THE PLUMBERS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 332, 9 January 1889, Page 5

THE PLUMBERS.

I. The light of clay was "waning fast. As up the cellar steps there passed A man and boy w ith pot and kit. And through the hall made their e.\it— The Plumbers. ii. Their hands were black, their fares, too, Wot dirt beerimed where fungus grew : For they had toiled with might aud luam All day to clear the choked-up drain— , The Plumbers. lIT. JJuwn through the grating poured the light Ol outside sunshine, waim and bright; Above their heads the cobwebs hung, While leaky drains they dug among — The Plumbers. iv. l "Be not; too quick," their master said, As to the iob that morn they sped. " The la. dlord's purse is deep and wide. We'll drain it well." they replied— The Plumbers. v. "Oh, stay." the housemaid said. " I think The pipes are breaking at our sink."' A smile lit up their faces black : " We'll come again. ' they answered back— The Plumbci'o. VI. " Beware good maid . and do not apeak OC every pett\ , trifling leak ! ' Thjs was tlic landlord's Li^r request, As man and boy went oft to rest — The Plumbers. VII. \e\f morning, prompt at the hour of eight, The\ both appetred at tlie basement gate, And still the heartless public say . '" The\ w ork an hour and charge a day "—" — The Plumber^ \iTi. " Who is i( then who promptly. A ljurh bill oC odd* and ends. Of leaden piprs with hooks and screws, And other stuff the> never use .' "— The Plumbers. IX. There m the ea^h drawer, flat and tlnn. The landlord's purse is lj ing in : " vvho was il drained this man so dry I" The lundloir! answers with a sigh— The Plumbera.