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There is a mild panic on in at least three of the city wards over the disappearance of a fellow named Gryson, a sort of er wire-puller and all-around general-utility man. Some say he has been doing crooked work and had to disappear; others say that he has taken his pay for whatever job he was doing and has skipped out, leaving his journeymen strikers to hold the bag."
In the midst of the excitement somebody saw Peleg Snuggers, the general-utility man of the school, hurrying across the backyard. "Hullo, there goes Peleg!" was the shout. "Let's give him a rousing farewell, boys," came from Tom Rover. "Hi, there, Peleg, come here." "Can't, I'm in a hurry," responded the man-of-all-work, who had had the cadets plague him before.
"Nor I but we'll hear of them, nevertheless, mark my words. The Baxters won't leave us rest. They are a hard crowd, and Buddy Girk is just as bad," finished Tom. It was the opening of the spring term at Putnam Hall Military Academy, and the three Rover boys had just come up from Cedarville in the carryall, driven by Peleg Snuggers, the general-utility man of the place.
But he said the auxiliary verb AVERE, TO HAVE, was a tidy thing, and easy to handle in a seaway, and less likely to miss stays in going about than some of the others; so, upon his recommendation I chose that one, and told him to take it along and scrape its bottom and break out its spinnaker and get it ready for business. I will explain that a facchino is a general-utility domestic.
The green was to be a walking suit for Miss Marguerite and trimmed with whatever fur would be considered most appropriate. The lavender would be a sort of dinner and general-utility dress and ornamented with some beautiful Persian embroidery that had been brought from abroad; one of Aunt Kate's bargains.
The Greeks and Romans, too, are reserved as sort of GENERAL-UTILITY men, to do all the dirty work of illustration; and they fill as many functions as the famous waterfall scene at the 'Princess's, which I found doing duty on one evening as a gorge in Peru, a haunt of German robbers, and a peaceful vale in the Scottish borders.
In the church-house, or church tavern, a general-utility building found in many parishes, the great brewing crocks were furbished, and the roasting spits cleaned. Church trenchers and platters, pewter or earthen cups and mugs were brought out for use; but it was the exception that a parish owned a stock of these sufficient for a great ale.
"Oh, you must come," was the cry, and in a moment more Peleg Snuggers was surrounded. "Let us march him around on our shoulders," went on Tom. "Peleg loves that, I know he does." "Don't, neither!" cried the general-utility man. "Now, Tom Rover, you just let me alone." "We'll carry you around for your rheumatism, Peleg. You've got rheumatism, haven't you?" "No, I haven't."
That is the number we expect to make for the world needs inexpensive, general-utility power plants more now than ever before and also it now knows enough about machinery to want such plants. The first tractors, as I have said, went to England. They were first offered in the United States in 1918 at $750.
Opdyke had a cold; and so it came about that Olive, dropping in, that morning, and hearing of the dilemma, offered to drive down to meet the guest. "You always were a comfort, Olive," Reed assured her gratefully. "You've a general-utility sort of disposition that seems to balk at nothing, and therefore we all impose upon you. Sure you don't mind? You can't miss Whittenden.
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