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Updated: May 11, 2025
I've often dreamt that I have found a bunch of money picking it out of the gutter, usually dimes, quarters, halves bushels of 'em! But this is different oh, so different! Can it be real? Am I on the boards again? Can it be only stage mon ? Look here; isn't this a windfall? Isn't this a monumental rake-off for a non-profesh?
"Why not?" she asked. "Of course she'd marry you, you silly fool, if you went the right way about it." He was silent. "She is worth six hundred thousand pounds, and I happen to know that she has nearly two hundred thousand pounds in cash on deposit at the bank," said Jean. "Why do you want me to marry her?" he asked significantly. "Is there a rake-off for you?" "A big rake-off," she said.
But when other outfits came up or down the valley of the Clear Fork we joined forces with them, tendering our corrals for branding purposes, our rake-off being the mavericks and eligible strays. Many a fine quarter of beef was left at our cabin by passing ranchmen, and when the gathering ended we had a few over five hundred cattle for our time and trouble.
Alopex and I get a rake-off on his profits, as we do on the fare of the men we ship out of Marseilles. Gems and fugitives are part of my regular line of trade, with efficient help from Alopex." Actually Agathemer was gone about two hours and came back with a portly bag of gold pieces.
A further outburst of the French language from Mr. Crump, supplemented on the part of the "old gink" by gesticulations, interrupted the proceedings. "What's he saying now?" asked Mr. Scobell. "He wants to know " "Don't tell. Let me guess. He wants to know what sort of a rake-off he and the other somnambulists will get the darned old pirate! Is that it?" Mr. Crump said that that was just it.
"Yah, it's my New-Year's resolution to tell the truth for thirty minutes if I'm bounced for it. If you got to know it, it's a ten-per-cent. rake-off for us girls on every bottle of golden vichy you boys blow us to." "Honest, Sylvette, you're wearing scrambled eggs instead of brains to-night. Why don't you cry a few brinies for the gemmemen while you're at it!" That so quickened Mr.
Of coorse," he added, putting his mouth close to Toole's ear, and winking at Grevemeyer, "ye will see that there is a rake-off for me an' th' byes." "Sure!" said Toole. The big mayor turned back to the bar and took a drink from his glass. Grevemeyer took a drink from his glass, also. So did Toole, gravely. Dugan wiped his mouth on the back of his hand and turned to Toole again.
I know him, but I've been tipped to let him alone. There's graft in it for somebody, and I fancy I know who gets the rake-off, though I wouldn't like to say." When they looked into the cigar store Hatch and his companions had disappeared. "The entrance to the gambling house is through the store," explained Bronson. "Do you wish to go in?" "Yes." "Come on." They entered the store.
But before that happened, he wanted to see life with a large L; and Cousin Whitaker gave him a good start by introducing him to little ingénue Liane. And then she put the smuggling bee in his bonnet." "Smuggling!" Lanyard began to experience glimpses.... "Champagne. If ever all the truth comes out, I fancy it will transpire that Liane's getting a rake-off from some vintner.
The ramifications of the ring of which I was the mere figure-head can be readily imagined. I sublet the contract to the next lowest bidder, who delivered the cattle, and we got a rake-off of a clean hundred thousand dollars. Even then there was little in the transaction for me, as it required too many people to handle it, and none of them stood behind the door at the final "divvy."
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