# Larry Dexter, Reporter

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Edition: New York, Chatterton-Peck Company, 1907. Illustrations to be added later. Book 2 in the Larry Dexter series
IT WAS THE LAST SHOT. AS HE FIRED IT LARRY LEAPED TO ONE SIDE TO ESCAPE THE LION’S CLAWS.
Larry Dexter, Reporter
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 CHATTERTON-PECK COMPANY PUBLISHERS
THE GREAT NEWSPAPER SERIES
By HOWARD R. GARIS
(Other volumes in preparation)
Cloth. Illustrated. Price, per volume, $1.00
Copyright, 1907
BY
CHATTERTON-PECK COMPANY
Larry Dexter , Reporter
THE QUINN & BODEN CO. PRESS RAHWAY, N. J.

### CONTENTS

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* 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. Solving the Cipher 162
* XXI. The Gas Explosion 170
* XXII. A Family Heirloom 178
* XXIII. Mysterious Notes 186
* XXIV. The Circus 195
* XXV. The Last Warning 204
* XXVI. Larry's Narrow Escape 212
* XXVII. Jimmy is Missed 221
* XXVIII. An Anxious Search 230
* XXIX. In the Enemy's Power 238
* XXX. Jimmy Held Captive 247
* XXXI. Searching for the Lost 255
* XXXII. In Quest of Peter 263
* XXXIII. On the Right Track 271
* XXXIV. Closing In 279
* XXXV. Nearing the End 288
* XXXVI. The Raid 296
* XXXVII. What the Old Deed Brought 304
INTRODUCTION
My Dear Boys.—Those of you who were interested in the first story of this series, telling how Larry Dexter rose from a copy boy to become a reporter, may desire to follow his further adventures as a newspaper worker. Many of the occurrences told of in this volume are actual ones. In some I participated personally. In others newspaper friends of mine were concerned, though I have made some slight changes from what actually happened.
The tracing of the blue-handed man, who blew open the safe by means of nitro-glycerine, is an actual fact, having taken place in the city where I live. He was arrested afterwards because a detective observed the stains left by the acid on his fingers. The riot in Chinatown is similar to several that have occurred there, and kidnappings, such as befell Jimmy, are common enough in New York. There are few reporters, especially on the large papers, who have not gone through as thrilling incidents as those which happened to Larry, for, as I can vouch from many years' experience, a newspaper man's life is anything but a quiet and uneventful one.
Yours sincerely, Howard R. Garis.
July 1, 1907.
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