Motor Matt's Century" Run"

nterest in the boy and his machine, however, was pushed to the background by t

ough, then slapped the letter ex

ed up a hot clue about that Dangerfield outfit. If Motor Matt, here, hadn't got th

att had met in the gap, riding forwa

f courtplaster on one side of his face. The wood-hauler's team ran away, just as he and Morisco were leaving Ph?nix, and, in the excitement of catching it, the courtplaster must have got knocked off Morisco's face. Anyhow, w

queried one of the men. "I thought he was with Dange

ibben that the smugglers are rounded up at Tinaja Wells, and that they have heard we're waiting for them at Potter

dous amount of excitement, all

find out we was layin' f

at Morisco tells McKibben Dangerfield is going to leave Tinaja Wells to-night, but that he-the governor, mind you-hopes to get this letter into my hands by five o'clock this afternoon, so we'll have a chance to rush the smug

ustle and excitement. While the men we

the time you did, King," he observed. "T

st ever," an

your trip-just

nd the trouble he had had with the

you know, who don't think smuggling Chinks into the United States is very much of a crime. Dangerfield must have been

ere passed on along the rim of Castle Creek Ca?on

, whites and half-breeds, working his underground railroad. I'm willing enough to believe about those smoke-signals. The t

the notch, and which had crippled Clipperton's machine and put him

were pushing around Matt and listening to his experiences. As he went on with the incident on the divide, and the way

ff, son!" cried

isy, an' no mista

gang, it will be you as helped more

acrost the divide an' down the ca?on, gatherin' in a

of the men, so it would be a bad play. Besides, we're liable to need our whole forc

ck to Ph?nix,

ay nothing of trying to cover the trail when you can't see where you're going. I'll leave a blanket here for you to sleep on, and a bottle of cold coffe

rke wrote a few words on the back of the envelope that h

uill. You've done a big thing to-day, and if you hadn't had more pluck and ginger than common, it's a cinch

dle. The rest of the men also shook Motor

ont of Matt. "Adios, my lad, and always remember that Bur

the direction of the Gap, although their road to Painted

from his toolkit, he proceeded to dust off the Comet, and to look it over and make sur

s blanket under some bushes near the spring, and ate a suppe

"century" run and had delivered the governor's message to Burke on time. N

been easy for Clip, aided by the half-breed, to send signals along the line carrying information that the trou

es in Arizona, and coyotes began to yelp shrilly among the hills. Feeling perfect

as of some animal sniffing about his camp. Reaching for the bottle that had contained the coffee, he thr

across the hills toward the north and west he saw a fiery line rise in the air and burst into a

s time, I guess, Burke and his men must have reached Tinaja Wells and done their work there. The smuggl

in it was by a sound of voices close at hand. He st

the spring. Two men were standing by the pool, one an American and the other a Mexican.

hills, and had a couple of revolvers dangling at his hips.

among the sheriff's men. As he gave the Mexican more critical attention he was amazed to discover t

vant without being seen it would be well for him to do so. The Comet w

he two men. Matt sprang up, with the intention of making a run for the motor-c

halted, of course. There was no reason in the world why the two men should interfere