MURDER ON THE WATERFRONT
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  Kidnapped!!!
  
  The sweet young daughter of Edward Harrington Mountford III, Chairman of 
 the Mountford Shipping Co. has been kidnapped.
  A note demanding $500,000 ransom has been received. It has set a dead "D"
 line of 12:00 midnight for the ransom to be delivered to a deserted 
 warehouse on the docks in 52nd Street, or else young sweet Mary Mountford
 will be murdered.
  It was signed by the Irish Gang, infamous New York gangsters known for 
 their brutality.
  You, as Basil Byron, have been engaged to rescue sweet Mary Mountford, If
 you are successful, the ransom will be yours.
  Now cleverly disguised as the meter reader, you head down 52nd Street 
 towards the Waterfront. It's 8:32pm......


 
                           Special Commands
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  `I' list contents of pack.
  `G' lists obvious exits from sites.
  `l' lists items at sites.
  `SAVE' saves game.
  `QUIT' ends game session.
  `N,S,E,W' direction.
             
                             Dictionary
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|           Verbs         |                    Nouns                        |
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| look, get, drop, talk,  | case, key, watch, oars, handkerchief, rope, bar,|
| dance, open, unlock,    | hotel, dance hall, band, girl, waiter, dancers, |
| read, move, help, rent, | inn-keeper, register, door, bed, table, harbour,|
| buy, pry, climb, push,  | trap-door, row-boat, stairs, desk, hall, room,  |
| cut, wear, shift......  | drink, knife, gloves, note, small key, seat,    |
|                         | chain, porthole, guard, Mary, cabin, gang plank,|
|                         | lamp, safe, taxi, picture, button........       |
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