IT WAS THE LAST SHOT. AS HE FIRED IT LARRY LEAPED TO ONE SIDE TO ESCAPE THE LION’S CLAWS.
LARRY DEXTER,
REPORTER
OR
STRANGE ADVENTURES IN A
GREAT CITY
BY
HOWARD R. GARIS
AUTHOR OF “FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER,” “THE ISLE OF BLACK FIRE,” “THE WHITE CRYSTALS,” ETC., ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
New York
GROSSET & DUNLAP
Publishers
Copyright, 1907, by
CHATTERTON-PECK CO.
Larry Dexter, the Young Reporter
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CONTENTS
- CHAPTER PAGE
- I. A Reporter’s Mistake 1
- II. Amateur Night 10
- III. On Track of a Deal 19
- IV. On a Chowder Party 28
- V. Man Overboard! 36
- VI. Larry in Danger 45
- VII. Larry Has an Offer 53
- VIII. The Agent’s Proposition 61
- IX. The Big Safe-Robbery 69
- X. Working up the Clew 78
- XI. A Search for the Blue Hand 86
- XII. Larry Meets His Old Enemy 94
- XIII. In Which the Deed is Missing 102
- XIV. A Strange Offer 111
- XV. Sign of the Blue Hand 119
- XVI. A Vain Quest 127
- XVII. Setting a Trap 136
- XVIII. Election Night 145
- XIX. A Queer Letter 155
- XX. ...