The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-03-10
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Yous knew Grubbs, General
Agent Of the Adorable Life Iusur-
snee Company, don't your inquir-
ed Green Jones. - a
N02 You missed a sumner then.
He came along here about a year
ago now.
Tongue glib9 Well, it was. Ran
as easy as an empty hRnd-sled in
winter. Even made me believe /
was gifted as a life insurance agent.
The way he told it, not single
amah had taken hold oftlte Adorable,
for the last hundred and fifty years,
and made less than five thousand
3 year and expensesl f.ff3f
Oae agent had cleared $156, 600
in eight years. ea sf 7.1a9E
Another had laid aside s125,000
fnsix years, Another still peculiar
case that was, thongh-man particu-
latly adapted TO the work. He
bEilt 1p such a business in the short
space of five years, that be actually
overshadoWed the company. They
had to force him out as measure of
self-protectiOn. Averaged twenty
thousand dollars a year clear Of all
expenses while he was in, and the
company paid him $4,000 in
lump for his renewals, besides, when
he went out.
Well, don't care much about
sbeiDg such an agent as thst-the
Internal Revenue officers would al
ways be botherlng me so. But fin
ally I concluded fseeing the thing
was SO common and easy) that l
would turn in and make eight or ten
thousand 8 year, for eight years, and
then retire on my renewal commits
sions.
81 Grubbs posted me up till he said
I could ego it, alone.
The town was strange to ne a
year ago. and every one in it a
stranger. One locality seemed Just
IS good as another to begin in, as it
were. So / sauntered leisurely
down the street. the next morning
after Grubbs len, aud swung into
the first store ] came to. I wasn't
going TO let anybody see bat that /
had al she self possession necessary
for my branch Of business.
Nobody in sight Ilounged along
among the boxes, and brooms, and
Goldfish piles, in a sort of cheeky,
familiar way, TIL l got to the back
o17ce. There found a large mid
: 9dle-sged man. sitting alone, and
reading newspaper.
he hooked up over his paper rather
suspiciously IS / entered. Then he
said, Good morning" eoOlly and
6ubiously.
IWas very intent on my errand by
that time-so intent that / wholly
neglected to answer him.
] hauled ont my rate-book and
opened It
The paper was laid aside ominous-
ly, his gaze still riveted on me.
With hand kind Of trembling and
knees shaking a little / began:
HMister, did you ever consider the
subject off, rr.-r ~
] didn't finish the sentence, for
down slated two-dollar and half
pair Of spectacles. Up bounced Two
: hundred pounds Of well-deYeIoped.
bone and sinew. Around the room,
agile as 8 French dancing master, it
went hopping. Like a wild bull ia
slaughter pen it roared: - +
N4he dl and aCeserf six life
insurance agents, and Il amt nine
O'Clock yet" Here L begins to
crawfsh. 81 won't stand It another
minute. Here, Tige, sick'm!
There was sudden, eonvuIsjiye
scratching of toe nails at the further
end Of the big safe that stood on the
other side Of the room. Then came
8 scratching equally sudden and
oonvnlsiYe where I was.
] started Just one square Jump
shesd Of that big bulladeg, and I
maintained my advantage til got
within about ten feet Of the front
door. Then I suddenly found It
necessary to execute q quick strate-
&C, Hghthank movement around a
Pile Of boxes. @ n
- Inc dog went out Of doors Rith
one OF my coat-tails In his mouth.
ana I went through a side window.
/ didn't pay much attention to
anything but the work I had ON
hard going home. Then wisb foo
tures grim as q graye-stone. 7 .aro
ceeded to pile application after an
plication, book after book, and ciy.
cnlar after circular, on the ton of
each other. Then ] turned all NV
pockets inside out, to see if some
fragments had not escaped my no
tee.
Thatpile isin the house there yet,
ifny wife hasn't buntit up. And
tbere it may stay, my Rrind. ]
ehan't touch another one ofthe doc
unents, IL they get TO be ss old as
the.Declaration Of Independence.
Life Insurance Agent I-Hel,