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Title: An Amateur Fireman

Author: James Otis

Release Date: July 24, 2010 [EBook #33242]

Language: English

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AN AMATEUR FIREMAN

JAMES OTIS

[Illustration: LIFE-SAVING CORPS AT WORK. _Frontispiece._]

AN AMATEUR FIREMAN

BY

JAMES OTIS

AUTHOR OF "TOBY TYLER," ETC.

[Illustration: JIP AND THE FIRE-ALARM.--_Page_40]

NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY

681 FIFTH AVE.

COPYRIGHT
E. P. DUTTON & CO

1898

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE AMATEUR 1

II. 'LISH DAVIS 19

III. JIP'S REVENGE 36

IV. SAM THE DETECTIVE 54

V. TARDY REPENTANCE 73

VI. AN OBSTINATE DETECTIVE 92

VII. NEW LODGINGS 110

VIII. JIP COLLINS'S RETREAT 127

IX. THE UNIFORM 144

X. AT HEADQUARTERS 161

XI. SAM'S RETURN 179

XII. THE PRISONER 196

XIII. THE LETTER 215

XIV. THE SUBPOENA 233

XV. THE TRIAL 251

XVI. WINNING A MEDAL 270

XVII. THE BLOW-OUT 288

XVIII. THE EXHIBITION DRILL 306

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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LIFE-SAVING CORPS AT WORK _Frontispiece_

'LISH DAVIS A