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LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH

OR

THE HUNT FOR THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE

BY

HOWARD R. GARIS

AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER,""DICK HAMILTON'S FORTUNE," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

1909

BOOKS FOR BOYS

BY HOWARD R. GARIS

THE DICK HAMILTON SERIES

DICK HAMILTON'S FORTUNE
Or The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son

DICK HAMILTON'S CADET DAYS
Or The Handicap of a Millionaire's Son

DICK HAMILTON'S STEAM YACHT
Or A Young Millionaire and the Kidnappers

DICK HAMILTON'S FOOTBALL TEAM
Or A Young Millionaire on the Gridiron

(Other volumes in preparation)

12 mo. Cloth. Illustrated.
Price, per volume, 60 cents, postpaid

THE YOUNG REPORTER SERIES

FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER
Or The First Step in Journalism

LARRY DEXTER, THE YOUNG REPORTER
Or Strange Adventures in a Great City

LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH
Or The Hunt for a Missing Millionaire

LARRY DEXTER AND THE BANK MYSTERY
Or A Young Reporter in Wall Street

LARRY DEXTER AND THE STOLEN BOY
Or A Young Reporter on the Lakes

12 mo. Cloth. Illustrated
Price, per volume, 40 cents, postpaid

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Larry Dexter's Great Search

PREFACE

Dear Boys:

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

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

The things that happened to Larry are not at all out of theordinary 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 youboys, and if you enjoy following the further fortunes of LarryDexter, I shall feel amply repaid for my efforts on this volume.

Yours sincerely,

HOWARD R. GARIS.

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