| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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scarcely anything to do, and nearly everybody had to stand off for a few days or weeks. When Newman got his first start in the early part of the year he had only been working for about a fortnight when - with several others - he was `stood off'. Fortunately, however, the day after he left Rushtons, he was lucky enough to get a start for another firm, Driver and Botchit, where he worked for nearly a month, and then he was again given a job at Rushton's, who happened to be busy again. He did not have to lose much time, for he `finished up' for Driver and Botchit on a Thursday night and on the Friday he interviewed Misery, who told him they were about to commence a fresh `jab' on the following Monday morning at six o'clock, and that he could start with them. So this time Newman was only out of work the Friday and Saturday, which was another stroke of luck, because it often happens that a man has to lose a week or more after `finishing up' for one firm before he gets another `job'. |
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