Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-05
How a Partition Was Put [ p.

TIE following ske-ch is ffol The Pl.i'h-Ts
l.; del:
asst week = AT5r1et street dry glols man
dee med il good hat he should have a par 5.
ti'n put up in h back par of bis store. an
50 be sent Tor old Cnips. Lne carpenter, -
c me am sac suout a.. Ia the fan .rss Of
Z me CHIPS put a. all appearance with a To-:
of sawdUSi III his bair sui "A tUO foot Tuie
i'm his pocket. AMI ne sounded the plaster
" In l. kuUckles. and M a>ured the lel-Ta
a. height OF tie lro> lfctive partition. and
"a ked technically egaT,iiug 'stuldlng' aui
"iraceS.'
,'wen. w.alIi it cost?' demanded the
Market street man.
CLipe SAID it was that kind OF work that
you couldbt tell aud then he took oil his
hat. got down on his hands ami knees ana
squiEted along he floor To See If it was level.
Then he said tt would be an ugly JOB, aud
tod The man 10 have everything moved ont
of the way and he would send two men down
In the morning.
The Market Street man, being I'm a hurry
on account of the holidays, put all his clerks
to work that evening ara had the goods
moved Ia one side; but in the morning the
men didn't come, and the clerks had 10 huS-
tie The goods back again, while the man
cursed old Chips, and swOre that II he ever
hal aEolher job he would give IL TO Jobhs.
The re Xt n.oTnit 9 the two men dawdled
il TO the store with two boxes OF tools. One
was Zig man with dirty face and the
other little man with hands like nutmeg
CRATER. aid a Knit jacket They sat down
or 81 tTessel aud cut chews OIL plGg of navy
W Ii chiSCl, while the clerks again wres-
TIED W tn The goods. and while his was go
log on the big mau spit SINE tobacco iuice
on the stove; wheTeupon the little man
SWING his legs sio~ ~ aUd remarked that II
To keo tike some If JObh>' work. and he
would bet them supports. y0u know, wasn't
lie Pr G;CnlaT, they leaned 100 much 10 ward
Market ttTeet. The big man didn't mink
81. Big man would bet the drinks theV
leaned toward Wood street. Then The hi.
man eO' plumb bob, ard the little man
procured spirit-level, aud they fought and
Wransled over the point ut issue until the
appearance of the owner of the store, when
hey hltched up their pantaloOnS and began
tOwork. This operation was inaugurated
by the little man measuring the length of
the PARTITION, and, to make sure, the hig
man also measured Ii, and said IL was right.
This recalled a "Reminiscences to the nina of
the big man, and he ked his partner il he
remembered The time they made a bOtCh out
oil Il 100 Tor old JanCey by getting the wrong
measure. Then they both laughed. and
each one put his loot upon the tresLle, and
tEey talked about old Jancey, and how Old
Janccy's daughter used 10 whoOp up lunch
every DAY. and they were only recalled 10 a
sense OF their duty by hearing the clock in
Municipal Hall strike for 9. Upon becoming
aware OF this Mr.. Chips men dragged in "A
lot OF lumber leisureiy. The big man picked
up hoard, laid il on the trestleS, produced
a chalk line, made a cut in the end of the
board with "A saw, and felt in his vest pocket
for piece OF chalk; then he laid down the
line and felt in ms pockets. The little man,
who had set down Io take a rest. felt H. his
pockets, but there was no chalk, and the
little man went TO the shop for some. wntIa
the other man SAT down 20 mediate. Wnea
The lite man returned, about 10 O'CLOCK,
they proceeded 10 work at the partition In n
lhiegmatic Style which caused the Market
street man 10 grOaD In agony OF soul: an
before II O'Clock they had ruined "A lot OF
&c DDS with tobacco juice, and the little man
had ScalpeI clerk by letting a Ia che; fall
or his head from a ladder. Ia the after
noon lie big man drove tLeE end of a
board into the stomach If old Mr..
Piler, one of the Msrket-Street nau's
best customers, ana Mr.. Piper laid acr8-s
TIE counter gaspiug for breath ftr nNc migl-
ntes before any body noticed Inn Epou
recovering he thiew The bundle Of goods Ire
had purchased ~ lie clerk s face and LIT ia
disgust. But This Gid hot disturb SIR. ChipS'
men. ard they Grove nails AMI wtist'ei, and
put up The partition 10 suit themselves. aud
not according To Ihe Markct- street man
orders. They said II they would uuJ il I'D ~
That way II would be ''wOySy- iIwet," aud
the Maj ket-stTCet man Went into his Office
ana tore his E+ir- and wondered II he had
lived in vain. This sort Of thing went on cor
v eek anu then tie little man and the htg
man packed up their tools and went away,
ana CEips came round TO look at the ion.
F! CHIPS said IL was d good job. IRE Market
street man thought a. first IL would cost
hlin about flltcCu dollars, but Chips sail il
would cost him eigBty-seycn dollars and
flaetecn cents. The Market street man
daIcSo around ana asked Chips why he
oiint charge 1--WE hundred dollars. BAT Cnips
had dealt with UEreas enable men, an! ne
merely picked little piece OF glue ol3 Of ais
whiSkerS and suggested that the Mark Z
street man needed another PARTITION on Ina
other side of The store.
Upon hearing this the victim was so thor
Oughly eNasperatsd as To be speeches., and
willie he was glaring al Chips in astoplsh-
ment that person lett his bIII and Sirad lac. /
out OF the shop. However, the bill has ..ot
yet been paid.