ADVANCING THE SPARK OF FRIENDSHIP.
By the author of "MOTOR MATT."
[CONTENTS]
[CHAPTER I. THE SKELETON IN THE CLOSET.]
[CHAPTER II. WHAT NEXT?]
[CHAPTER III. BRINGING THE SKELETON OUT.]
[CHAPTER IV. MARKING OUT A COURSE.]
[CHAPTER V. THE START.]
[CHAPTER VI. A SHOT ACROSS THE BOWS.]
[CHAPTER VII. THE MAN HUNTERS.]
[CHAPTER VIII. FOOLING THE COWBOYS.]
[CHAPTER IX. THE TRAILING ROPE.]
[CHAPTER X. A BOLT FROM THE BLUE.]
[CHAPTER XI. "ADVANCING THE SPARK."]
[CHAPTER XII. THE TRAIL TO THE RIVER.]
[CHAPTER XIII. UNWELCOME CALLERS.]
[CHAPTER XIV. AN UNEXPECTED TURN.]
[CHAPTER XV. A RISKY VENTURE.]
[CHAPTER XVI. CONCLUSION.]
[MOSE HOWARD'S FISH TRAP.]
[PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN DANGEROUS PLACES.]
[COSTLY FISHES.]
[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.
Ping Pong, a Chinese boy who insists on working for Motor Matt, and who contrives to make himself valuable, perhaps invaluable.
Amos Murgatroyd, the unscrupulous broker whose fight against the Traquairs and Motor Matt finally results in complete disaster to himself.
Prebbles, Murgatroyd's old clerk, who resurrects the skeleton from the family closet, fights a good fight, and, with the help of the king of the motor boys, finally banishes the skeleton altogether.
Newt Prebbles, for whom Motor Matt undertakes to advance the spark of friendship; a youth who has erred, but who comes to a turning point and takes the right path.
Lieutenant Cameron, an officer in the Signal Corps, U. S. A., who proves to be the cousin of an old friend of Matt, and who nearly loses his life when the aëroplane is tested.
Jed Spearman, "Slim," "Hen," and three others, cowboys belonging with the Tin Cup outfit, who make some mistakes and are finally set right by the sheriff.
Roscoe, sheriff of Burleigh County, who plays a small but very important part.