Word: murgatroyds
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There was no formality in the farewell. Simply a grip of strong hands, blue eyes searching each other, a whispered message for Murgatroyd's tutor, and they were gone...
...been pitched on the landing. Our guides, accustomed to the long grind, were so industrious that at four that afternoon the white tent of Camp No. 3, which was to be our highest camp, had been pitched on the landing nearest the summit. From this camp Fritz and Murgatroyd were to make the final dash. By seven o'clock the tent was full of meteorological instruments and empty bottles. At nine o'clock Fritz bought back his watch for ten blue chips, looked at it and at Murgatroyd, snapped it shut, rose and spoke: "It's come, boys...
...SANDHILLS? Antony Marsden?A. & C. Bom ($2). John Creed, perfect English gentleman, calls late at night upon a Mr. Murgatroyd to punch his head for a card game insult. Mr. Murgatroyd drops dead after taking a right to the chin. A motorcycle and a friend's lugger land John Creed safely among the dunes of France. With Scotland Yard sleuthing furiously in alternate chapters, John Creed evades the law through great physical discomfort, many a hairbreadth escape, but never for an instant ceases to be a perfect English gentleman. He rides in a circus, skins through a fire, hides...