Pay Running On
An Irishman had received a job as brakesman on a railroad in a mountainous section in Pennsylvania, and was to be paid a certain amount per mile as wages. On one of the first trips the engineer lost control of his train, and at a dangerous rate it went speeding down the steep gradients. Suddenly the conductor saw his Irish companion, who had been clinging to the running board for dear life, make a move as though to rise, and fearful that he intended to jump, the conductor yelled: “Don’t jump! You’ll be killed!" The greenhorn shouted back: “ An’ do you think Oi’m fool enough to jump whin Oi’m making money as fast as Oi’m now?”
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 319, 19 December 1929, Page 6
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119Pay Running On Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 319, 19 December 1929, Page 6
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