Produced by David Edwards, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) CAPTAIN BAYLEY'S HEIR A TALE OF THE GOLD FIELDS OF CALIFORNIA. BY G. A. HENTY CAPTAIN BAYLEY'S HEIR. [Illustration: CAPTAIN BAYLEY HEARS STARTLING NEWS.] CAPTAIN BAYLEY'S HEIR: A TALE OF THE GOLD FIELDS OF CALIFORNIA. BY G. A. HENTY, Author of "With Clive in India;" "Facing Death;" "For Name and Fame;" "True to the Old Flag;" "A Final Beckoning;" &c. _WITH TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. M. PAGET._ [Illustration] NEW YORK SCRIBNER AND WELFORD 743 & 745 BROADWAY. CONTENTS. Chap. Page I. WESTMINSTER! WESTMINSTER! 9 II. A COLD SWIM, 25 III. A CRIPPLE BOY, 42 IV. AN ADOPTED CHILD, 58 V. A TERRIBLE ACCUSATION, 75 VI. AT NEW ORLEANS, 92 VII. ON THE MISSISSIPPI, 107 VIII. STARTING FOR THE WEST, 127 IX. ON THE PLAINS, 154 X. A BUFFALO STORY, 173 XI. HOW DICK LOST HIS SCALP, 186 XII. THE ATTACK ON THE CARAVAN, 206 XIII. AT THE GOLD-FIELDS, 223 XIV. CAPTAIN BAYLEY, 238 XV. THE MISSING HEIR, 253 XVI. JOHN HOLL, DUST CONTRACTOR, 268 XVII. THE LONELY DIGGERS, 285 XVIII. A DREAM VERIFIED, 306 XIX. STRIKING IT RICH, 324 XX. A MESSAGE FROM ABROAD, 341 XXI. HAPPY MEETINGS, 360 XXII. CLEARED AT LAST, 374 ILLUSTRATIONS. Page CAPTAIN BAYLEY HEARS STARTLING NEWS, _Frontis._ 262 THE RESCUE FROM THE SERPENTINE, 32 THE BREAK-UP OF THE CHARTIST MEETING, 72 FRANK'S VISIT TO MR. HIRAM LITTLE'S OFFICE, 101 A FLOOD ON THE MISSISSIPPI, 125 A DEER-HUNT ON THE PRAIRIE, 162 THE ESCAPE OF THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER, 195 DICK AND FRANK ELUDE THE INDIANS, 227 THE SICK FRIEND IN THE MINING CAMP, 296 GOLD-WASHING--A GOOD DAY'S WORK, 329 THE ATTACK ON THE GOLD ESCORT, 338 MEETING OF CAPTAIN BAYLEY AND MR. ADAMS, 352 [Illustration] CAPTAIN BAYLEY'S HEIR. CHAPTER I. WESTMINSTER! WESTMINSTER!