PLUMBER ON DUTY.
" Some folks say," remarked j tho plumber who Lod been spending the odd time of a leisure wjntef and spring happily among tbfe* burst pipes and leaking cisterns in our basement, as he finally removed himself and the last of his paraphernalia for fcha whole of ihG summer from the premises — " some -folks says that doing your duty don't pay ; but it all depends npon iursv^ you looks at your duty. Now, iihenl there pipes," with a jerk of his thumb towaids the scullery regions' "if I'd *a' put 'em go n? they wouldn't want any ino'-o attention this side o' Christmas, I.? have done my duty t^your landlord, sartin; but then I should wiofc a job ngain in autumn, arid if there wasn't one he»*e foe me, wn /, I shouldn't be able to do m - duty to my kids. Ifc all depamls whicli way you looks at your duty,"
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 30, 9 August 1900, Page 1
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153PLUMBER ON DUTY. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 30, 9 August 1900, Page 1
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