List of Illustrations.
| PAGE | |
| “Well my boy what can I do for you?” | Frontispiece |
| “Well, Pete, old fellow, I’ve heard of you many a time.” | 8 |
| Chief Trask explains the fire box to Bruce. | 17 |
| “For fully a minute Bruce stood looking at the house.” | 47 |
| Bruce tells Laura the story of his visit to Mr. Dexter’s house. | 72 |
| Bruce in Mr. Dewsnap’s “fire library.” | 79 |
| “Never in his life had Bruce known such a reckless ride.” | 91 |
| “She was certainly very deaf.” | 98 |
| Bruce delivers a lecture on botany. | 122 |
| “Did you get the beggars’ time?” | 136 |
| “He managed to climb out on the ladder.” | 156 |
| Laura visits Bruce in the hospital. | 190 |
| Then Laura began to cry. | 202 |
| “So you’ve been in the hospital, have you?” | 225 |
| “My mother is buried here.” | 248 |
| “Mr. Dexter * * * held out his hand for the address.” | 257 |
| “Skinny writes a letter to Mr. Korwein.” | 270 |
| “Dere’s an answer ter dat.” | 286 |
| “And so this is the business you conduct, is it?” | 317 |
| “The horses bounded to their places.” | 343 |
| “A single slip or false step on his part meant death.” | 368 |
THE THIRD ALARM.