BLACK WORK WELL PAID.
A clergyman meeting a chimney sweeper, asked whence he came?
"I have been sweeping your reverence's chimneys."
"How many were there?"
"Twenty, Sir."
"Well, and how much do you get a chimney?"
"Only a shilling a piece, Sir."
"Why, I think a pound is pretty well for your morning's work."
"Yes, Sir, we black-coats get our money easy enough."