THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE COMET.


By the author of "MOTOR MATT."


[CONTENTS]

[CHAPTER I. TROUBLE ON THE ROAD.]
[CHAPTER II. THE STAMPEDE.]
[CHAPTER III. CLIP'S NOTE.]
[CHAPTER IV. M'KIBBEN'S TIP.]
[CHAPTER V. A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES.]
[CHAPTER VI. THE PRIDE OF TOM CLIPPERTON.]
[CHAPTER VII. LAYING PLANS.]
[CHAPTER VIII. THE RIFLED CACHE.]
[CHAPTER IX. THE BREAK IN THE ROAD.]
[CHAPTER X. PRESCOTT.]
[CHAPTER XI. MATT MAKES A NEW MOVE.]
[CHAPTER XII. THE OLD HOPEWELL TUNNEL.]
[CHAPTER XIII. QUICK WORK.]
[CHAPTER XIV. STEAM VERSUS GASOLINE.]
[CHAPTER XV. IN COURT.]
[CHAPTER XVI. CONCLUSION.]
[THE TENNIS-GROUND MYSTERY.]
[MAKE QUEER CATCHES AT CAPE COD.]
[COLD FIRE.]


[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."

Tom Clipperton, known generally as "Clip," a quarter-blood, who is very sensitive about his Indian ancestry.

McKibben, the sheriff who has both nerve and intelligence.

Fresnay, a cowboy who performs some mighty queer stunts.

Pima Pete, an Indian to whom Clip is related.

Hogan,
Leffingwell,
} two deputy sheriffs.

Short, a lawyer.

Burke, sheriff of an adjoining county.

Jack Moody, an engineer friend of Chub.

Hogan,
Leffingwell,
} two deputy sheriffs.