TY - BOOK AU - Matthews,Stanley R. TI - Motor Matt's Mystery; or, Foiling a Secret Plot AV - PZ PY - 2014/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Adventure stories KW - Automobiles -- Juvenile fiction KW - Dime novels KW - Jewel thieves -- Juvenile fiction KW - Mechanics -- Juvenile fiction N1 - Release date is 2014-10-23; 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/)); Original publication data not identified N2 - "Motor Matt's Mystery; or, Foiling a Secret Plot" by Stanley R. Matthews is a thrilling adventure novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the charismatic protagonist, Motor Matt, also known as Matt King, an athletic young man with a reputation for quick thinking and bravery. Alongside him are colorful characters like Carl Pretzel, a cheerful German boy, as they navigate a complex web involving stolen black pearls, mysterious assailants, and unexpected twists. The opening of the tale introduces readers to a chaotic scene where Motor Matt intervenes in a comical conflict between a Chinese laundryman and a fat German boy named Carl Pretzel. After resolving the ruckus, they soon find themselves enmeshed in something far more serious when they stumble upon a runaway automobile. This seemingly innocuous incident quickly escalates into a perilous mystery involving the unconscious owner, James Q. Tomlinson, who reveals he was attacked by masked robbers. As they help the injured man, they discover a bag of valuable black pearls and a note hinting at a larger conspiracy, setting the stage for an electrifying adventure filled with suspense and intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47179 ER -