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Motor Matt's Prize; or, The Pluck That Wins

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by Stanley R. Matthews


  A GREAT SUCCESS!!

  MOTOR STORIES

  Every boy who reads one of the splendid adventures of Motor Matt, whichare making their appearance in this weekly, is at once surprised anddelighted. Surprised at the generous quantity of reading matter that weare giving for five cents; delighted with the fascinating interest ofthe stories, second only to those published in the Tip Top Weekly.

  Matt has positive mechanical genius, and while his adventures areunusual, they are, however, drawn so true to life that the reader canclearly see how it is possible for the ordinary boy to experience them.

  _HERE ARE THE TITLES NOW READY AND THOSE TO BE PUBLISHED_:

  1--Motor Matt; or, The King of the Wheel.

  2--Motor Matt's Daring; or, True to His Friends.

  3--Motor Matt's Century Run; or, The Governor's Courier.

  4--Motor Matt's Race; or, The Last Flight of the "Comet."

  5--Motor Matt's Mystery; or, Foiling a Secret Plot.

  6--Motor Matt's Red Flier; or, On the High Gear.

  7--Motor Matt's Clue; or, The Phantom Auto.

  8--Motor Matt's Triumph; or, Three Speeds Forward.

  9--Motor Matt's Air Ship; or, The Rival Inventors.

  10--Motor Matt's Hard Luck; or, The Balloon House Plot.

  11--Motor Matt's Daring Rescue; or, The Strange Case of Helen Brady.

  12--Motor Matt's Peril; or, Cast Away in the Bahamas.

  13--Motor Matt's Queer Find; or, The Secret of the Iron Chest.

  14--Motor Matt's Promise; or, The Wreck of the "Hawk."

  15--Motor Matt's Submarine; or, The Strange Cruise of the "Grampus."

  16--Motor Matt's Quest; or, Three Chums in Strange Waters.

  17--Motor Matt's Close Call; or, The Snare of Don Carlos.

  18--Motor Matt in Brazil; or, Under the Amazon.

  19--Motor Matt's Defiance; or, Around the Horn.

  20--Motor Matt Makes Good; or, Another Victory for the Motor Boys.

  To be Published on July 12th.

  21--Motor Matt's Launch; or, A Friend in Need.

  To be Published on July 19th.

  22--Motor Matt's Enemies; or, A Struggle for the Right.

  To be Published on July 26th.

  23--Motor Matt's Prize; or, The Pluck That Wins.

  To be Published on August 2nd.

  24--Motor Matt on the Wing; or, Flying for Fame and Fortune.

  PRICE, FIVE CENTS

  At all newsdealers, or sent, postpaid, by the publishers upon receiptof the price.

  STREET & SMITH, _Publishers_, NEW YORK

  Transcriber's Notes:

  Added table of contents.

  Retained some inconsistent hyphenation ("work-bench" vs. "workbench")from the original.

  For this text edition, oe ligatures have been replaced with the letters"oe."

  Bold text is represented with =equal signs=, italics with _underscores_.

  Page 2, changed "inisted" to "insisted" after "Motol Matt my boss, allesame," and "cred" to "cried" after "Here, now."

  Page 3, changed "out" to "ought" in "You and Ping ought to be ashamed."

  Page 4, changed "instiution" to "institution" ("Another institution,known as...").

  Page 9, changed "sprit" to "spirit" ("said Matt, with spirit").

  Page 10, corrected "stakeboak" to "stake boat" ("As good as passed thestake boat").

  Page 12, changed "wth" to "with" ("forcing an interview with").

  Page 19, corrected "Larry" to "Lorry" ("While speaking, Lorry...").

  Page 23, added missing close quote after "prove that by telling youwhat just happened."

  Page 27, corrected "red as a beat" to "red as a beet."

  Page 28, corrected "Villiany" to "Villainy" in "next number" table ofcontents.

 



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