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Then there came a job in the composing-room of a newspaper, and the life-work of Henry George was really begun, for his employers had discovered that he could "rastle the dic.," and if copy were scarce he could create it. The gold-fever got into the blood of Henry George, and his savings became a shining mark for the mining-shark. A thousand men lose money at mining where one strikes pay-gravel.
"That's Loman's fault, I bet you anything," exclaimed Wraysford. "I'm sure he won't do the kid any good. But Rastle was saying only yesterday how well Stephen was getting on in class." "Was he? It's little thanks to me if he is," said Oliver, gloomily. "And what else have you got to grumble about?" asked his friend. "Why, you know how I'm out with the Fifth over that affair with Loman.
What is it?" he exclaimed in perplexity, looking from one to the other. "Come on, you must rastle me again," shouted Marcus. "Sure, sure," cried the dentist. "I'll rastle you again. I'll rastle everybody," he cried, suddenly struck with an idea. Trina looked on in some apprehension. "Mark gets so mad," she said, half aloud. "Yes," admitted Selina.
"Down nothing," he vociferated, with clenched fists. "Down nothing, by damn! You got to throw me so's my shoulders touch." McTeague was stalking about, swelling with pride. "Hoh, you're down. I threw you. Didn't I throw him, Trina? Hoh, you can't rastle ME." Marcus capered with rage. "You didn't! you didn't! you didn't! and you can't! You got to give me another try."
"That depends upon the feller who comes to meet her." "But you aint going to try to take him? That would be playing it pretty low down on them both." "Keep your hair on, Jimmy! The Judge and me are only going to rastle with the sperrit of that gay young galoot, when he drops down for his girl and exhort him pow'ful!
The signal had a magical effect on all but the uninitiated Stephen, who, profiting by his adversaries' surprise, made one desperate tug at his blanket, which he triumphantly rescued. "Look sharp," said Paul, "here comes Rastle." Mr Rastle was the small boys' tutor and governor.
And if he did want to detain them, why ever should he fix on the identical week in which the grand "Vocal, Instrumental, and Dramatic Entertainment" of the Fourth Junior was due to come off. It was an abominable piece of spite, that was a fact; and Mr Rastle was solemnly condemned one evening in the dormitory to be blown up with dynamite at the first convenient opportunity.
"Of course, as you says so, it ain't for me to say the contrairy; but if you hadn't told me, I should have said he ain't paid me one brass farthing, so now." "Dear me, dear me!" exclaimed Mr Rastle. Of course, if that was so, Loman must have borrowed the eight pounds from Oliver on false pretences, and kept it for his own use.
Givens, feeling aggrieved, and suspicious of fouls, shook his fist at the lion, and shouted: "I'll rastle you again for twenty " and then he got back to himself. Josefa was standing in her tracks, quietly reloading her silver-mounted .38. It had not been a difficult shot. The lion's head made an easier mark than a tomato-can swinging at the end of a string.
Then he gave the offending foot a knock with his fist and an admonitory push. "Please, sir," squeaked the lordly Bramble, "Greenfield junior is trying to knock me over." "I was not," shouted Stephen; "he was squashing me with his foot, and I moved it away." "Really, Bramble," said Mr Rastle, "you are either very unfortunate or very badly behaved. Come and stand on this empty form beside my desk.
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