The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-14

IT GAVE nm A BIG SURPRISE.

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Psumhsrsa cammenk Was oniss 6risf.
Aar. Gimp came home from the city
the other day and burst into his house
with IN cir that meant business. he
smiled when the maid told him his
wife was cut laid a parcel on the
stairs. took or his coat. rolled up his
sleeves, took his parcel and went up
60 the bathroom. where he opened the
i package &c contained monkey /
/ wrench. q screw driver. half n dosen
assorted rubber washers and q pipe
Il wrench.
Thank goodness. my wife's not
homer said Mr.. Gimp III there IL
anything upsets q man II Is the foolish |.
II questions q woman asks when be Is
Il trying to DO q job Plumber. Shed |
get q plumber 20 mend q leaky faucet, |
would sAel TIL show her that q man |
Of intelligence can do q JOB In ave min |
utes that plumber would take all day
to do and charge S. NowF'
Dir. Gimp turned the faucet. Not
drop OF water came out He turned
the other. Il was dry They were the
bathtub faucets. and the far one had
been leaking for a week. while Mr..
Gimp promised day by day to attend
10 IT,
"Wen," said Mr.. Gimp as he saw
that no water came out Of the faucets.
that's more sense than thought that
woman possessed Turned on the wa
ter. did she? Didn't let IT run all day
when there was no need Of 1t. heyf
NowP'
Mr.. Gimp took the monkey wrench
In one hand and the pipe wrench in
the other and climbed into the bath
tub. Then he sat on the edge while
he studied the faucet
"Lemme seer he said You take OF
that handle. and you unScrew that top
dingus- That's what You do" So he
did that Twice the monkey wrench
slipped and he skinned three knuekles.
but he got the handle or. and he un-
screwed the cap and pulled out the rod
that held the washer. Then he peered
down into the remaining portion of the
faucet and looked at the washer.
The washer seemed IN good condi-
ton He peered into the faucet and
ran his finger around In 1t, accumulat-
ing iron rust on It. II the washer was
not broken what could be the matter
with the thing? There must be some
thing the matter deeper down He set
his pipe wrench around the pipe and
grasped the faucet with the monkey
wrench. The faucet held like grim
death The more 1t resisted the more
he pushed and pulled and grunted and
said strong words.
When the faucet gave at last It gave
suddenly, and Mr.. Gimp fell over the
side Of the bathtnb and landed with a
bump that shook the house He was
up again in q minute and in the bath
tub. Tha faucet was badly marred
where the wrench had dug into its
) soft brass. and the nose Of it was
twisted awry. but the faucet was of
4 He took the faucet to the window and
= studied Il Except for the damage he
- had done II, there seemed nothing the
u matter with It
% Some fool plumber" said Mr.. Gimp
sngrily. has put the wrong sort OF
washer into this faucet That's what's
the matter, ana tnaCS all
He picked out a different sort OF
\ washer and put 1t on the plunger. II
= was not good At, but 1t was a change
anyway.
Now" said Mr.. Gimp. and h
climbed back into the bathtub. HG
bumped himself down on his knees
and looked into the water pipe OF
which he had to screw the faucet
Now" he said
As If that had been the signal. {
= strong, vigorous stream Of water sho
~ out Of the pipe and struck Mr.. GimI
W In the eye. He gasped for breath ant
1 tumbled backward But the stream
II pursued him He got up and crap
pied with the stream
mII Unless you have tried to grappl
| with q stream IKE that you canno
II even family imagine the difficulty o
I'll giving It q good, self satisfying grap
, | pie 4 stream like that win not figh
A fair. II you put your hand over tn
pipe the stream VIII squirt out In fol
ty-two directions. Some OF them hi
the ceiling. Most Of them hit MI
Gimp. He wrestled silently until th
bathroom was wen soaked and be wa
: well soaked. and then he decided
: was better just to let the stream spur
1t spurted into the bathtub anyway
= So he got out OF the tub and drippe
3 on the floor and paved water out c
II his hair and wiped water out Of b
4 eyes.
i And Just then the plumber came ~
= stairs again. He had been down ee
= lar to turn on the water after he ha
fixed the faucet. and 1t was quite ma
% ural that he should come up again |
"A see If the faucet was well fixed.
u he came up. and he looked into II
. bathroom. and he saw the faucet l.
u ing In the bathtub among wrench'
n and water. and he saw the wat
j squirting heartily.
And all he said was, well, I'll
. durnedw Just like that-"Wel. 1
be durned?' That was all be said.
Ellis Parker Butler In Judge.