Project Gutenberg 2016-08-25 Public domain in the USA. 45 Matthews, Stanley R. Motor Matt's Make Up; or, Playing a New Rôle Motor Matt's Make Up; or, Playing a New Role Produced by David Edwards, Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) "Motor Matt's Make Up; or, Playing a New rôle" by Stanley R. Matthews is a thrilling adventure story likely written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers around the character of Motor Matt, a young and brave motorist, alongside his friends, including Joe McGlory and Carl Pretzel, as they navigate a circus filled with sideshows and unforeseen challenges. The plot hints at a deeper mystery involving a Hindoo hypnotist and a young lady of significance, Margaret Manners, along with an intriguing subplot revolving around letters in Hindoostanee that may hold the key to unlocking various secrets. The opening of the story introduces readers to a lively scene within a circus side-show tent. The cast of eccentric characters, including freaks and performers, is immediately engaging and sets a tone of excitement mixed with chaos. Carl Pretzel unwittingly ignites a Roman candle, setting off a series of comedic mishaps that lead to confusion among the performers. Meanwhile, the tension heightens with the introduction of the mysterious letter, hinting at something more serious lurking beneath the entertainment. As the initial chaos unfolds, there's a sense that the light-hearted beginnings of the story will quickly weave into a more complex and thrilling adventure, setting the stage for Motor Matt to rise to the occasion and confront the challenges ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure stories Dime novels Circus -- Juvenile fiction Airplanes -- Juvenile fiction Mechanics -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 227969 227980 2024-09-22T05:20:52.499132 2023-09-23T04:01:14.402195 text/html text/html 228103 2016-08-24T19:20:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 450334 2016-08-24T19:20:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 442191 2024-09-22T05:20:56.942138 application/epub+zip 442952 2024-09-22T05:20:53.115148 application/epub+zip 148758 2024-09-22T05:20:52.789148 application/epub+zip 539705 2024-09-22T05:21:00.422094 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 510181 2024-09-22T05:20:56.494123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 219001 2022-09-24T02:04:00.439989 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 206752 206534 2024-09-22T05:20:51.759136 2023-09-23T04:01:13.645196 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 206811 2016-08-24T19:20:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 79245 2016-08-24T19:20:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18801 2024-09-22T05:21:00.559079 application/rdf+xml 30669 2024-09-22T05:20:52.866139 image/jpeg 4523 2024-09-22T05:20:52.828124 image/jpeg 455138 2024-09-22T05:20:52.533185 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog