A FRIEND IN NEED.
By the author of "MOTOR MATT."
[CONTENTS]
[CHAPTER I. NEW FRIENDS AND NEW FORTUNES.]
[CHAPTER II. THE RAFFLE.]
[CHAPTER III. PING PONG OBJECTS.]
[CHAPTER IV. ANOTHER RESCUE.]
[CHAPTER V. AN ODD TANGLE.]
[CHAPTER VI. THE RICH MAN'S SON.]
[CHAPTER VII. A PLAN THAT FAILED.]
[CHAPTER VIII. A CHASE ACROSS THE BAY.]
[CHAPTER IX. THE LION'S MOUTH.]
[CHAPTER X. THE MOUTH CLOSES.]
[CHAPTER XI. SURPRISING EVENTS.]
[CHAPTER XII. M'GLORY'S RUN OF LUCK.]
[CHAPTER XIII. WAITING AND WORRYING.]
[CHAPTER XIV. PING STARS HIMSELF.]
[CHAPTER XV. A NEW TWIST—BY GEORGE.]
[CHAPTER XVI. ANOTHER TWIST—BY MATT AND M'GLORY.]
[THE MAN-EATER.]
[CHARACTERS THAT APPEAR IN THIS STORY.]
Matt King, otherwise Motor Matt.
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.
George Lorry, a lad who has begun steering a wrong course, and in whom Matt recognizes a victim of circumstances rather than a youth who is innately conceited, domineering and unscrupulous.
Ping Pong, a young Chinese who wins a motor launch in a raffle and insists on working for Motor Matt. Full of heathen vagaries, he drops mysteriously out of the story—but is destined to be heard from again.
"Red-whiskers," otherwise "Big John," an unscrupulous person who takes his dishonest toll wherever he can find it; but, in crossing Motor Matt's course, he meets with rather more than he has bargained for.
Kinky and Ross, two pals of Big John.
Landers, another pal who proves treacherous.