HOW TIM WAS PUZZLED.
Wedding presents are frequently distinguished for their uselessness, and giftmaking at any time is always attended with some danger; but there is a contractor in Yorkshire who realises that the most generous intentions may turn out disastrously. This is how it came about. A faithful Irish employe announced his desire to take a fortnight's holiday in order the v isit his brother in Dublin. He had worked so well and steadily that his employer not only granted his reqiiost but made him a present of a large portmanteau. The night before Tim was to leave he received the gift, accompanied by a few appreciative words. Tim stared at the portmanteau for a few moments, and then asked : " Phwat am Oi to do with thot? " " Why, put yaur clothes in it when you go away, of course," answered the contractor. " Put me clothes in it, is it ? " said Tim. "An' phawt will Oi •wear if oi put me clothes in it ? "
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Lake County Press, Issue 1063, 7 May 1903, Page 3
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