St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20

journeyman's bag of tools and his furnace.
He is journeyman in embryo, and the first
thing he learns Is implicit obedience to his
journeyman and not to be too swift. Plumb
ers call him Cub and ''kid."
This particular journeynan abused HIS help
ers. When things went wrong he usually
caught his helper by the ear and swatted
him. The result was that the helpers re-
turned to the shop and told the boss they
lacked the talent for plumbing, and quit. AS
result the available helper timber was
rapidly becoming exhausted.
The boss plumber did not wish to lose his
1ourneyman. but he was almost at the end
of his list of helpers. Consequently he
thought. After much labor he produced an
idea. He went down to a resort kept by a
professor" 1t was a dingy place, with
sloppy bar and ny-specked mirror on one
side, and q row of barrels on the other.
The walls were covered with boxing-gloyes
and h1ghly-colored pictures of men in fight
Ing attitudes. AS the result of a conference
between the boss plumber and the 'pro-
1essor, stunted youth, very broad across
the shoulders, was called up.
L want boy to learn the plumbers trade, I"
said the boss plumber.
We'll, you'll have to guess again." said the
stunted youth. '"rhere amt no money In It,
Maybe four or five week, eh? I can knock
that out of the punchin' bag in here, see?"
He meant that he could earn S. a week
teaching half-baked sports to punch the bag
I'll give you $3.50 day to see how you
like the plumbers business" said the plumb
er.
iii go ye," said the stunted youth
The next morning the stunted youth ap-
peared at the plumbers shop in overalls and
little round cap with peak He was told
70 go out with the journeyman plumber. To-
gether they went to big vacant building to
set up an iron pipe. They were sent to the
vacant building that there might be no fam
lily there to be shocked should anything occur.
On the car the stunted youth endeavored to
become acquainted with the journeyman but
the 5ourneyman was sullen and the acquaint-
! ance stopped.
When the building was reached the Journey
man said: Scatter them tools" The tools
| were scattered about, so that when one was
needed some little time was consumed in pick
| ing 1t out. The pipe was several inches In
diameter and the game was to pile one joint
upon another and solder it there, and SO to
| the top of the building. The pipes were heavy
and four times as tall as the stunted youth.
| AS result, 1t was difficult for him to hold
! them up straight. At last the iourneyman.
| who was on ladder soldering, looked down
and said:
Col darn ye. If you don't hold that pipe
up straght III come down and bend your
| face!'
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and said: "All right. Come down and bend
me face" The journeyman. had never been
talked to like this before, and he 'came
down.
When 1t was all over the journeyman went
nome in carriage with a man holding his
mead In his lap. The stunted youth walked
back to the shop
say he said. to the boss, tsI'n too strong
ror the plumbing business Guess I'll quit. j"
| Why what's the matter?" asked the boss.
"oh, that guy ye sent me out wild started
| TO bend me face. De does took him home in
hack. Say, his face is hard" and he rub
| bed his knuckles.
All right" said the boss. eff you've got
to quit here's your $3.50, but think you'd
make great plumber
The next morning the journeyman plumber
walked into the shop. He was a sight.
! Wot kind Of murderer was that YOU
| sent out with me yesterday" he asked. out
| OF the uncovered corner Of his mouth. ''Say.
he beat me scandalous with piece of lead
| pipe" And the boss laughed a loud, scorn-
ful laugh, for he knew that the journeyman
had been tanned. And, sure enough there
after the journeyman treated his helpers as
tenderly as sons, for he never knew when he
might run against another ringer