QUITE IN ORDER.
Even the old professor, wrapped up as ho was in matters not pertaining to this earth, could not help thinking that something was amiss.
Descending the staircase, he waylaid a grimy-looking individual with various implements in his hands.
'J Who are you?" he asked, "Plumber, guv'nor." "Are you working here?" "Yus, sir. Little job of a bust pipe." "It is possible that you make mistakes in your work, my good man?" "No, guv'nor; I bin at it a year." "I suppose it's all right, then," sighed the old professor. "Only I imagined you might have made a mistake, as the chandelier in the drawing-room is spraying like a fountain, and the bathroom tap is on fire!"
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Waipa Post, Volume VII, Issue 327, 30 June 1914, Page 5
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119QUITE IN ORDER. Waipa Post, Volume VII, Issue 327, 30 June 1914, Page 5
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