Motor Matt's Launch; or, A Friend in Need

A resourceful motor enthusiast becomes entangled in seaside intrigues after recovering a lost baggage check, joining forces with his loyal friend Joe McGlory, the troubled youth George Lorry, and a boy named Ping Pong who unexpectedly acquires a motor launch. When the menacing Red-whiskers and his associates scheme to seize money and property, the group stages clever plans involving local authorities, daring rescues, and a high-stakes chase across the bay. The episodes combine action, humorous eccentricities, shifting loyalties, and a sequence of surprises that resolve the tangled disputes by story's end.