HOW THE HOUSE WAS BUILT 21 



unusual forms ; thus I learn that " tempory " is the 

 antithesis of " permerent." I also learn by inference 

 that the maker of one useful material is deficient in 

 the sense of smell, for when I came on a newly- 

 imloaded stack of large rolls of something with an 

 overpowering odour of creosote, and asked : " What 

 is this very nasty-smelling stuff ? " I was told it was 

 the Patent Inodorous Felt ! 



So I would linger about the works, not exactly 

 idle because always learning something new in the 

 way of cause and effect, till the church clock of the 

 distant town struck twelve and the foreman looked at 

 his watch. Then came his cheery Yeo-ho, and at the 

 welcome call the sounds on the building ceased and 

 the men knocked off for dinner and the midday rest. 



