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  MOTOR STORIES

  THRILLING
  ADVENTURE

  MOTOR
  FICTION

  NO. 32
  OCT. 2, 1909

  FIVE
  CENTS

  MOTOR MATT'S
  DOUBLE-TROUBLE

  OR THE LAST
  OF THE HOODOO

  _BY THE AUTHOR OF
  "MOTOR MATT"_

  _STREET & SMITH
  PUBLISHERS
  NEW YORK_

[Illustration: _"Stop!" shouted Motor Matt laying back on the end of
the rope_]




MOTOR STORIES

THRILLING ADVENTURE MOTOR FICTION

_Issued Weekly. By subscription $2.50 per year. Copyright, 1909, by_
STREET & SMITH, _79-89 Seventh Avenue, New York, N. Y._

  =No. 32.=      NEW YORK, October 2, 1909.      =Price Five Cents.=




Motor Matt's Double Trouble

OR,

THE LAST OF THE HOODOO.

By the author of "MOTOR MATT."




CONTENTS


  CHAPTER I. THE RED JEWEL.
  CHAPTER II. ANOTHER END OF THE YARN.
  CHAPTER III. SHOCK NUMBER ONE.
  CHAPTER IV. SHOCKS TWO AND THREE.
  CHAPTER V. A HOT STARTER.
  CHAPTER VI. M'GLORY IS LOST--AND FOUND.
  CHAPTER VII. "POCKETED."
  CHAPTER VIII. SPRINGING A "COUP."
  CHAPTER IX. MOTOR MATT'S CHASE.
  CHAPTER X. THE CHASE CONCLUDED.
  CHAPTER XI. A DOUBLE CAPTURE.
  CHAPTER XII. ANOTHER SURPRISE.
  CHAPTER XIII. BAITING A TRAP.
  CHAPTER XIV. HOW THE TRAP WAS SPRUNG.
  CHAPTER XV. BACK TO THE FARM.
  CHAPTER XVI. CONCLUSION.
  HUDSON AND THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE.
  THE DEATH BITE.
  MIGRATION OF RATS.
  SOME GREAT CATASTROPHES.




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.

  =Tsan Ti=, Mandarin of the Red Button, who continues to fall into
  tragic difficulties, and to send in "four-eleven" alarms for the
  assistance of Motor Matt.

  =Sam Wing=, San Francisco bazaar-man, originally from Canton, and
  temporarily in the employ of Tsan Ti. By following his evil thoughts
  he causes much trouble for the mandarin, and, incidentally, for the
  motor boys.

  =Philo Grattan=, a rogue of splendid abilities, who aims to steal a
  fortune and ends in being brought to book for the theft of a motor
  car.

  =Pardo=, a pal of Grattan.

  =Neb Hogan=, a  brother whose mule, stolen by Sam Wing, plays
  a part of considerable importance. Neb himself engineers a surprise
  at the end of the story, and goes his way so overwhelmed with good
  luck that he is unable to credit the evidence of his senses.

  =Banks and Gridley=, officers of the law who are searching for the
  stolen blue motor.

  =Boggs=, a farmer who comes to the aid of Motor Matt with energy and
  courage.

  =Bunce=, a sailor with two good eyes who, for some object of his
  own, wears a green patch and prefers to have the public believe he
  is one-eyed. A pal of Grattan, who is caught in the same net that
  entangles the rest of the ruby thieves.




CHAPTER I.

THE RED JEWEL.


Craft and greed showed in the eyes of the hatchet-faced Chinaman. He
seemed to have been in deep slumber in the car seat, but the drowsiness
was feigned. The train was not five minutes out of the town of Catskill
before he had roused himself, wary and wide-awake, and looked across
the aisle. His look and manner gave evidence that he was meditating
some crime.

It was in the small hours of the morning, and the passenger train was
rattling and bumping through the heavy gloom. The lights in the coach
had been turned low