Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1907 — Both Green. [ARTICLE]

Both Green.

“Wanted, at once, a rough carpenter, 7 shillings a day. Apply J. Morris, Onehunga.” This advertisement caught my eye one morning, says the author of “Adrift In New Zealand,” when I had been some weeks In the antipodes and thought it time to cast about for work. The 7 shillings appealed to me, and, as the advertiser did not say how rough the carpenter was to be, I decided to apply at once to Mr. J. Morris. I applied and got the job. v In Bpite of my conceit, however, I felt very nervous when the day arrived on which I had to begin my work. I was at the appointed place a" full half hour before my time, tramping up and down in front of two empty houses, wondering what I would have to do to them. At 8 o’clock my £ellow> worker arrived, and after a critical survey of me asked if I were the new man, and on my explaining that I was he had the impertinence to inquire if I knexV anything about carpentering. I was piqued. “No,” I answered very sharply. “Neither do I,” he replied as cheerfully as could be and swung open a gate and walked Into an empty house. Prom that moment we were fast friends.