Dear Boys:

I hope you will be glad to read of the further adventures of Larry Dexter. He has made some progress since you first made his acquaintance in the book "From Office Boy to Reporter." He has also advanced in his chosen profession from the days when he did his first news-gathering for the Leader. In this volume he is sent on a "special assignment," as it is called. He has to find a New York millionaire who has mysteriously disappeared.

How Larry solved the strange secret, I have woven into a story that I trust will be liked by all the boys who read it. I have taken many incidents from real life for this story, using some of my own experiences while a newspaper reporter as a basis for facts.

The things that happened to Larry are not at

all out of the ordinary among reporters. The life has many strange surprises in it. If I have been able to set them down in a way that will please you boys, and if you enjoy following the further fortunes of Larry Dexter, I shall feel amply repaid for my efforts on this volume.

Yours sincerely,

HOWARD R. GARIS.

CONTENTS.

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I. THE WRECK[1]
II. ASHORE ON A RAFT[10]
III. THE MAN AT THE HUT[17]
IV. RESCUED FROM THE SEA[26]
V. LARRY'S SCOOP[33]
VI. A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE[42]
VII. LARRY OVERHEARS SOMETHING[49]
VIII. AN INTERVIEW WITH SULLIVAN[57]
IX. EVERYTHING BUT THE FACTS[64]
X. THREATS AGAINST LARRY[73]
XI. A MISSING MILLIONAIRE[81]
XII. A BRAVE GIRL[88]
XIII. WHERE IS HE?[94]
XIV. IN THE TENEMENT HOUSE[100]
XV. LARRY'S SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT[109]
XVI. SULLIVAN'S QUEER ACCUSATION[118]
XVII. GRACE GETS A LETTER[125]
XVIII. LARRY IS BAFFLED[138]
XIX. GRACE ON THE TRAIL[148]
XX. LARRY GETS A SCARE[156]
XXI. TRACING RETTO[167]
XXII. GRACE IS SUSPICIOUS[174]
XXIII. CAPTAIN TANTRELLA ARRIVES[180]
XXIV. RETTO IS CAUGHT[186]
XXV. IN THE HOSPITAL[192]
XXVI. A NEW CLUE[200]
XXVII. THE DETECTIVE'S THEORY[208]
XXVIII. A TERRIBLE MISTAKE[214]
XXIX. IN HIS ENEMIES' POWER[222]
XXX. MR. POTTER IS FOUND—CONCLUSION[229]