E-text prepared by Barbara Tozier, Charles Aldarondo, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) 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 [Illustration: "HERE IT IS!" CRIED LARRY. (Frontispiece)] * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * PREFACE 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. CHAPTER PAGE 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