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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.

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          _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
