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But when, like a saphead, you pull your new moniker, but with the same old initials hitched to it, and when on top of that you ask for George Spillane, which is Cheesy by his most popular alias when you do these things, why Chappy, it's your own fault. "Because Costigan is on then, bigger than a house. You've tipped him your hand, see?
Clarke's power in the underworld as Marre had reached the height where the underworld itself eulogised that power by bestowing on the man the "moniker" of Wizard, investing him, as it were, with a title and a peerage in that inglorious realm.
Unfortunately, I do not know with whom I am conversing." "Quite easily remedied. I am Joe Hogan, commonly called 'Red' Hogan. The moniker means nothing to you." "I never heard it before." "I thought not, which merely proves you are not a 'fly-cop, only a measly busy-body sticking your nose into some one else's business.
Pinkie, a short, slight little man, she dismissed with hardly a glance; he was the common type, with low, vicious cunning stamped all over his face an ordinary rat of the underworld. But her glance rested longer on his companion. The Pug was indeed entitled to his moniker! His face made her think of one. It seemed to be all screwed up out of shape.
They called him "Wild Cat" at first, but when they considered his hugeness and uniform good nature the name seemed a misnomer; so they amended it and called him "The Gentle Wild Cat." This moniker clung to Hiram Hooker through all of his subsequent life in the desert. The seventh day after their start, at evening, they rolled into Julia and set the populace agog with speculation.
Only he was called Reddy, because he'd got such a blazing red head and whiskers. He's croaked, so he wouldn't mind me using his moniker, seeing it's not doing him any good now." "Let us agree upon John Flint," I decided. "Help yourself," he agreed, equably.
Then, I shall be able to take on the beast who has come to be known as the Cowardly Lion. A most unfitting moniker, wouldn't you say, for a fellow who swiped off my head while I was asleep one day?" "You'll never get away with this!" roared Tiger. "Elephant is too big and strong to be beaten by any spider even one so large as you!" "We'll see about that shortly, Shorty," replied the spider.
"She had some flossy ones: Emperor, Commander, President, en sich, but I vetoed that trash, the colt couldn't carry 'em and live. I suggested Red, er Monty, er some sich. Thar we adjourned and left the colt without a moniker. What's yer notion of a name fer this little hoss?" "I just can't think of the right one," said Davy resignedly.
"Yes, but that is not what you mean; that gives you no such right as you claim. You are Hobart's daughter then?" "I didn't say so, Mister Captain West. I told you my moniker, that's all. Jim here brought me up, but he ain't no father to me, and his wife ain't my mother. It took me a while to find that out, but I got the thing straight at last.
Black Jack, we're going to trim this town to a fare-thee-well!" "My name is Hollis," said Terry. "Terence Hollis." "Terence hell," snorted the other. "You're Black Jack's kid, ain't you? And ain't his moniker good enough for you to work under? Why, kid, that's a trademark most of us would give ten thousand cash for!" He broke off and regarded Terry with a growing satisfaction.
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