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  The Slave of the Mine; Or, Jack Harkaway in 'Frisco.

  By BRACEBRIDGE HEMYNG.


[Illustration: "THE BULLET STRUCK NAPPA BILL ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE
WRIST, AND, WITH A FEARFUL OATH, HE ALLOWED HIS KNIFE TO DROP ON THE
FLOOR."]




CONTENTS


  CHAPTER I. THE GAMBLING-HOUSE.
  CHAPTER II. A SURPRISE.
  CHAPTER III. MALTRAVERS'S PLOT.
  CHAPTER IV. THE BOX AT THE CALIFORNIA THEATRE.
  CHAPTER V. VASQUEZ, THE BANDIT.
  CHAPTER VI. THE SLAVE OF THE DIAMOND MINES.
  CHAPTER VII. MISS VANHOOSEN TRAVELS.
  CHAPTER VIII. THE ESCAPE FROM THE MINES.
  CHAPTER IX. THE ATTACK ON THE STAGE.




CHAPTER I.

THE GAMBLING-HOUSE.


"I rather like this game!"

"Well, I should smile if you didn't. Luck's dead sot in for you now,
you can bet."

"Perhaps," said the first speaker; "but I don't propose to follow it
up."

"What?"

The second speaker sprang from his chair in amazement.

"No. I flatter myself I know when to stop. I have played at Baden and
Monaco, in the clubs of London and the hells of Paris, as well as the
gambling saloons of the West, and I'm not to be picked up for a flat."

"That's sure; but look at here; as sure as my name is Dan Markham, and
I'm known as a profesh at gambling from here to Cheyenne and Virginia
City, and lett