Produced by David Edwards, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: DON AND BERT GORDON AND THE “CIRCUS-HOSSES.”] _BOY TRAPPER SERIES._ THE BURIED TREASURE; OR, OLD JORDAN’S “HAUNT.” BY HARRY CASTLEMON, AUTHOR OF “THE FRANK NELSON SERIES,” “THE SPORTSMAN’S CLUB SERIES,” “GUNBOAT SERIES,” &C. PHILADELPHIA HENRY T. COATES & CO. FAMOUS CASTLEMON BOOKS. =GUNBOAT SERIES.= By HARRY CASTLEMON. 6 vols. 12mo. FRANK THE YOUNG NATURALIST. FRANK IN THE WOODS. FRANK ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI. FRANK ON A GUNBOAT. FRANK BEFORE VICKSBURG. FRANK ON THE PRAIRIE. =ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES.= By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. FRANK AMONG THE RANCHEROS. FRANK IN THE MOUNTAINS. FRANK AT DON CARLOS’ RANCH. =SPORTSMAN’S CLUB SERIES.= By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. THE SPORTSMAN’S CLUB IN THE SADDLE. THE SPORTSMAN’S CLUB AFLOAT. THE SPORTSMAN’S CLUB AMONG THE TRAPPERS. =FRANK NELSON SERIES.= By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. SNOWED UP. FRANK IN THE FORECASTLE. THE BOY TRADERS. =BOY TRAPPER SERIES.= By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. THE BURIED TREASURE. THE BOY TRAPPER. THE MAIL-CARRIER. =ROUGHING IT SERIES.= By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. GEORGE IN CAMP. GEORGE AT THE WHEEL. GEORGE AT THE FORT. =ROD AND GUN SERIES.= By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. DON GORDON’S SHOOTING BOX. THE YOUNG WILD FOWLERS. ROD AND GUN CLUB. =GO-AHEAD SERIES.= By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. TOM NEWCOMBE. GO-AHEAD. NO MOSS. =FOREST AND STREAM SERIES.= By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. JOE WAYRING. SNAGGED AND SUNK. STEEL HORSE. =WAR SERIES.= By HARRY CASTLEMON. 5 vols. 12mo. Cloth. TRUE TO HIS COLORS. RODNEY THE OVERSEER. MARCY THE REFUGEE. RODNEY THE PARTISAN. MARCY THE BLOCKADE-RUNNER. _Other Volumes in Preparation._ Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, by PORTER & COATES, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Godfrey Evans Page 5 CHAPTER II. Godfrey builds Air-castles 22 CHAPTER III. Dan’s strategy 36 CHAPTER IV. The Shooting match 54 CHAPTER V. Godfrey finds something 72 CHAPTER VI. Our friends, the Gordons 90 CHAPTER VII. The new comers 105 CHAPTER VIII. Dan makes a discovery 125 CHAPTER IX. Old Jordan’s “haunt” 141 CHAPTER X. What Godfrey’s visitor wanted 157 CHAPTER XI. Old Jordan shows himself 176 CHAPTER XII. Old Jordan in trouble 194 CHAPTER XIII. How Clarence found it out 215 CHAPTER XIV.