{"product_id":"2940013354685","title":"BEN'S NUGGET","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.                                      PAGE\u003cbr\u003eTHE MOUNTAIN-CABIN                                13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003eTHE MISSING CHINAMAN                              23\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003eTWO GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD                         30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003eKI SING IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY                 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003eFURTHER ADVENTURES OF BILL MOSELY                 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003eAN UNEQUAL CONTEST                                54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003eTIED TO A TREE                                    62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII.\u003cbr\u003eTURNING THE TABLES                                70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX.\u003cbr\u003eBRADLEY'S SIGNAL VICTORY                          78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X.\u003cbr\u003e\"THE BEST OF FRIENDS MUST PART\"                   87\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI.\u003cbr\u003ePLANS FOR DEPARTURE                               95\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII.\u003cbr\u003eTHE PROFITS OF MINING                            100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII.\u003cbr\u003eKI SING'S RIDE                                   104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV.\u003cbr\u003eGOLDEN GULCH HOTEL                               113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV.\u003cbr\u003eBILL MOSELY REAPPEARS                            122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI.\u003cbr\u003eA TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE                            131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVII.\u003cbr\u003eLYNCH LAW                                        139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVIII.\u003cbr\u003eAFTER THE EXECUTION                              147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIX.\u003cbr\u003eBEN WINS LAURELS AS A SINGER                     151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XX.\u003cbr\u003eA LITTLE RETROSPECT                              158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXI.\u003cbr\u003eMR. CAMPBELL RECEIVES TIDINGS OF HIS WARD        165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXII.\u003cbr\u003eA MORNING CALL                                   174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIII.\u003cbr\u003eA SECRET CONFERENCE                              183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIV.\u003cbr\u003eMISS DOUGLAS RECEIVES A MESSAGE                  188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXV.\u003cbr\u003eWALKING INTO A TRAP                              195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXVI.\u003cbr\u003eA HARD-HEARTED JAILER                            201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXVII.\u003cbr\u003eA STAR IN THE CLOUD                              210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXVIII.\u003cbr\u003eJONES CHECKMATES ORTON CAMPBELL                  219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIX.\u003cbr\u003eA WEDDING RECEPTION                              229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXX.\u003cbr\u003eTHE NUGGET                                       237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXXI.\u003cbr\u003eJOB STANTON'S MISTAKE                            246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXXII.\u003cbr\u003eTHE HOUSE IS MORTGAGED                           255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXXIII.\u003cbr\u003eTHE BLOW ABOUT TO FALL                           260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXXIV.\u003cbr\u003eCONCLUSION                                       265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBEN'S NUGGET;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOR,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BOY'S SEARCH FOR FORTUNE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MOUNTAIN-CABIN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What's the news, Ben? You didn't happen to bring an evenin' paper, did\u003cbr\u003eyou?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe speaker was a tall, loose-jointed man, dressed as a miner in a garb\u003cbr\u003ethat appeared to have seen considerable service. His beard was long and\u003cbr\u003euntrimmed, and on his head he wore a Mexican sombrero.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis was Jake Bradley, a rough but good-hearted miner, who was stretched\u003cbr\u003ecarelessly upon the ground in front of a rude hut crowning a high\u003cbr\u003eeminence in the heart of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBen Stanton, whom he addressed, was a boy of sixteen, with a pleasant\u003cbr\u003eface and a manly bearing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No, Jake,\" he answered with a smile, \"I didn't meet a newsboy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There ain't many in this neighborhood, I reckon,\" said Bradley. \"I tell\u003cbr\u003eyou, Ben, I'd give an ounce of dust for a New York or Boston paper. Who\u003cbr\u003eknows what may have happened since we've been confined here in this\u003cbr\u003elonely mountain-hut? Uncle Sam may have gone to war, for aught we know.\u003cbr\u003eP'r'haps the British may be bombarding New York this moment.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I guess not,\" said Ben, smiling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't think it likely myself,\" said Bradley, filling his pipe.\u003cbr\u003e\"Still, there may be some astonishin' news if we could only get hold of\u003cbr\u003eit.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't think we can complain, Jake,\" said Ben, turning to a pleasanter\u003cbr\u003esubject. \"We've made considerable money out of Mr. Dewey's claim.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That's so. The three weeks we've spent here haven't been thrown away,\u003cbr\u003eby a long chalk. We shall be pretty well paid for accommodatin' Dick\u003cbr\u003eDewey by stayin' and takin' care of him.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How much gold-dust do you think we're got, Mr. Bradley?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What!\" exclaimed Bradley, taking the pipe from his mouth; \"hadn't you\u003cbr\u003ebetter call me the Honorable Mr. Bradley, and done with it? Don't you\u003cbr\u003efeel acquainted with me yet, that you put the handle on to my name?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Excuse me, Jake,\" said Ben; \"that's what I meant to say, but I was\u003cbr\u003ethinking of Mr. Dewey and that's how I happened to call you Mister.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069966827760,"sku":"2940013354685","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013354685_p0.jpg?v=1763580111","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013354685","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}