Category: Adventure
=Joe McGlory=, a young cowboy who proves himself a lad of worth and character, and whose eccentricities are all on the humorous side. A good chum to tie to--a point Motor Matt is quick to perceive.
=Joe McGlory=, a young cowboy who proves himself a lad of worth and character, and whose eccentricities are all on the humorous side. A good chum to tie to--a point Motor Matt i...
2. CHAPTER I."Back the car off the road and into the bushes," said he, "then we'll sit where we can look around the bend toward Waunakee and I'll tell you all you want to know."
3. CHAPTER II.Motor Matt, swinging along the road toward Madison, that morning, was particularly light-hearted. He and his new chum, Joe McGlory, had accomplished something worth while; and w...
4. CHAPTER III.Matt threw a look over his shoulder. Big John was just making a flying leap to the running board of a large car. He fell aboard in a huddle, colliding with the dash and striking...
5. CHAPTER IV.Into the grounds of one of the finest homes on "Fourth Lake Ridge," otherwise known as "Aristocracy Hill," Matt backed the little runabout. A brick-paved roadway, overarched wit...
6. CHAPTER V.Who could possibly have furnished Lorry with the information on which he had based his remarkable conclusions? Certainly his attitude had changed most decidedly since he had sen...
7. CHAPTER VI.By bringing the submarine boat _Grampus_ safely around South America the king of the motor boys had made a good deal of money. Most of this he had invested on the Pacific Slope,...
8. CHAPTER VII.The hum of the motor was soothing to Matt's troubled spirit, and even the kick of the wheel sent a joyous thrill through his every nerve. There were clouds in the west, and a pr...
9. CHAPTER VIII.Pickerel Pete did not feel overloaded with responsibility. Two dollars a day was a princely wage, but there were things he would not do even for that immense sum. He would try t...
10. CHAPTER IX.As Matt fell his head struck against the gunwale of the boat. His senses did not leave him entirely, but he was stunned for a few moments and rendered incapable of doing anythin...
11. CHAPTER X.Matt's position in the boat enabled him to watch one dark bank of the river as they glided down toward the lake. He was listening and looking for some sign of life on the bank....
12. CHAPTER XI.What could Matt do to save himself? It was a time when he must think quickly. He would also have to act with promptness and decision--an impossibility in his helpless state.
13. CHAPTER XII.There was a rough but comfortable sitting room in one end of the boathouse. Lorry, who was familiar with the place, left Matt and McGlory near the door which they had forced ope...
14. CHAPTER XIII.When Matt, Lorry, and McGlory had made forcible entrance into the boathouse, it had been through the door that fronted the river. Merton and Big John had entered through a door...
15. CHAPTER XIV.That visit of Matt, McGlory, and Lorry to the boathouse was worth all the danger it had brought, even if it had resulted in nothing more than opening Lorry's eyes to the duplici...
16. CHAPTER XV.The boys were astir early, it being their intention to reach Madison and the Lorry home before Mr. Lorry could get away to cross the lake--providing that proved to be his intent...
17. CHAPTER XVI.McGlory aroused himself for a moment, and learned what the excitement was all about. Straightway he forgot his physical ills and became absorbed in the wonderful race Motor Matt...