A QUICK WORKER.
Scotch house-painter, in a railway carriage, discovers that the only, other occupant is an artist. "Pine day. I see you're a brither penter." Artist (sarcastically): "Yes, I suppose I am. Do you go in chiefly for figure or landscape -work?" "No. Architectural is mair in my line. I wis oot in the country tha day whitewashing a barn. Are y© busy yersel'," Artist • "Yes. I gave the first' coat to a castle, second-coated a little village, a few fir trees, a hillside, and finished a flash of lightning."' "Ma conscience ! But ye be od piecework, shairly."
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Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 16179, 21 August 1916, Page 3
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99A QUICK WORKER. Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 16179, 21 August 1916, Page 3
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