By the author of "MOTOR MATT."
[CONTENTS]
[CHAPTER I. WELCOME TAKES A SUDDEN DROP.]
[CHAPTER II. A QUEER SITUATION.]
[CHAPTER III. "RAGS."]
[CHAPTER IV. A DANGEROUS MISSION.]
[CHAPTER V. THE RED ROADSTER.]
[CHAPTER VI. SURMOUNTING THE DIFFICULTY.]
[CHAPTER VII. SMOKE-SIGNALS.]
[CHAPTER VIII. ON THE DIVIDE.]
[CHAPTER IX. A RUSE THAT WON.]
[CHAPTER X. AT POTTER'S GAP.]
[CHAPTER XI. JOE BASCOMB.]
[CHAPTER XII. BOLIVAR TURNS UP.]
[CHAPTER XIII. THE RED ROADSTER AGAIN.]
[CHAPTER XIV. ON TO PHOENIX!]
[CHAPTER XV. THE END OF THE MYSTERY.]
[CHAPTER XVI. MATT REPORTS TO THE GOVERNOR.]
[ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD.]
[CHARACTERS THAT APPEAR IN THIS STORY.]
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.
[CHAPTER I.]
WELCOME TAKES A SUDDEN DROP.