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  THE COPPER PRINCESS

  A Story of Lake Superior Mines

  _By_ KIRK MUNROE. _Author of "The Painted Desert" "Rick Dale" The"Mates" Series, etc._

  _Illustrated by_ W. A. ROGERS

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  NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1898

  Page 105

  ON THE FACE OF THE CLIFF STOOD A GIRLISH FIGURE]

  BY KIRK MUNROE.

  THE PAINTED DESERT. A Story of Northern Arizona. RICK DALE. A Story of the Northwest Coast. SNOW-SHOES AND SLEDGES. A Sequel to "The Fur-Seal's Tooth." THE FUR-SEAL'S TOOTH. A Story of Alaskan Adventure. RAFTMATES. A Story of the Great River. CANOEMATES. A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades. CAMPMATES. A Story of the Plains. DORYMATES. A Tale of the Fishing Banks.

  _Each one volume. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1 25._

  _The "Mates" Series, 4 vols., in a box, $5 00._

  WAKULLA. A Story of Adventure in Florida. THE FLAMINGO FEATHER. DERRICK STERLING. A Story of the Mines. CHRYSTAL, JACK & CO., and DELTA BIXBY. Two Stories.

  _Each one volume. Illustrated. Square 16mo, Cloth, $1 00._

  NEW YORK AND LONDON: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.

  Copyright, 1898, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

  _All rights reserved._

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. STARTLING INTRODUCTION OF TOM TREFETHEN 1

  II. PEVERIL TIES "BLACKY'S" RECORD 9

  III. A 'VARSITY STROKE STRIKES ADVERSE FORTUNE 17

  IV. STARTING IN SEARCH OF THE COPPER PRINCESS 25

  V. THE TREFETHENS 32

  VI. A MILE BENEATH THE SURFACE 40

  VII. CORNWALL TO THE RESCUE 48

  VIII. IN THE NEW SHAFT 56

  IX. WINNING A FRIEND BY SHEER PLUCK 65

  X. HEROISM REWARDED 73

  XI. NELLY TREFETHEN FINDS A LETTER 81

  XII. A VISION OF THE CLIFFS 89

  XIII. LOG-WRECKERS AND SMUGGLERS 95

  XIV. A VAIN EFFORT TO RECOVER STOLEN PROPERTY 102

  XV. PEVERIL IN THE HANDS OF HIS ENEMIES 110

  XVI. LOST IN A PREHISTORIC MINE 118

  XVII. UNDERGROUND WANDERINGS 125

  XVIII. FROM ONE TRAP INTO ANOTHER 133

  XIX. "DARRELL'S FOLLY" AND ITS OWNER 141

  XX. PEVERIL IS TAKEN FOR A GHOST 148

  XXI. MIKE CONNELL TO THE RESCUE 156

  XXII. THE SIGNAL IS CHANGED 164

  XXIII. A BATTLE WITH SMUGGLERS 172

  XXIV. CONNELL MAKES GOOD HIS ESCAPE 180

  XXV. A SEA FIGHT ON LAKE SUPERIOR 188

  XXVI. FIRST NEWS OF THE COPPER PRINCESS 196

  XXVII. A NIGHT WITH A MADMAN 205

  XXVIII. LEFT IN SOLE POSSESSION 213

  XXIX. A ROYAL NAME FOR A ROYAL MINE 221

  XXX. PEVERIL ACQUIRES AN UNSHARED INTEREST 230

  ILLUSTRATIONS

  ON THE FACE OF THE CLIFF STOOD A GIRLISH FIGURE _Frontispiece_

  "IN BREATHLESS SILENCE THE GROUP WATCHED PEVERIL'S MOVEMENTS" _Facing p._ 12

  PEVERIL GOES TO WORK " 36

  THE CAR-PUSHERS MADE A FURIOUS ATTACK ON PEVERIL " 46

  PEVERIL LEAPED DOWN AMONG THE SPUTTERING FUSES " 66

  THE MEN HASTILY THREW PEVERIL HEAD-FIRST INTO THE BUSHES " 106

  PEVERIL SAT BESIDE THE FIRE IN FORLORN MEDITATION " 130

  AT SEEING PEVERIL, THE MEN UTTERED A CRY OF TERROR " 152

  A WILD-LOOKING MAN LEVELLED A PISTOL AT PEVERIL " 174

  THE TWO MEN STOOD AND LISTENED " 194

  RESCUED FROM THE SHAFT " 200

  PEVERIL FINDS MARY AGAIN " 234

  THE COPPER PRINCESS