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The Slasher tossed a penny to the proprietor of the machine and waved him on one side; but the man stood in front of the contrivance and besought him pathetically not to strike. 'Not you, Mr. Perry, 'he said humbly; 'oh, not you, Mr. Perry. The Slasher, with an 'Away, slight man' motion of the hand, said 'Gerrout! and the fellow obeyed, seeing that there was nothing else for it.
Then the pet kangaroo was heaved in through the doorway, and fell on its head and raised the dust. A great many ugly dogs rushed for it savagely. The kangaroo jumped up and bounded round the ring. The dogs pursued him noisily. "GERROUT!" Joe shouted, and the crowd stood up and became very enthusiastic.
Peterson risked cuts with criminal recklessness in his efforts to communicate with Dick when the latter took his seat, and Jacker, who sat next, edged up close to Dick and whispered excitedly: 'What happened? What'd he do? Where yer been? 'Been, said Dick, 'oh, just havin' dinner up at The House. 'Wha-at with ole Jock? 'With Mr. and Mrs. Summers, J.P. 'Gerrout! yer can't stuff me.
The crowd retreated in terror; all save one woman, a grim-looking female with the indurated face of an old-established lodginghouse-keeper. This woman came forward, and jabbed at Mahdi the Missing Link with her umbrella. "Gerrout, yeh brute!" she said.
Each player watched the other's actions with an alert and suspicious eye, and this want of confidence led directly to the boys' undoing; for presently Dick detected Jacker in an attempt to deceive, and signalled 'Down! with an emphatic gesture. 'Gerrout! was the word framed by the lips of the indignant Jacker.
"Loaf an these people the night. A man thravellin' his lone, an' nat a shillin' in his pocket!" "O, go an' bark up a tree, you mongrel!" replied the war-material, with profusion of adjective. "Fat lot o' good tailin' you up! A man that sets down to his dinner without askin' another man whether he's got a mouth on him or not! Gerrout! you bin dragged up on the cheap!" "Come!
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