| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 1192 |
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that sort, or with a note inquiring when Hunter thought he would be able to return to work. All sorts of rumours became prevalent amongst the men concerning Hunter's condition. He had `broken his spiral column', he had `conjunction of the brain', or he had injured his `innards' and would probably never be able to `do no more slave-drivin''. Crass - who had helped Mr Rushton to `price up' several small jobs - began to think it might not be altogether a bad thing for himself if something were to happen to Hunter, and he began to put on side and to assume airs of authority. He got one of the light-weights to assist him in his work of colourman and made him do all the hard work, while he spent part of his own time visiting the different jobs to see how the work progressed. |
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