NOT AN ATHLETE
Two Irishmen who had been boys together in the same village met again after losing eight of each other for several years. “You remember my brother Michael r said Pat. "He’s turned out a fine athlete and has just won a gold medal for the hundred yards sprint." "Good for him!" replied Dennis. "But do you mind my uncle Maguire at Ballybently ” Pat was not quite sure that he had ever heard of him. "Well," resumed Dennis, "he’s got. medals for half a mile, five miles, and ten miles; three silver cuds for swimming, a marble clock for wrestling, two silver belts for boxing, and. oh! heaps of prizes for cycling.” "Sure, lie’s a champion athlete indeed," said Pat wilh eidhusinsni. "Not M all! Not at ail." exclaimed Dennis. He's just a pawnbroker ’’
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12660, 21 January 1927, Page 8
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136NOT AN ATHLETE New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12660, 21 January 1927, Page 8
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