Motor Matt's Peril; or, Cast Away in the Bahamas / Motor Stories Thrilling Adventure Motor Fiction No. 12, May 15, 1909

The tale follows Matt King, an audacious young adventurer and his companions—Carl Pretzel, Dick Ferral, and Archibald Townsend—through a sequence of high-energy episodes that include a staged moving-picture ambush, encounters with brigandlike attackers, service aboard a submarine, and voyages that lead toward Cape Town and the Bahamas. Mechanical marvels and improvised craft figure alongside schemes by unscrupulous rivals, producing wrecks, escapes through torpedo tubes and a leaking airship, and repeated contests of wit and courage. Action-driven episodes emphasize resourcefulness, loyalty among friends, and shifting alliances as the group confronts danger, surprises, and narrow survivals.