PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I FORECLOSING THE MORTGAGE

CHAPTER II BAD NEWS

CHAPTER III LOOKING FOR WORK

CHAPTER IV LARRY AND THE REPORTER

CHAPTER V LARRY SECURES WORK

CHAPTER VI LARRY MAKES AN ENEMY

CHAPTER VII THE MISSING COPY

CHAPTER VIII PETER IS DISCHARGED

CHAPTER IX LARRY GETS A STORY

CHAPTER X LARRY MEETS HIS ENEMY

CHAPTER XI LARRY HAS A FIGHT

CHAPTER XII A STRANGE ASSIGNMENT

CHAPTER XIII UNDER THE RIVER

CHAPTER XIV LARRY'S SUCCESS

CHAPTER XV LARRY GOES TO SCHOOL

CHAPTER XVI LARRY AT A STRIKE

CHAPTER XVII TAKEN PRISONER

CHAPTER XVIII HELD CAPTIVE

CHAPTER XIX LARRY'S MOVEMENTS

CHAPTER XX BACK AT WORK

CHAPTER XXI LARRY ON THE WATCH

CHAPTER XXII TRAPPING A THIEF

CHAPTER XXIII BAD MONEY

CHAPTER XXIV A QUEER CAPTURE

CHAPTER XXV A BIG ROBBERY

CHAPTER XXVI THE MEN IN THE LOT

CHAPTER XXVII LARRY IS REWARDED

CHAPTER XXVIII THE RENOWNED DOCTOR

CHAPTER XXIX THE OPERATION

CHAPTER XXX THE FLOOD

CHAPTER XXXI DAYS OF TERROR

CHAPTER XXXII THE FLOOD INCREASES

CHAPTER XXXIII DYNAMITING THE DAM

CHAPTER XXXIV UNDER WATER

CHAPTER XXXV THE RACE

CHAPTER XXXVI LARRY SCORES A BIG BEAT

CHAPTER XXXVII LARRY'S ADVANCEMENT

FROM OFFICE BOY
TO REPORTER

OR

THE FIRST STEP IN JOURNALISM

BY
HOWARD R. GARIS

AUTHOR OF “THE WHITE CRYSTALS,” “THE ISLE OF BLACK FIRE,”
“WITH FORCE AND ARMS,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

New York
GROSSET & DUNLAP
Publishers