CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I A REPORTER'S MISTAKE
CHAPTER II AMATEUR NIGHT
CHAPTER III ON TRACK OF A DEAL
CHAPTER IV ON A CHOWDER PARTY
CHAPTER V MAN OVERBOARD!
CHAPTER VI LARRY IN DANGER
CHAPTER VII LARRY HAS AN OFFER
CHAPTER VIII THE AGENT'S PROPOSITION
CHAPTER IX THE BIG SAFE-ROBBERY
CHAPTER X WORKING UP THE CLEW
CHAPTER XI A SEARCH FOR THE BLUE HAND
CHAPTER XII LARRY MEETS HIS OLD ENEMY
CHAPTER XIII IN WHICH THE DEED IS MISSING
CHAPTER XIV A STRANGE OFFER
CHAPTER XV THE SIGN OF THE BLUE HAND
CHAPTER XVI A VAIN QUEST
CHAPTER XVII SETTING A TRAP
CHAPTER XVIII ELECTION NIGHT
CHAPTER XIX A QUEER LETTER
CHAPTER XX SOLVING THE CIPHER
CHAPTER XXI THE GAS EXPLOSION
CHAPTER XXII A FAMILY HEIRLOOM
CHAPTER XXIII MYSTERIOUS NOTES
CHAPTER XXIV THE CIRCUS
CHAPTER XXV THE LAST WARNING
CHAPTER XXVI LARRY'S NARROW ESCAPE
CHAPTER XXVII JIMMY IS MISSED
CHAPTER XXVIII AN ANXIOUS SEARCH
CHAPTER XXIX IN THE ENEMY'S POWER
CHAPTER XXX JIMMY HELD CAPTIVE
CHAPTER XXXI SEARCHING FOR THE LOST
CHAPTER XXXII IN QUEST OF PETER
CHAPTER XXXIII ON THE RIGHT TRACK
CHAPTER XXXIV CLOSING IN
CHAPTER XXXV NEARING THE END
CHAPTER XXXVI THE RAID
CHAPTER XXXVII WHAT THE OLD DEED BROUGHT
BOOKS FOR BOYS By Howard R. Garis
Transcriber's Notes
IT WAS THE LAST SHOT. AS HE FIRED IT LARRY LEAPED TO ONE SIDE TO ESCAPE THE LION’S CLAWS.
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
