I wrote spoof letters to myself and I caused other similar missives to be sent to myself from various quarters, upon which I was sure my interceptor would take action, and his movement would probably be thereby detected.
It is a curious phenomenon, and one that constantly recurs in the history of cozenage, how people who live by spoof fall victims so readily to spoofery.
Or, again, it may have been that the wizard of Lambeth, whom she consulted in the Lady Essex affair, could provide a more impressive setting forspoof than she had handy, or that they were simply rogues together.
That motor-boat with the news of the great spoof shall be shepherded across most craftily, but when it comes to return will find that the way of transgressors is very hard.
Half our trouble will be lost unless we can help the spoof news over to the Kaiser, bless him.
Then the Three Towns understood; they grasped, men, women and children, the great spoof of which they had been the interested victims, and their approving laughter rose to Heaven.
An absolutely fresh, unexpected, and inimitable true story of what we fancy is the greatest spoof of the Great War.
The tale of the two lieutenants is perhaps the noblest example of the game and fine art of spoof that the world has ever seen, or ever will see .
In the days when Mark Twain was writing, it was considered good form to spoof not only the classics but surplus learning of any kind.
I would sooner spoof at the people who engineered the Panama Canal or who are drawing up plans for the vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River.
Spoof jumped free and barely escaped a defiant flourish of Buck's heels as they flipped by him.
Lucy Burke would take no refusal this time, so Spoof and Jack and I stayed for dinner.
At breakfast I finished his last jar of marmalade, so if Spoof is flying a flag of distress when you reach home you will know the cause of it.
Spoof and his wife and I still stood as though rooted to the floor.
I paid for the license on Jack's behalf and gave the change to the minister, and we were about to thank Spoof and say good-bye to the little company when they announced in concert that they were coming over to Fourteen.
It was beyond me; so obviously beyond me that Spoof had mercy and brought Jean back to earth.
The three of us linked arms, Spoof in the middle, and trudged back toward Burke's.
Spoof evidently meant to sell his life dearly, if there should be any demand for it.
Spoof evidently left the next morning, for when Jack and I went over to Two about the middle of the forenoon the place was deserted.
It seemed that to protect his extensive supply of personal effects Spoof had bought a padlock for his shack, and one frosty morning this padlock fell to the ground.
After that we held Spoofunder the water while I counted ten, counting very slowly.
You see, Jean, Spoofis a bit of a spoofer himself.
We thrust the somewhat bewildered Spoof into their presence.
The young devil carried the thing about with him so as to play off his silly spoof on every fellow he met I must say he made a damned pretty girl.
He thought I was going to rag him about the spoof he'd played off on the nurse.
Here is a little telepathic spoof that anyone can accomplish who has a telephone in their house, or if not they can make use of the telegraph service.
Out of this spoof society there sprang the famous spoof supper, organised by me, and the full and complete story of which is now given to the world for the first time.
Now mine is of course, in its essence, a spoof show.
But don't bother to spoof yourself about me; I shall be all right, really.
I've done that sometimes, but you can't spoof Monty.
You can't give Monty milk that's been sitting for hours, andspoof him that it's cream.
