E-text prepared by ellinora, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 57137-h.htm or 57137-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/57137/pg57137-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57137/57137-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/barrywynnoradven00bart BARRY WYNN Or The Adventures of a Page Boy in the United States Congress [Illustration] [Illustration: Barry stood for a moment undecided which way to turn _See page 6_] BARRY WYNN Or The Adventures of a Page Boy in the United States Congress by GEORGE BARTON Author of "The Mystery of Cleverly," "Adventures of the World's Greatest Detectives," etc. Illustrated by John Huybers [Illustration: Logo] Boston Small, Maynard and Company Publishers Copyright, 1912 by Small, Maynard and Company (Incorporated) Entered at Stationers' Hall The University Press, Cambridge, U. S. A. TO HERBERT AND GEORGE CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I UNDER THE BIG DOME 1 II THE NAVAL REPAIR STATION 13 III THE NEW PAGE 28 IV VISIONS OF GREATNESS 45 V A WINK AND A NOD 56 VI HUDSON STRIKES A SNAG 70 VII BARRY STUMBLES 87 VIII AN UNEXPECTED MOVE 100 IX ON THE TRAIL OF JOE HART 112 X SUSPENSE 128 XI DISCORD AND DEFEAT 138 XII SMITHERS TO THE RESCUE 153 XIII A LITTLE PILGRIMAGE 168 XIV BARRY FALLS A SECOND TIME 183 XV BARRY REDEEMS HIMSELF 199 XVI A CALL OF THE HOUSE 213 XVII THE MISSING BILL 231 XVIII RUMORS OF WAR 243 XIX SORELY TEMPTED 252 XX HUDSON PLAYS POLITICS 267 XXI CONWAY MAKES A HIT 279 XXII PROOF CONCLUSIVE 287 XXIII WHAT BARRY OVERHEARD 296 XXIV THE LAST STAND 309 XXV A RACE AGAINST TIME 323 XXVI THE HOME COMING 340 ILLUSTRATIONS Barry stood for a moment undecided which way to turn _See page 6_ _Frontispiece_ "I want you to make a solemn promise to me" _Page_ 126 His eyes were never removed from the boy's face for a moment " 264 The young page boy was enjoying it to the fullest " 332 _See page 331_ BARRY WYNN OR THE ADVENTURES OF A PAGE BOY IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS BARRY WYNN CHAPTER I UNDER THE BIG DOME