Front matter

Transcriber's Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

The long horseback ride of the morning had whetted their appetites.—Page 125.

Dave Porter Series

DAVE PORTER’S GREAT SEARCH OR THE PERILS OF A YOUNG CIVIL ENGINEER

BY

EDWARD STRATEMEYER

Author of “Dave Porter at Oak Hall,” “The Old Glory Series,” “Colonial Series,” “Pan-American Series,” etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER S. ROGERS

BOSTON

LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

Published, August, 1917

Copyright, 1917

By Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.

All rights reserved

DAVE PORTER’S GREAT SEARCH

Norwood Press

BERWICK & SMITH CO.

NORWOOD, MASS.

U. S. A.