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INTO THE WATER SPLASHED THE BIG TOURING CAR
Dick Hamilton's Touring Car. Frontispiece—(Page 168.)
DICK HAMILTON'S
TOURING CAR
OR
A YOUNG MILLIONAIRE'S RACE
FOR A FORTUNE
BY
HOWARD R. GARIS
AUTHOR OF "DICK HAMILTON'S FORTUNE," "DICK
HAMILTON'S STEAM YACHT," "FROM OFFICE BOY
TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER AND THE STOLEN
BOY," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING CO.
AKRON, OHIO NEW YORK
MADE IN U. S. A.
Copyright, 1913, by
Grosset & Dunlap
PREFACE
My Dear Boys:
I am not going to detain you long over this, for, if you are anythinglike I was, when I was your age, you don't want a lengthy introduction.But I just want a moment or so of your time, to explain something of thekind of story this is—a sort of bill of fare, as it were.
This is an account of how the young millionaire, Dick Hamilton,unexpectedly did a great service for a stranger, and how, later learningthat this same stranger needed help in saving his fortune, Dick tookstrenuous action.
For excellence in his studies at the Kentfield Military Academy, Dick'sfather gave him his choice of any automobile he wished. Dick found justthe kind of a touring car he wanted—one large enough to sleep and livein, as he and his friends traveled about.
In this car, which Dick named the Last Word, the boys set out for SanFrancisco. What happened to them on the way, how they foiled the plansof Dick's Uncle Ezra, how they came upon the strange man in the greatsalt desert, and how, in an exciting race, they tried to save him and[Pg iv]blocked the plans of those who would take Mr. Wardell's fortune fromhim—all this you may read of in this book.
It is the fifth volume of the "Dick Hamilton Series," and that you willlike it as well as you have the preceding ones is the sincere wish ofyour friend,
Howard R. Garis.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Queer Actions | 1 |
| II | Uncle Ezra | 11 |
| III | Good News | 20 |
| IV | To the Auto Show | 28 |
| V | <||