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[Illustration: IT WAS THE LAST SHOT. AS HE FIRED IT LARRY LEAPED TO ONE
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                             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_

