Chapter I: Front Matter

_THE DICK AND LARRY SERIES_
_BY FRANCIS LYNDE_

THE DONOVAN CHANCE
DICK AND LARRY, FRESHMEN
THE GOLDEN SPIDER

_CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS_

THE GOLDEN SPIDER

_THE DICK AND LARRY SERIES_

THE
GOLDEN SPIDER

BY
FRANCIS LYNDE

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1923

Copyright, 1923, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

Printed in the United States of America

Published September, 1923

TO MY GOOD FRIEND AND MINERALOGICAL
MENTOR, CLARENCE M. CLARK, WITHOUT
WHOSE KINDLY HELP, AND THE FREE USE
OF HIS LIBRARY, SPECIMEN CABINETS AND
LABORATORY, THE TALE OF THE GOLDEN
SPIDER MIGHT NEVER HAVE BEEN WRITTEN,
THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I IN LOST CANYON 1
II THE FROZEN TRAIL 17
III IN WHICH DICK DROPS OUT 35
IV DADDY LONGBEARD 52
V FOOTLOOSE AND FREE 71
VI SHORT RATIONS 87
VII TOMATOES AND PEACHES 104
VIII THE ICE CAVERN 122
IX THE SPIDER’S WEB 137
X NOTICE TO QUIT 156
XI FINDERS KEEPERS 173
XII NO SURRENDER! 192

ILLUSTRATIONS

While they looked, one paused, appeared to dance for an
instant, and then disappeared _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

“Did you ever think that this stuff might be ore of some
kind?” 66

“I wish there were some way of letting those scamps know
that they are barking up the wrong tree” 116

Then the leading man wavered for a second, and ended by
tumbling backward upon his follower 200

THE GOLDEN SPIDER