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it, is apt to marry and remain honest. His former pals, who are still grafters, treat him kindly, for they know he is not a rat. They know, too, that he is a bright and intelligent man, and that it is well to keep on the right side of him. Such a man has often educated himself in stir, and, when he squares it, is apt to join a political club, and is called in by the leader to help out in an election, for he possesses some brains. The gun is apt to make him an occasional present, for he can help the grafter, in case of a fall, because of his connection with the politicians. This kind of
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but he is really very much alive. Often a copper comes to him and asks for the whereabouts of some grafter or other. He will reply, perhaps:
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I hear he is in Europe, or in the West. The copper looks wise and imagines he is clever. The
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The second night I spent on the Bowery after my return from my second bit I met Laudanum Joe, who is another good example of this kind of
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How is graft?
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I have left the Rocky Path, I replied, thinking I would throw a few
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into him.
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I am walking straight. Not in the religious line, either.
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What are you working at?
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I am looking for a job,
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Jimmy, is it true, that you are pipes (crazy)? I heard you got buggy (crazy) in your last bit.
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Joe, I replied,
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If you are going to carry the hod, he said,
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Yes.
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Say, I have no coin. Take me with you and give me a smoke.
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What are _you_ doing, Joe?
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O, just getting a few shillings,
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Why don't you give up the booze?
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Why? Because I don't wear a Piccadilly collar?