GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS NEW YORK


Copyright, 1912, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP


Larry Dexter and the Stolen Boy


PREFACE

My Dear Boys:

Most unexpected things happen to newspaper reporters. That is one reason why, in spite of the hard work attached to the profession, so many bright young lads like it. It was that way with Larry Dexter. It was the unexpected that he was always looking for, and nearly always he found it.