Right in the midst of the solemn affair some mischievous fellow gave a squeak and a big jump; and away they all went hurry-Skurry, for all the world like a lot of boys turned loose for recess.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
5. And thence at departing, Awakening and starting, It runs through the reeds, And away it proceeds, Through meadow and glade, In sun and in shade, And through the wood shelter, Among crags in its flurry, Helter-skelter, Hurry-Skurry.
"McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader"
William Holmes McGuffey
If Bruno had indeed fallen victim to misplaced confidence, and had been craftily lured into this den of ravening wild beasts, why all this confusion and mad Skurry?
"The Lost City"
Joseph E. Badger, Jr.