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custom of paying beforehand for work not done. this work was called " an old horse," and those who worked at it were never in a good temper while it lasted. the handler, then, who had wasted the two first days of the week, found on wednesday morning the " old horse " before him, and fewer handles prepared
long, narrow boards on stallages. these two conditions may account for the absence of close oversight of the workshop. i remember, most painfully, one tuesday night, when that day or the day previous had been given up to the usual idle playfulness, and the required number of handles had not been prepared...
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