Motor Matt's "Century" Run; or, The Governor's Courier

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Motor Matt's Century Run; OR, THE GOVERNOR'S COURIER.
By the author of MOTOR MATT.
Matt King , concerning whom there has always been a mystery—a lad of splendid athletic abilities, and never-failing nerve, who has won for himself, among the boys of the Western town, the popular name of Mile-a-minute Matt. Chub McReady , sometimes called plain Reddy, for short, on account of his fiery thatch —a chum of Matt, with a streak of genius for inventing things that often land the bold experimenter in trouble. Welcome Perkins , a one-legged wanderer who lives with Chub and his sister while their father prospects for gold—Welcome is really a man of peace, yet he delights to imagine himself a terror, and is forever boasting about being a reformed road-agent. McKibben , the sheriff who has both nerve and intelligence. Juan Morisco , a Mexican of low degree, and a rascal as well. Tom Clipperton , known generally as Clip, a quarter-blood, who is very sensitive about his Indian ancestry. The Governor , head of the State, and a friend of Matt. Gregory , a rancher. Dangerfield , the leader of the smugglers; who has another name. Burke , another sheriff, who lands his man. Rags , a little girl waif whom Matt befriends, to his profit later.
WELCOME TAKES A SUDDEN DROP.
Ready, Perk?
Hold up there, Chub! Don't ye git in sich a tarnal hurry. What am I goin' to do with this here rope?
Why, cast it off, of course. How can you expect to fly with the rope holdin' you back?
Waal, now, wait; le's understand this thing. It's my idee, ain't it?
Sure. You drew the plans an' I put the machine together.
If any picters is published in the papers, mine goes in bigger'n yours, don't it?