“PULL, ADAM, PULL!” – There was a lad in Ireland, who was put to work at a linen-draper’s; and while he was at work there a piece of cloth was to be sent out which was short of the quantity it ought to be; but the master thought that it might be made the length by a little stretching. He thereupon unrolled the cloth, taking hold of one end of it himself, and the boy at the other. He then said, “Pull, Adam, pull!” The master pulled with all his might, but the boy stood still. The master again said, “Pull, Adam, pull!”