DIDN'T WORK TOO HARD.

NZ Truth, Issue 605, 20 January 1917, Page 12

DIDN'T WORK TOO HARD.

"Abe," said Mawruss, "seems to me, y'understand, that working as hard as I do I ought to be gettin' more money.' "Well, now, Mawruss, let's see," saic Abe; "there are 365 days m the year, aint it?" "Sure;" said Mawruss. "Well, then, eight hours is one-third of the. day, and one-third of 365 Is 122 days, and that leaves 243 days, ainl "Of course," said Mawruss. '^Well, eight hours a day you be resting, ain't you? and eight hours a day is another third-day off; that makes 122 days?" /'That's right," says. Mawruss. "Well, 122 days from 243 days is 121 ain't it?" "That's so," said Mawruss. "Well, you know every Sunday we close down, and that makes 52 days, and 121 minus 52 makes it 69 days ain't it?" • "That's right," says Mawruss. "Well, then, we also been clostn 1 every Saturday half-holiday all through the year, ain't it? and that makes 26 days, and 26 off 69 makes 43 days ain't it?" ■' "Sure," said Muwruss. "Well, then, two weeks of the year you been restin' on a vacation, and that makes 14 days, and 14 days off 43 days leaves 29 days." ( ■ "It is," said Muwruss. v ''And there was another two weeks when you said you were buying goods, and was being showed a good time by those traveller fellows, and can't count that, and that makes 14, and 14 from 29 leaves 15, ain't it?" "Sure," said Mawruss. "And now I been noticin' you been takin' an hour off for lunch every day, and that makes 14 days.off ,15 days leaves one day." "It does," said Mawruss. "Well, I know you didn't work that day," said Abe, "'cause that was Christmas."