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He had been watching Nance, as she moved about the room carrying out his orders, and at the door he laid a hand on her shoulder. "How old are you, my girl?" he asked. "Twenty." "We need girls like you up at the hospital. Have you ever thought of taking the training?" "Me? I haven't got enough spondulicks to take a street-car ride."
"That's some wealth for one fellow to be packing around." "Go on," advised Crane, waving his long arm at Herbert; "don't bother us. We're tired takin' your spondulicks away from ye; it's too easy." "You're quitters," declared Herbert with a cutting sneer. "There isn't one of you who has a real drop of sporting blood in his veins, that's what's the matter.
Fritz had been fuming with terror and excitement until this sack was reached. He now remembered Lena's letter. He addressed the leader of the band, asking that that particular missive be spared. "Much obliged, Dutch," he said to the disturbed carrier. "I guess that's the letter we want. Got spondulicks in it, ain't it? Here she is. Make a light, boys." Hondo found and tore open the letter to Mrs.
First thing, I warn you not to sniffle and get sorry for yourself. If you do, the game is up. Suppose I can't raise the spondulicks in time for the ten train! Maybe I had better drop a postal to Molly with some of my six sous so she can get it first pop in the morning." This she accordingly did. She found a tobacco shop where stamps and postal cards were sold and mailed a piteous appeal to Molly.
I don't believe the woman knows where Miss Van is now." "I must see her," said Stone. "Yes, sir. She won't get away. She's a regular citizen, an' respectable at that. Well, then, the laundress. To her also Julie had likewise went. An' to her also Julie had passed the spondulicks.
"I love them because they're so clear and clean! Mountain water that's been filtered through pebbles." "Pebbles is right! I'm going to dike you out in one as big as a pebble. And poils! Sa-y, they're what cost the spondulicks. A guy showed me a string of little ones no bigger than pimples. Know what? That little string could knock the three spots out of a thousand-dollar bond I mean bill!"
I ain't as rich as old Jim Hornback, and I can't be so blame' generous and good to Tom, Dick, and Harry as what he is, and slam around money the way he does; but I've told him a many a time 't I wouldn't trade places with him; for, says I, a sailor's life's the life for me, and I'm derned if I'D live two mile out o' town, where there ain't nothing ever goin' on, not for all his spondulicks and as much more on top of it.
"The old firm will carry on as usual; Enwright and Orgreave will have to manage it between them; and of course they wouldn't dream of trying to cut off the spondulicks. Not that I should let that stop me if they did." "Yes, it's all very well for you to talk like that!" said Lois, with a swift change of tone.
"I wonder where he got the spondulicks," broke in her son Richard. "Richard, Richard! you must not use sech a word as that," and Mrs. Farrington cast a reproving glance at her son. "Ye must hev heerd it from Tom Jones; ye know ye never hear it at home, fer we are allus very pertickeler about our language." "Well, money, then, ma. I don't care what ye call it."
Rotten! Rotten!" "You owe me eight dollars an' six bits, Scraggs," Mr. McGuffey reminded his owner calmly. "Chuck down the spondulicks an' I'll get off your ship." Captain Scraggs was beyond reason, so he tossed the money down to the engineer. "Now git," he commanded. Without further ado, Mr. McGuffey started across the deckload to the fo'castle head.
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