A general cargo was being loaded into a vessel the captain of which made a hobby of working himself into a apoplectic fit as sailing time drew _ near. A piano had to bo snipped, and it had reached the bottom or the hold when the chief mate ordered the man in chahge of the winch to “Heave up. The captain got excited. “Do yon want to be in this darned place all dayp” hoiVoared. “No,” replied the mate, “ but there’s a man under that piano, and I. thought he might like it lifted off him.”
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Evening Star, Issue 20254, 15 August 1929, Page 9
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95Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Star, Issue 20254, 15 August 1929, Page 9
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