1
Ben's Nugget, by Horatio, Jr. Alger
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Ben's Nugget, by Horatio, Jr. Alger This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net
Title: Ben's Nugget A Boy's Search For Fortune
Author: Horatio, Jr. Alger
Release Date: May 8, 2008 [EBook #25384]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BEN'S NUGGET ***
Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
[Illustration: Ben's Nugget by Horatio Alger Jr.]
[Illustration: TURNING THE TABLES.]
BEN'S NUGGET;
OR,
A BOY'S SEARCH FOR FORTUNE.
A Story of the Pacific Coast.
BY
HORATIO ALGER, JR.,
AUTHOR OF "RAGGED DICK," "TATTERED TOM," "LUCK AND PLUCK," "BRAVE AND BOLD SERIES," ETC., ETC.
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO., PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO, TORONTO.
COPYRIGHT BY HORATIO ALGER, JR., 1882.
To
Three San Francisco Boys,
JOSEPH AND MAXEY SLOSS AND CLARENCE WALTER,
THIS STORY
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
PREFACE.
"Ben's Nugget" is the concluding volume of the Pacific Series. Though it is complete in itself, and may be read independently, the chief characters introduced will be recognized as old friends by the readers of "The Young Explorer," the volume just preceding, not omitting Ki Sing, the faithful Chinaman, whose virtu