| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 1198 |
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shout after them - `However trifling!' - or `Look out, chaps! 'Ere comes some of Rushton's pickpockets.' Amongst Rushton's men themselves it became a standing joke or form of greeting to say when one met another - `Remember! However trifling!' If one of their number was seen going home with an unusual amount of paint or whitewash on his hands or clothes, the others would threaten to report him for stealing the material. They used to say that however trifling the quantity, it was against orders to take it away. Harlow drew up a list of rules which he said Mr Rushton had instructed him to communicate to the men. One of these rules provided that everybody was to be weighed upon arrival at the job in the morning and again at leaving-off time: any man found to have increased in weight was to be discharged. There was also much cursing and covert |
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