" or merely "apprentice" or what.--Another remarkable feature
about "Flintergill" was that he never came back to his work in the
afternoon except that he had had ham, veal, beef, or some other
"scrumptious viand" to his dinner. But on one occasion one of his
shop-mates detected some flour porridge on his waistcoat. During the
afternoon this shop-mate asked "Flintergill" what he had had for dinner.
"Duck and green peas," promptly replied "Kendal." "Aye," said the
workman, "an' ther's a feather o' thi waistcoit."--Another side-light on
"Kendal's" character will perhaps be afforded by the following. He went
to a certain shoemaker's in Haworth, and got measured for a pair of
boots, which it was arranged should be ready by a stated time. Then he
went to another shoemaker's shop in the village, and was measured for a
pair there. The anecdote runs that on the day fixed for the boots to be
ready "Flintergill" sent his father-in-law's daughter to each of the
shoemakers, telling her to get "t'reight un fra one, an' t'left un fra
t'other." In this way, it was "Flintergill's" frequent boast, he got a
pair of boots for nothing.--Another story relates his visit to Bradford.
"Flintergill" intended to spend the evening in Pullan's Music Hall, but
he got into the Bowling Green, where there happened to be a waxwork show.
"This must be Pullan's," said "Flintergill" to his companion; and up they
both went on the platform. "Billy" offered his money to the door-keeper,
who, however, neither spoke nor held out his hand. "Flintergill" said he
"wor a funny door-keeper" and threatened that "if he didn't tak' t' brass
they wor bahn in abaht." And inside "Flintergill" and his friend bounced,
to find that the door-keeper was "Tim Bobbin,"--a wax figure.--Still
another anecdote says that "Flintergill" was one day seen up a tree
sawing off one of the branches. A passer-by asked, "What is ta dewin up
theear, Flintergill?" "Oh," was the reply, "we call this weyvin i' ahr
country." No sooner were the words spoken than "Flintergill" tumbled to
the ground. "Ah see," said his questioner, very aptly, "an' tha's come
dahn fer some more bobbins." It appeared that "Flintergill" had been
sawing off the bough on which he was standing.--I will close this series
of anecdotes with a reference to the frequency of "Flintergill's"
flittings. He used to say that he had no sooner got into a house than it
was wanted for a beer-house or by a railway company. "Flintergill" ke