PLAYING A NEW RÔLE.
By the author of "MOTOR MATT."
[CONTENTS]
[CHAPTER I. HIGH JINKS IN THE SIDE SHOW.]
[CHAPTER II. THE "BARKER" SHOWS HIS TEETH.]
[CHAPTER III. THE MAN FROM WASHINGTON.]
[CHAPTER IV. A CLUE IN HINDOOSTANEE.]
[CHAPTER V. SOMETHING WRONG.]
[CHAPTER VI. A BLUNDER IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.]
[CHAPTER VII. THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS.]
[CHAPTER VIII. THE PILE OF SOOT.]
[CHAPTER IX. MATT MEETS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.]
[CHAPTER X. RESCUE!]
[CHAPTER XI. BILL WILY REPENTS.]
[CHAPTER XII. MATT LAYS HIS PLANS.]
[CHAPTER XIII. MOTOR CAR AND AEROPLANE.]
[CHAPTER XIV. THE OAK OPENING.]
[CHAPTER XV. AEROPLANE WINS!]
[CHAPTER XVI. CONCLUSION.]
[A BRAVE DEED.]
[A LOCOMOTIVE HERO.]
[GEESE DROWN A SQUIRREL.]
[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.
Carl Pretzel, an old chum who flags Motor Matt and more trouble than he can manage, at about the same time. In the rôle of detective, he makes many blunders, wise and otherwise, finding success only to wonder how he did it.
Ping, the Chinese boy.
Ben Ali, the Hindoo hypnotist and elephant trainer, who executes a master-stroke in the matter of his niece, Margaret Manners, and finds that a letter in Hindoostanee can sometimes prove a boomerang.
Dhondaram and Aurung Zeeb, two Hindoos who have appeared before as confederates of the crafty Ben Ali, and who now show themselves for the last time in their villainous part, and vanish—one into prison and the other into parts unknown.
Margaret Manners, the niece of the rascally Ben Ali and a ward of the British nation temporarily. In her particular case, justice is slow in righting a grievous wrong—and would have been slower but for Motor Matt and his aëroplane.
Reginald Pierce Twomley, who represents the British ambassador, wears a monocle, and who, in a passage at arms with Dhondaram, proves himself a man in McGlory's eyes and a near-pard.
Boss Burton, manager and proprietor of the "Big Consolidated," who, in his usual manner, forms hasty conclusions, discovers his errors, and shows no sign of repentance.
The Bearded Lady, the Armless Wonder, the Elastic Skin Man, the Zulu chief and the Ossified Man, all freaks in the side-show tent, who appear briefly but brilliantly in the light of a Roman candle.