pocket-roll

Updated: May 19, 2025

As he ran down the steps and gave his two suit cases to the nearest red-cap, the links in a vague chain of recognition snapped themselves suddenly into a complete whole, and I knew instantly why the thumbing of the pocket-roll in my friend's generous offer to lend me money had struck the chord of familiarity.

Francis Lynde - Branded

I managed to say at last, shivering in the cold blast which came sweeping up the river. "Three months, and then some," he returned jauntily. "I'm collecting a little on the old debt now, and doing fairly well at it, thank you." "The old debt?" I queried. "Yep; the one that the little old round world owes every man: three squares, a tailor, a bed and a pocket-roll."

Francis Lynde - Branded