CHAPTER XXXIX

. Visit to the Islands in Lake Mono—Ashes and

Desolation—Life Amid Death Our Boat Adrift—A Jump For Life—A Storm On the Lake—A Mass of Soap Suds—Geological Curiosities—A Week On the Sierras—A Narrow Escape From a Funny Explosion—“Stove Heap Gone”

## CHAPTER XL . The “Wide West” Mine—It is “Interviewed” by Higbie—A Blind

Lead—Worth a Million—We are Rich At Last—Plans for the Future

## CHAPTER XLI . A Rheumatic Patient—Day Dreams—An Unfortunate Stumble—I

Leave Suddenly—Another Patient—Higbie in the Cabin—Our Balloon Bursted—Worth Nothing—Regrets and Explanations—Our Third Partner

## CHAPTER XLII . What to do Next?—Obstacles I Had Met With—“Jack of All

Trades”—Mining Again—Target Shooting—I Turn City Editor—I Succeed Finely

## CHAPTER XLIII . My Friend Boggs—The School Report—Boggs Pays Me An Old

Debt—Virginia City

## CHAPTER XLIV . Flush Times—Plenty of Stock—Editorial Puffing—Stocks Given

Me—Salting Mines—A Tragedian In a New Role

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