The Avenger 13 - Murder On Wheels
“These would be temporary headquarters in Detroit. He had just opened the traveling laboratory he always took with him—a marvelously compact and complete set of apparatus in a case about the size of a wardrobe trunk.
And then Mac and Josh came in.
They looked as if they had been run through a meat grinder. Mac had a blue eye and an egg on his forehead. Josh walked with a limp and was dabbing at a cut on his cheek, in addition to having a swollen lip.
“We had a fight,” said Mac.
“...Go on,” said Smitty unbelievingly. “I’ll bet you just tried to pick up the wrong girl.” Which was funny, applied to dour, homely MacMurdie.
“Ye mountain of larrrd,” Mac began. But the cold eyes of the chief recalled him to his reporting.
“We are still on the trail of news concerning a mystery car,” said Mac. “We got some news, too! Then, while we were pumping a workman who must be a lot better mechanic than he is a thinker, a gang jumped us.”MoreLess
And then Mac and Josh came in.
They looked as if they had been run through a meat grinder. Mac had a blue eye and an egg on his forehead. Josh walked with a limp and was dabbing at a cut on his cheek, in addition to having a swollen lip.
“We had a fight,” said Mac.
“...Go on,” said Smitty unbelievingly. “I’ll bet you just tried to pick up the wrong girl.” Which was funny, applied to dour, homely MacMurdie.
“Ye mountain of larrrd,” Mac began. But the cold eyes of the chief recalled him to his reporting.
“We are still on the trail of news concerning a mystery car,” said Mac. “We got some news, too! Then, while we were pumping a workman who must be a lot better mechanic than he is a thinker, a gang jumped us.”MoreLess
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