Motor Matt's Mystery; or, Foiling a Secret Plot
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_ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT!!_
MOTOR STORIES
_A New Idea in the Way of Five-Cent Weeklies._
Boys everywhere will be delighted to hear that Street & Smith are nowissuing this new five-cent weekly which will be known by the name ofMOTOR STORIES.
This weekly is entirely different from anything now being published.It details the astonishing adventures of a young mechanic who owned amotor cycle. Is there a boy who has not longed to possess one of theseswift little machines that scud about the roads everywhere throughoutthe United States? Is there a boy, therefore, who will not be intenselyinterested in the adventures of "Motor Matt," as he is familiarlycalled by his comrades?
Boys, you have never read anything half so exciting, half so humorousand entertaining as the first story listed for publication in thisline, called "=Motor Matt; or, The King of the Wheel=." Its fame isbound to spread like wildfire, causing the biggest demand for the othernumbers in this line, that was ever heard of in the history of thisclass of literature.
Here are the titles to be issued during the next few weeks. Do not failto place an order for them with your newsdealer.
No. 1. Motor Matt; or, The King of the Wheel. No. 2. Motor Matt's Daring; or, True to His Friends. No. 3. Motor Matt's "Century" Run; or, The Governor's Courier. No. 4. Motor Matt's Race; or, The Last Flight of the _Comet_.
32 LARGE SIZE PAGES SPLENDID COLORED COVERS
PRICE, FIVE CENTS PER COPY
AT ALL NEWSDEALERS, OR SENT POSTPAID BY THE PUBLISHERS UPON RECEIPT OFTHE PRICE.
_STREET & SMITH, Publishers, NEW YORK_
_THE BEST OF THEM ALL!!_
MOTOR STORIES
IT IS NEW AND INTENSELY INTERESTING
We knew before we published this line that it would have a tremendoussale and our expectations were more than realized. It is going with arush, and the boys who want to read these, the most interesting andfascinating tales ever written, must speak to their newsdealers aboutreserving copies for them.
=MOTOR MATT= sprang into instant favor with American boy readers and isbound to occupy a place in their hearts second only to that now held byFrank Merriwell.
The reason for this popularity is apparent in every line of thesestories. They are written by an author who has made a life study ofthe requirements of the up-to-date American boy as far as literatureis concerned, so it is not surprising that this line has proven a hugesuccess from the very start.
Here are the titles now ready and also those to be published. You willnever have a better opportunity to get a generous quantity of readingof the highest quality, so place your orders now.
=No. 1.--Motor Matt; or, The King of the Wheel.= =No. 2.--Motor Matt's Daring; or, True to His Friends.= =No. 3.--Motor Matt's Century Run; or, The Governor's Courier.= =No. 4.--Motor Matt's Race; or, The Last Flight of the "Comet."=
TO BE PUBLISHED ON MARCH 22nd
=No. 5.--Motor Matt's Mystery; or, Foiling a Secret Plot.=
TO BE PUBLISHED ON MARCH 29th
=No. 6.--Motor Matt's Red Flier; or, On the High Gear.=
TO BE PUBLISHED ON APRIL 5th
=No. 7.--Motor Matt's Clue; or, The Phantom Auto.=
TO BE PUBLISHED ON APRIL 12th
=No. 8.--Motor Matt's Triumph; or, Three Speeds Forward.=
=Price, Five Cents=
To be had from newsdealers everywhere, or sent, postpaid, upon receiptof the price by the publishers
_STREET & SMITH, Publishers, NEW YORK_
Transcriber's Notes:
Added table of contents.
Italics are represented with _underscores_, bold with =equal signs=.
Phoenix was printed with oe ligatures in the original text.
Some inconsistent spellings within dialect have been retained.
Some inconsistent hyphenation (e.g. cottonwood vs. cotton-wood) hasbeen retained from the original.
Page 1, changed "Tomilson" to "Tomlinson" and "Ling" to "Sing" in castof characters.
Page 6, changed "under der drompone" to "und der drompone," "un dersleigh-pells" to "und der sleigh-pells" and "No noddng" to "No nodding."
Page 10, added missing quote after "der Tenver bapers."
Page 12, changed ? to , after "Watching your car."
Page 17, changed "away then went" to "away they went."
Page 21, changed "had he pearls" to "had the pearls."
Page 22, added missing quote before "Does this road run."
Page 23, removed extra quote before "Spangler, for a moment."
Page 28, changed "west rode" to "west road" and added missing quote before "Well, unexpectedlike."
Page 29, changed "hundred of feet" to "hundreds of feet."