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A Klondike Claim — Nicholas Carter
“A Klondike Claim” is an early American “dime novel” published in 1897 by Street & Smith Publishers of New York. It introduces athletic, clever, handsome Harvey Stokes, a college grad who was more interested in athletics than scholarship and is now traveling the world. He seems to have an aptitude for detective work and this is put to the test with three different cases in the one story. The book is set against a backdrop of Alaska (or at least what a writer in New York thought would pass for Alaska) during the height of the Klondike gold rush.
The story was published as the premier issue of “The Magnet Detective Library” (issue #1, September 1, 1897) by Street & Smith publishers. The author, Nicholas Carter (sometimes Nick Carter), is a pseudonym used by several different authors. The original Nick Carter was a fictional detective created by John Russell Coryell. The character first appeared in the New York Weekly magazine in 1886 which was also published by Street & Smith.
This eBook edition was taken from an original text and has been carefully edited to clean up reproduction errors while maintaining the integrity of the original.
This edition was prepared and edited by Snazz eBooks".
Original cover design and other original content of this edition are Copyright © 2012 by Snazz eBooks". All rights reserved. No reproduction by any means is allowed without permission.
Here is an excerpt:
As the boat slowly approached the shore and the water became shallower the waves became rougher.
There was still enough direct wind to keep a cloud of spray in their faces almost all the time.
Stokes could not see the foam from a line of breakers just ahead, although he could hear the crashing and booming of the waves distinctly.
“We mustn't get capsized by a roller, Kotuk,” he called.
“We try, but no can tell,” the Esquimau responded, desperately.
Seen through the flying spray, the real shore seemed far away, but the sound of breakers was perilously near.
“Isn't here a broad beach here at low tide?” Stokes demanded, trying in vain to peer ahead for signs of danger.
“Yah, very wide. Water long way from shore at low tide.”
“Then if we get capsized in crossing the line of rollers we'll have a hard tussle of it.”
The words were hardly out of Stokes' mouth before the boat rose as if it had been lifted.
A huge wave was curling up to break.
It tossed the kayak forward rapidly.
Both men held their paddles in the foaming water ready to work them in either direction according to need.
There was just an instant of hesitation while the kayak seemed to be suspended in air.
Then the wave slipped from under it with a deafening roar, tons of water leaped into the air in the form of spray, and the kayak dropped like a shot.
It struck directly in the middle upon a rock and broke in two.
The story was published as the premier issue of “The Magnet Detective Library” (issue #1, September 1, 1897) by Street & Smith publishers. The author, Nicholas Carter (sometimes Nick Carter), is a pseudonym used by several different authors. The original Nick Carter was a fictional detective created by John Russell Coryell. The character first appeared in the New York Weekly magazine in 1886 which was also published by Street & Smith.
This eBook edition was taken from an original text and has been carefully edited to clean up reproduction errors while maintaining the integrity of the original.
This edition was prepared and edited by Snazz eBooks".
Original cover design and other original content of this edition are Copyright © 2012 by Snazz eBooks". All rights reserved. No reproduction by any means is allowed without permission.
Here is an excerpt:
As the boat slowly approached the shore and the water became shallower the waves became rougher.
There was still enough direct wind to keep a cloud of spray in their faces almost all the time.
Stokes could not see the foam from a line of breakers just ahead, although he could hear the crashing and booming of the waves distinctly.
“We mustn't get capsized by a roller, Kotuk,” he called.
“We try, but no can tell,” the Esquimau responded, desperately.
Seen through the flying spray, the real shore seemed far away, but the sound of breakers was perilously near.
“Isn't here a broad beach here at low tide?” Stokes demanded, trying in vain to peer ahead for signs of danger.
“Yah, very wide. Water long way from shore at low tide.”
“Then if we get capsized in crossing the line of rollers we'll have a hard tussle of it.”
The words were hardly out of Stokes' mouth before the boat rose as if it had been lifted.
A huge wave was curling up to break.
It tossed the kayak forward rapidly.
Both men held their paddles in the foaming water ready to work them in either direction according to need.
There was just an instant of hesitation while the kayak seemed to be suspended in air.
Then the wave slipped from under it with a deafening roar, tons of water leaped into the air in the form of spray, and the kayak dropped like a shot.
It struck directly in the middle upon a rock and broke in two.
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