List of Illustrations.
| PAGE | |
| “Well my boy what can I do for you?” | [Frontispiece] |
| “Well, Pete, old fellow, I’ve heard of you many a time.” | [8] |
| Chief Trask explains the fire box to Bruce. | [17] |
| “For fully a minute Bruce stood looking at the house.” | [47] |
| Bruce tells Laura the story of his visit to Mr. Dexter’s house. | [72] |
| Bruce in Mr. Dewsnap’s “fire library.” | [79] |
| “Never in his life had Bruce known such a reckless ride.” | [91] |
| “She was certainly very deaf.” | [98] |
| Bruce delivers a lecture on botany. | [122] |
| “Did you get the beggars’ time?” | [136] |
| “He managed to climb out on the ladder.” | [156] |
| Laura visits Bruce in the hospital. | [190] |
| Then Laura began to cry. | [202] |
| “So you’ve been in the hospital, have you?” | [225] |
| “My mother is buried here.” | [248] |
| “Mr. Dexter * * * held out his hand for the address.” | [257] |
| “Skinny writes a letter to Mr. Korwein.” | [270] |
| “Dere’s an answer ter dat.” | [286] |
| “And so this is the business you conduct, is it?” | [317] |
| “The horses bounded to their places.” | [343] |
| “A single slip or false step on his part meant death.” | [368] |
THE THIRD ALARM.