Building a Fireplace
"T HEN the bricklayer who was referred to as Bricky : arrived to do the fireplace. He was a nice chatty old fellow, too much so in fact for quick results. He spent the day discussing the arrangement of the fire-
place. He said that a labourer would come the next day and carry up the bricks and he would then really be able to start on his job. Next day Bricky arrived, nice and chatty, bricks on the side of the road, but where oh, where had the labourer gone? "Sorry Mrs., not my job to carry those up-so I'll have to leave it till next week when the
bricks are sure to be up at the house." Mary was in despair-another hold up. Bricky must not go. Then she had an idea. " Would he stay and get on with it if she pushed the bricks up in the baby’s pram eight at a time?" He laughed. "O.K. Mrs." What a day! The baby was left with a kind neighbour and had to spend the day indoors, but he was a good little soul, Then Mary and the pram got the bricks up and the fireplace went up too. I don’t know which finished up more worn out-Mary or the pram. (" Mary Makes a. Career," No. 5, 2YA.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 60, 16 August 1940, Page 6
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221Building a Fireplace New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 60, 16 August 1940, Page 6
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