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THE COPPER PRINCESS
A Story of Lake Superior Mines
_By_ KIRK MUNROE. _Author of "The Painted Desert" "Rick Dale" The"Mates" Series, etc._
_Illustrated by_ W. A. ROGERS
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NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1898
Page 105
ON THE FACE OF THE CLIFF STOOD A GIRLISH FIGURE]
BY KIRK MUNROE.
THE PAINTED DESERT. A Story of Northern Arizona. RICK DALE. A Story of the Northwest Coast. SNOW-SHOES AND SLEDGES. A Sequel to "The Fur-Seal's Tooth." THE FUR-SEAL'S TOOTH. A Story of Alaskan Adventure. RAFTMATES. A Story of the Great River. CANOEMATES. A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades. CAMPMATES. A Story of the Plains. DORYMATES. A Tale of the Fishing Banks.
_Each one volume. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1 25._
_The "Mates" Series, 4 vols., in a box, $5 00._
WAKULLA. A Story of Adventure in Florida. THE FLAMINGO FEATHER. DERRICK STERLING. A Story of the Mines. CHRYSTAL, JACK & CO., and DELTA BIXBY. Two Stories.
_Each one volume. Illustrated. Square 16mo, Cloth, $1 00._
NEW YORK AND LONDON: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.
Copyright, 1898, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
_All rights reserved._
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. STARTLING INTRODUCTION OF TOM TREFETHEN 1
II. PEVERIL TIES "BLACKY'S" RECORD 9
III. A 'VARSITY STROKE STRIKES ADVERSE FORTUNE 17
IV. STARTING IN SEARCH OF THE COPPER PRINCESS 25
V. THE TREFETHENS 32
VI. A MILE BENEATH THE SURFACE 40
VII. CORNWALL TO THE RESCUE 48
VIII. IN THE NEW SHAFT 56
IX. WINNING A FRIEND BY SHEER PLUCK 65
X. HEROISM REWARDED 73
XI. NELLY TREFETHEN FINDS A LETTER 81
XII. A VISION OF THE CLIFFS 89
XIII. LOG-WRECKERS AND SMUGGLERS 95
XIV. A VAIN EFFORT TO RECOVER STOLEN PROPERTY 102
XV. PEVERIL IN THE HANDS OF HIS ENEMIES 110
XVI. LOST IN A PREHISTORIC MINE 118
XVII. UNDERGROUND WANDERINGS 125
XVIII. FROM ONE TRAP INTO ANOTHER 133
XIX. "DARRELL'S FOLLY" AND ITS OWNER 141
XX. PEVERIL IS TAKEN FOR A GHOST 148
XXI. MIKE CONNELL TO THE RESCUE 156
XXII. THE SIGNAL IS CHANGED 164
XXIII. A BATTLE WITH SMUGGLERS 172
XXIV. CONNELL MAKES GOOD HIS ESCAPE 180
XXV. A SEA FIGHT ON LAKE SUPERIOR 188
XXVI. FIRST NEWS OF THE COPPER PRINCESS 196
XXVII. A NIGHT WITH A MADMAN 205
XXVIII. LEFT IN SOLE POSSESSION 213
XXIX. A ROYAL NAME FOR A ROYAL MINE 221
XXX. PEVERIL ACQUIRES AN UNSHARED INTEREST 230
ILLUSTRATIONS
ON THE FACE OF THE CLIFF STOOD A GIRLISH FIGURE _Frontispiece_
"IN BREATHLESS SILENCE THE GROUP WATCHED PEVERIL'S MOVEMENTS" _Facing p._ 12
PEVERIL GOES TO WORK " 36
THE CAR-PUSHERS MADE A FURIOUS ATTACK ON PEVERIL " 46
PEVERIL LEAPED DOWN AMONG THE SPUTTERING FUSES " 66
THE MEN HASTILY THREW PEVERIL HEAD-FIRST INTO THE BUSHES " 106
PEVERIL SAT BESIDE THE FIRE IN FORLORN MEDITATION " 130
AT SEEING PEVERIL, THE MEN UTTERED A CRY OF TERROR " 152
A WILD-LOOKING MAN LEVELLED A PISTOL AT PEVERIL " 174
THE TWO MEN STOOD AND LISTENED " 194
RESCUED FROM THE SHAFT " 200
PEVERIL FINDS MARY AGAIN " 234
THE COPPER PRINCESS