Leader_ |
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"Who is it?" asked "Bricktop," "another man to sell bonds?"

Dick handed over the card.

"_New York Leader_, eh? I wonder what he leads, a band or some political
party?"

"That's a reporter," said Walter. "Going to let him in, Dick?"

"Yes, I guess so. I'm tired of having stuff in the papers about me; but
these reporters have to get the stories they're sent after, and it's no
use making it any harder for them than they have it. Tell him to come
up," he said to the waiting bell boy.

A tall, good-looking youth, with a pleasant, manly air, entered the
room.

To those who have read some of my other books he will not be a stranger,
for he was none other than Larry Dexter, whose various adventures I have
described in "The Great Newspaper Series," starting with "From Office
Boy to Reporter."

"Which one is the millionaire's son, with money to burn?" Larry asked,
with a laugh that showed in his eyes. He was a little older than Dick.

"I suppose I am," answered the wealthy youth.

"I'm from the _Leader_," said Larry Dexter. "I've been sent to get your
impressions of New York, and to ask whether you find it a good place to
spend money. Do you mind talking for publication?"

There was such a winning way about this reporter, so different from
that noticeable in many of the newspaper men Dick had been inflicted
with, that the millionaire's son liked him at once. Larry did not take
it for granted that Dick must submit to the questions, but, in a
gentlemanly way, asked for permission to "write him up."

"I don't know that I can tell you anything that will be of interest to
the paper," said Dick, "but I'll do my best."

"That's a relief," returned Larry. "I just came from a crusty old man--a
professor who has discovered a new way of making milk keep--and he was
so grouchy I couldn't get a word out of him. It's a big change to find
somebody who will talk."

"Please don't make up a lot of silly, sensational stuff?" pleaded Dick.
"I'm tired of all that. I'm no different from other fellows."

"Oh, yes, you are!" interrupted Larry with a laugh. "You have millions
of money, and you'll find that makes all the difference in the world. It
will gain you friends, position--in fact, almost anything. At least so
they tell me," he added with another smile. "I never had a million
myself. But now let's get down to business. What do you think of New
York? Can you spend money here as fast