Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1913 — PLUMBER HAD HIS REVENGE [ARTICLE]

PLUMBER HAD HIS REVENGE

Nettled by the Espionage of an Officious Butler, He Plays a Clever Trick. The frost had frozen some of the taps in a gentleman’s house and burst a few pipes, so that a plumber had to be called in. The plumber was shown round by the coachman, but as soon as he commetfced work an 'officious butler kept close ,watch over him. He didn’t like the treatment, and determined to play a trick on -the butler. In the bathroom he found a burst pipe, and, after cutting out the Ice, he quickly popped his thumb over the hole. "Here, mate," he said, turning to the butler, “bold yer thumb over this hole

while I fetch my solderin’-iron. Don’t shift, or there’ll be a flood.” An hour went by, but the plumber had not returned. Then the butler called a rervant who was passing, and told him to fetch him up. She found him enjoying lunch in the kitchen. “The butler wants to know when yon’re going to release him,” she said. “Go an’ tell the fool to shift his thumb. I turned the water off before I started on the Job,” replied the plumber, grinning. -