Project Gutenberg 2016-06-23 Public domain in the USA. 131 Matthews, Stanley R. Motor Matt's Short Circuit; or, The Mahout's Vow 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 Short Circuit; or, The Mahout's Vow" by Stanley R. Matthews is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the adventures of Matt King, also known as Motor Matt, who is a skilled young motorist. As he navigates the challenges that come with performing at a traveling show, he becomes entangled in a plot involving an exotic snake charmer and an unruly elephant, Rajah, setting the stage for thrilling escapades and potential dangers. At the start of the novel, the reader is introduced to the mystical atmosphere created by a serpent charmer performing with a cobra at night, which hints at the coming conflict involving the character Dhondaram, a snake charmer with a hidden agenda. As Motor Matt prepares for his next flight in the aëroplane, tension rises with the arrival of Rajah, the elephant, whose unpredictable behavior leads to chaos in the show. The opening sets an intriguing tone for the novel, laying down a mix of suspense, adventure, and the unique blend of carnival life that will drive the plot forward, while also alluding to the underlying schemes threatening Matt and his friends. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Adventure stories Dime novels Circus -- Juvenile fiction Airplanes -- Juvenile fiction Mechanics -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 229244 2025-07-21T05:15:45.469548 text/html 208716 2024-10-23T00:46:01 text/html 441560 2025-07-21T05:15:49.612503 application/epub+zip 441822 2025-07-21T05:15:46.073567 application/epub+zip 147997 2025-07-21T05:15:45.758548 application/epub+zip 539156 2025-07-21T05:15:52.599480 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 510073 2025-07-21T05:15:49.215562 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 219364 2022-09-23T21:35:35.888850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 206881 2025-07-21T05:15:44.972538 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 186828 2024-10-23T00:46:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17209 2025-07-21T05:15:52.729494 application/rdf+xml 31290 2025-07-21T05:15:45.831518 image/jpeg 4805 2025-07-21T05:15:45.795521 image/jpeg 454733 2025-07-21T05:15:45.503543 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog