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Updated: May 11, 2025
"Rake-offs!" Morris cried. "What d'ye mean by that?" "I mean I seen it Gussarow, the glass man, on the subway last night, Mawruss," Abe explained, "and he says that for every pane of glass what went into your house, Mawruss, Ferdy Rothschild gets his rake-off." "Well, what do I care?" Morris retorted. "If Gussarow could stand it, Abe, I can."
No, I guess it's the feet." As they sallied forth Maud said, "First, I'll show you our hotel." And they went to a Raines Law hotel in Forty-second Street near Eighth Avenue. "The proprietor's a heeler of Finnegan's. I guess Freddie comes in for some rake-off. He gives us twenty-five cents of every dollar the man spends," explained she. "And if the man opens wine we get two dollars on every bottle.
And what might happen if the divers, through their ringleaders, objected to surrendering to the Ceylon government the demanded "rake-off" of two thirds the oysters rescued from the sea by their efforts, in the event of these courageous fellows being assured that all the law in the world on the subject says that all the sea and all therein contained, beyond the distance of three nautical miles from shore, belongs to the universe!
Starratt voiced these fears to Brauer. "Sure he expects a rake-off," Starratt's silent partner had said. "Everybody gets it ... if they've got business enough to make it worth while." "Well, he won't get it from me," Fred returned, decisively. "I've signed my name to an agreement and that agreement will stick if I starve doing it!"
These bonds they then used as collateral. Stone carried all that he could, at enormous usury, I understand, and let some of his banker friends in on the rest; and I suppose the banks paid him a rake-off. The ten-year period is up this fall, and their bonds are naturally retired; but, of course, they will renew." "I'm not so sure about that," said Bobby.
"Youse keeps yer yap closed till youse gets de cue savvy? Dat's all! If youse play fair, mabbe youse'll get a look-in on de rake-off; if youse throws me down, the first shot I fires won't miss youse. Go on now, get down behind dat chair quick!"
No, sir; I'm not here in a professional way at all, and I don't want to be molested. I've connected myself with an oil company, and I'm down here to look over the ground. It beats poker and fan-tan hollow, though there ain't as many chances in favor of the dealer, and in oil it's the farmer that gets the rake-off.
"Wal, I reckon you made a rake-off," drawled Larry, as Neale came up. "Lend me some money, pard." Neale glanced at Larry and from him to the girl. She dropped her eyes. "Ruby, do you like Larry?" he queried. "Sure do," replied the girl. "Reddy, do you like Ruby?" went on Neale. Beauty Stanton smiled her interest. The other woman came back from nowhere to watch Neale.
The Red Un looked very clean and rather bleached. The Chief was busy; he read the night reports, which did not amount to much, the well soundings, and a letter from a man offering to show him how to increase the efficiency of his engines fifty per cent, and another offering him a rake-off on a new lubricant. Outwardly the Chief was calm even cold.
A faint smile of derision curved his lips. She saw it and added "I'll give you a rake-off." He resented both the words and her tone, but she only laughed at the frown which appeared for a moment. "You're 'out for the stuff, aren't you?" she demanded. "Well, so am I." He regarded her silently.
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