Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-12-08
/" Green Jones" as q Life Insurance
Agent.
BY JEHLAL SLAB.

the Adorable Life Insurance Company,
don't your" inquired Green Jones.
"No? You've missed q sumner then.
"He came along here about year ago
now. Tongue glib? Well, it was. Ran
as easy as an empty hand-sle in winter.
Even made me believe l was gifted as a
life insurance agent
"The way he told it, not single man
had taken hold of the Adorable, for the
last hundred and fifty years, and made less
than five thousand a year and expenses.
Zone agent had cleared $4,000 in
eight years.
SAnother had laid aside $3.50 in six
years.
Another still peculiar case that was,
though-man particularly adapted to the
work). He built up such business in the
short space Of five years, that he actually
overshadowed the company. They had to
force him out as measure of self-protec-
ton. Averaged twenty thousand dollars
a year clear of all expenses while he was
in, and the Company paid him $162,OOO in
lump for his renewals, besides, when he
went out.
"Well, didn't care much about being
such an agent as that-the Internal Rev
enue officers would always be botheripg
me So But finally concluded Seeing the
thing was SO common and easy that
would turn in and make eight or ten thou
sand year, for eight or ten years, and then
retire on my renewal commissions.
"Grubbs posted me up till he said
could 60 it. Then he went on home and
left me to go it alone.
"The town was strange to me a year
ago, and every one in it a stranger. One
locality seemed just as good as another to
begin in, as it were. So sauntered leisur-
ly down street the morning after Grubbs
left, and swung into the first store came
to. wasn't going to let anybody see but
that I had all the self possession necessary
for my branch Of business.
"Nobody in sight. l lounged along
among the boxes, and brooms, and Goldfish
piles in a sort of cheeky, familiar way, till
/ got to the back Office. There found q
large, middle-aged man, sitting alone, read
ing a newspaper.
ale looked up over the top of his paper
rather suspiciously as entered Then he
said, "Good morning" Coolly and dubi-
ously.
II was very intent on my GRAND by that
time-so intent that wholly neglected to
answer him.
az hauled out my rate-book and opened
It.
| "The paper was laid aside omniously,
his gaze still riveted on me. i,
"With hand kind Of trembling and
knees shaking little, began:
9" Mister did you ever consider the SUBJ
ject Of IA f.,s ...,+-.8
az didn't finish that sentence, for down
Slated two.dollar and half pair Of spec
1 II TO-, Hrrv<~ hvrvaI rnA md q
/ eff we'll -ticrcfopct bone and sfnUw. AROUND
the room, agile as French dancing mas
ter, it went hopping. Like wild bull In
slaughter yard 1t rOared:
"'Julius Caesar! Six Life Insurance
Agents, and it amt nine o'clock yet. Here
/ began to crawfshl. ! won't stand 1t
| another minute! Here, Tigel sick i'm!
"There was sudden, convulsive scratch
ing of toe nails at the further end of big
safe that stood on the other side Of the
room. Then came a scratching equally
sudden and convulsive where was.
II started Just one square jump ahead
ofth big bull -dog, and I maintained my
advantage till got within about ten feet
! of the front door. Then suddenly found
it necessary to execute quick, strategic
right flank movement around pile OF
boxes
i THAT dog went on out doors with one
of my cOat-tails in his mouth, and went
through side-window. 8sa
II didn't pay much attention to any.
thing but the work had on hand going
home. Then, with features grim as q
grave stone, proceeded to pile applica.
ton after application, book after book, and
circular after circular, on the top of each
other. Then I turned all my pockets in
side out, to see if some fragment hadn't
escaped my notice. oa cl8 5
"That pile is in the house there yet, il
my wife hasn't burnt it up. And there it
may stay, my friend. l shan't touch an
other one of those documents, if they gel
to be as old as the Declaration of lndepen
dence s a@i isf 50
Life Insurance. Agents well, others
may seek success that way if they want to
I'd rather be q pack-peddler." - - a
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workmen, and their work 10 done with
marvelousneatncss. A curious feature O.
their houSss H. that they do not contain ,
nail, all their joints and timbers being dove
tailed together by many ingenious devices
and the whole work, even 70 the rafters
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