THE CONSCIENTIOUS PLUMBER.
The plumber worked "and 1 the'helper stood looking on. He was. learning the business. This was his-first [day.. "I say," he inquired, "do you charge for my time?" "Certainly," came the-reply. "But I haven't done anything.": The plumber,, to fill _in the hour, had been looking at the finished job with a lighted candle. . Handing the two inches of it that were still unburned to the helper, be said: "Here—if you're so darned conscientious —blow that out!" r ■'■'.'
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 51, 28 August 1926, Page 21
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81THE CONSCIENTIOUS PLUMBER. Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 51, 28 August 1926, Page 21
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