Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-06-20
SYNOPSIS.

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search s9a for gold. In Boston he rescues a
MI ME-, avery at from footpads. and. as his new
acquaintance is also going to Klondike he
asks Tom to accompany him. and the inyi-
tation is accepted. They take passage on
Frisco.
. Chapter II[dThey board the vessel and
tain had Just secured. proves to be an old
Their OF deserving the ship of which he.was
captain and taking with him several thou
sand dollars Of the owners gold Toms
boy, did not believe it. and attempted 10
whip Rider. In the fight he broke the
mates nose. When the mate finds Tom
aboard the vessel he vows to be avenged
for the broken nose
Chapter III.-During the passage Mr..
Avery is knocked overheard accidentally
into the ocean after him. Tho IMAM is in
Jured internally and about to die. He calls
Tom to him and Wills him all his money.
gion which his partners have discovered
and where he was going to join them. He
gives Tom letter from one Of them which
the possession of which and Avery's will
will serve as an identification when ne
Chapter IX;-Rider hears the mans con-
the papers and the gold which they entitie
the holder to. In San Francisco Tom is
sna aa n mo sSS9Sa ss K M Fl s s
majority Of his cash was on board the
seabtrd; Tom is found by the second mate
Of the seab!rd. Green. who has left the sea
to search for gold and taken to his lodg-
ings. Rider escapes and starts for Dyea.
Chapter Vat Dyea Rider meets Toms
father. who has been in the gold fields
and Is returning home with fortune. He
asks for his son and his brother and is told
that both are dead. saying that Tom died
IN FRISCO and was buried by the captain
enough to help him reach the gold fields,
Toms father starts for Frisco to find
the sea captain. and from him learns that
his son Is not dead, but had started for the
gold fields ten days before.
Chapter VI.-Green believes Rider has
stolen Toms paper and money. and they
Chapter With Dyea Rider has formed
partnership with tough named Bowers.
They leave Dyea to search for the hidden
gold the, day after Tom and Green reach
presence. Tom rescues a woman from the
hands of tough and finds that she Is the
daughter. of brother of the man who be-
had been stolen. She and her father !" we're we're.
brother had started Tom tells his story
and also of Ills brothers death.
Chapter VIII. = In the meantime Rider
and Bowers are on their way up the Dali
ton trail. They meet one of the partners of
Avery on the way to Dyea for provisions
and secure what Information they can from
him after showing him the paper from
Avery and telling their story. which he
does not believe
Chapter IN.-Tom and his party meet
the same man day or two later and Tom
has no trouble in convincing him of the
fraud Of Rider and Bowers and OF his
own claims. AS Toms party have an album
dance of provisions for all. the miner turns
back instead of going on to Dyea They
reach the mine and give him the agreed
upon signal.
Chapter x.-The partner who remained
at the mine meets In Avery an old Califor-
MIA partner whom he had sent for to share
the new fortunes of the Klordike strike
They move their goods through a concealed
hole, in the rocks to the spot where their
dtgglngs are and cover up the hole. Rider
and Bowers have In the meantime lost their
way: Bowers discovers the other party
by the fire which they had built, and after
sending, Rider back to Dyea with their
horses. he attempts to get into the rich ter
rttocy. The flrst-comers roll a heavy
bowlder into the small entrance in an ef-
fort to block the passage Just as Bowers
reaches It.