THE LIMIT.
An Irishman was employed by a big shipbuilding yard in the North of England. Ou him fell most of the disagreeable jobs, and lie was much in request for lifting the heaviest weight. On the eve of a recent launching, when the huge vessel was standing ready ou the stocks for the morrow's great event, the Irishman went to the foreman and demanded his pay. "What for?" asked his foreman, in astonishment. "Surely you're not leaving us ?" " 'Deed and I am," replied the Irishman. "Since I've been here I've done some heavy lifting, but " and he pointed first to the finished ship and then to the barricade on the bank of the river— "I'm hanged if I'm going to lift-that thing over the fence to-morrow!"
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 135, 9 June 1928, Page 21
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127THE LIMIT. Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 135, 9 June 1928, Page 21
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