Larry Dexter and the Stolen Boy; or, A Young Reporter on the Lakes

by Howard Roger Garis

Transcriber’s Note:

Punctuation has been standardized; hyphenation, spelling and word usage have been retained as in the original publication except as follows:

• • Page 4
    high notes, colatura work, placement changed to
    high notes, [coloratura] work, placement
• • Page 6
    and alway thrilling changed to
    and [always] thrilling
• • Page 7
    right hand to his right cheeks changed to
    right hand to his right [cheek]
• • Page 46
    But Larry had other thing to think of changed to
    But Larry had other [things] to think of
• • Page 65
    That wll be a change from the streets changed to
    That [will] be a change from the streets
  • “All rght; we’ll wait,” changed to
    “All [right]; we’ll wait,”
• • Page 100
    We’ve go to go slow changed to
    We’ve [got] to go slow
• • Page 133
    The train was on tme changed to
    The train was on [time]
• • Page 142
    “That is hm! That is him!” she cried changed to
    “That is [him]! That is him!” she cried
• • Page 148
    t Iwill be some hope for his mother changed to
    [It will] be some hope for his mother
• • Page 161
    and the Eilzabeth was hove to changed to
    and the [Elizabeth] was hove to
• • Captivating Stories for Boys by Justly Popular Writers
    A Youth’s story of the deep blue sea changed to
    A [youth’s] story of the deep blue sea