXIOUS HOURS

XXIII. CALLACK'S CRUEL THREAT

XXIV. DOUBLE HARDSHIP

XXV. THE RESCUE--CONCLUSION