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Updated: May 11, 2025
"And every grafter 'twixt here and kingdom come has had the same excuse," declared the valiant head of the Workers. "Business or no business, Ferd Parrott is done runnin' this tavern." "There's a point I reckon you and me can agree on," said Hiram, sadly. He gazed out to where the tracks of Mr. Parrott led away through the slush.
They parted with the impression on David's part that Ben thought him a self-indulgent grafter, and on Ben's side that David thought him a bully solely interested in imposing his will on those unfortunate enough to be dependent on him.
He had worked himself to death for a pittance, until, giving way under the strain, his constitution completely undermined, he proved an easy victim for pneumonia. If he had been less scrupulous, more of a grafter, if he had seen in his profession only the money to be made out of it, he might have been a rich man by this time. But he was honest, honorable to a fault.
I suppose you've noticed that Mike Murphy has a crush on your stenographer; and I don't see how he's going to put anything over if he never gets a chance to see the girl!" "I really hadn't noticed it, Mr. Ricks." "If it was a ten-cent piece you'd notice it," Cappy retorted. "And now that matter is settled, how about this port steward? Is he a grafter? If not, raise him five dollars a month.
When we had made Herman as comfortable as we could, Garrick added to Dillon, who stood over us, speechless, "You had under you one of the strong links in the secret system of police protection of vice and crime, and you never knew it the greatest grafter and scientific gunman that I ever knew. It has been a long, hard fight. But I have the goods on him at last."
I do not mean that lowest form of honesty which bids you keep your hands clean of another's goods or money; I do not mean that you shall not be a "grafter," to use the foul and sinister word which certain base practices have recently compelled us to coin. Of course you will be honest in a money sense. But that is only the beginning; you must go farther in your dealings with the world.
He wa'n't a grafter, anyway, and the only way I could ease his mind on the expense question was to let him hand me a quarter before we went in, and make him think that covered his share. Max, the head waiter, winks humorous as he sees who I'm towin' in; but he gives us a table by a Broadway window and surprises the old boy by pullin' out his chair respectful.
Clearly this Colonel did not understand the first rudiments of graft. "First I must go by Mr. Skinner," said Stitz simply. "Mebby he grafts me more NOT to pass such an ordinance." "Look here, Stitz," said the Colonel in alarm. "You ain't goin' to do that, are ye?" "Vell," said the mayor, "still must I do it! So always does the boss grafter. Which side grafts him the most, so he does.
At the malice and scorn that fairly dripped from the words Sammy raised resentful eyes from his slice of bread and jam. Frank smiled hopefully. "Oh, Frank, Sammy goes to Sunday-school he does." "Every Sunday don't ya, Sammy?" "Bet he goes to Sunday-school just to sponge. Bet he's a grafter bet he " But at this point Frank's helper turned about and faced the fence. And a strange thing happened.
O-liver had rather queer ideas as to the sacredness of certain things. Tommy Drew, who had a desk in the same office, read Vanity Fair and wanted to talk about it. "Say, I don't like that girl, O-liver." "What girl?" "Becky." "Why not?" "Well, she's a grafter. And her husband was a poor nut." "I'm afraid he was," said O-liver. "He oughta of dragged her round by the hair of her head."
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