THE GO AHEAD BOYS
AND
SIMON'S MINE
BY
ROSS KAY
Author of "Dodging the North Sea Mines," "With Joffre
on the Battle Line," "The Search for the Spy," "The
Go Ahead Boys on Smugglers' Island," "The Go
Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave," "The
Go Ahead Boys and the Racing
Motor Boat," etc., etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY R. EMMETT OWEN
I leave this rule for others when I'm dead:
Be always sure you're right—THEN GO AHEAD
Davy Crockett's Motto
NEW YORK BARSE & HOPKINS PUBLISHERS
BOOKS FOR YOUNG MEN
THE GO AHEAD BOYS
By Ross Kay
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume, 75 cents, postpaid.
| 1 THE GO AHEAD BOYS ON SMUGGLERS' ISLAND |
| 2 THE GO AHEAD BOYS AND THE TREASURE CAVE |
| 3 THE GO AHEAD BOYS AND THE MYSTERIOUS OLD HOUSE |
| 4 THE GO AHEAD BOYS IN THE ISLAND CAMP |
| 5 THE GO AHEAD BOYS AND THE RACING MOTOR BOAT |
| 6 THE GO AHEAD BOYS AND SIMON'S MINE |
(Other volumes in preparation)
BARSE & HOPKINS
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
1917
The Go Ahead Boys and Simon's Mine
In spite of their recent exertions and the loads they were carrying they all began to run. page 203
PREFACE
In this book the writer has endeavored to relate a story of stirringadventure and at the same time eliminate all sensationalism and improbableelements. The thread of the story was given him by a man who was familiarwith the life and experiences of prospectors. Indeed, there is warrant foralmost every event recorded in these pages.
The author has no desire to make his young heroes either preternaturallybrilliant or possessed of too precocious brains. They are normal, healthyAmerican boys fond of travel and adventure and naturally are meetingexperiences such as come to men doing what they were doing in certainparts of our country. Self-reliance, determination, the ability to decidequickly and to act promptly, the strength of will which prevents one fromabandoning too easily a course of action which has been decided upon,—allthese are foundations upon which any successful life must rest. If thesequalities can be acquired in the early years then life is just that muchstronger and better.
The Go Ahead Boys, in spite of their many experiences are typical boys ofAmerica, and as such wish to express to the many friends they have madetheir hearty appreciation of the interest which has been expre