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Title: Careers of Danger and Daring

Author: Cleveland Moffett

Illustrator: Jay Hambidge
George Varian

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Language: English

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CAREERS OF DANGER AND DARING

[Illustration: "DIVERS AT WORK NEAR A WRECK."]

CAREERS OF DANGER AND DARING

BY

CLEVELAND MOFFETT

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
JAY HAMBIDGE AND GEORGE VARIAN
AND OTHERS

[Illustration]

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1903

Copyright, 1900, 1901, by
THE CENTURY CO.

Copyright, 1898, by
S. S. MCCLURE CO.

Copyright, 1901, by
CLEVELAND MOFFETT.

* * * * *

_Published October, 1901_

THE DEVINNE PRESS.

Dedication

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO
MY TWO LITTLE CHILDREN
ANNE EUNICE
AND
CLEVELAND LUSK
IN LOVE AND THE HOPE THAT
IT MAY HELP THEM, AS THEY
GROW UP, TO FORM HABITS OF
COURAGE AND USEFULNESS.
AUGUST, 1901. C. M.

CONTENTS

THE STEEPLE-CLIMBER PAGE
I In Which We Make the Acquaintance of "Steeple Bob" 3
II How They Blew Off the Top of a Steeple with Dynamite 14
III The Greatest Danger to a Steeple-Climber Lies in Being
Startled 21
IV Experience of an Amateur Climbing to a Steeple-top 29

THE DEEP-SEA DIVER
I Some First Impressions of Men Who Go Down Under the Sea 40
II A Visit to the Burying-ground of Wrecks 54
III An Afternoon of Story-telling on the Steam