The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-03-30
A Life Insurance Romano.

a quarter of century age Ms Fnn;.
Whitbeck. Luzerne county. Pa, was a gs.t
ing young thing of some severity SUNNI
with fair prospect of living to becoms,
woman Of mature years. But Mr. AIR
Oakley was self confidsntial.y of the opino-
that she couldn't possibly live always. Ar4
SO. when he, at the remote period NAMED
above, went to the agency Of ConnecticT
insurance company aud proposed to hay,
her sweet young life insured, for his orr
benefit. in the sum of ST. 800, the conpapv
accepted the proposition with an emotion 4
prophetic joy and ground ont the policy a.
the spot. Mr. Oakley made the annual pav,
msnts OF the premium promptly for som,
years, constantly hoping that vsneraBs
female funeral would speedily lift him inb
the possession OF tho thirteen hundred dollars
But. as Miss Ennice persistentlv lived on. in
spite OF his fearful supplicatioas to the god,
that they would love her sufficiently :,
enable her to die young. or as young as tia
peculiar nature of the casa would permit. and
as she seemed to be. in fact,
ene OF the few confounded things
That were not born TO die,
he became discouraged after a while. aDj
disposed Of the policy to the first man h,
could find willing to take the risk CT hi,
hands. That man was Peter Conkins
possibly distant relative OF Roscoe Of tia,
Ilk. For seven long ysars-the several hold,
ers Of the policy all would seem 10 have bad
long 'ears-Peter came around punctuapv
with the required annual payments; but.
Eudiug at the expiration Of that period tha,
the far brow Of the gentle aud never-dyIg
maiden was still.
Famed by the wing Of llfe's best augel-h.al,l.
he. too. became discouraged at the Gin.
merian hue Of the prospect ahead. aud .ciI
out To an, ther Of the COnklings. who Wen
invited to qusnch his thirst in the gently
flowing abswl. answered to the bapt sn.l
nans # James. And James, with a f.rT
unnamed eye. fixed immsvably upon ths
thirteen hundred dollars. which had So ,oug
eluosd the grasp Of bis predecessors, con,
tiuued TO pay the premium every year, 20.
til one day he quietly took the tbrous.
train Tor the othCr shore, leaving the us.
verse but lovely Eunice still blooming,
the serene age Of ninety, 10 seemingly IN,
mortal youth and uniying freshness OF soul.
| Aud then his executors took up the pay,
meuts where he hae left off. and kept thsm
up, until one hne day not long ago. when
the intelligence came that, in the family n
that female Imp Of ths Perverse.7 - tbsr,
was an imme Hated demand for "a dirgs
for her doubly dead. in that she died 81
young"-that the venerable insured. in
short, had at last gone hence, at the age Of
ninety-thrse. WhereupOn. the iusurapcs
company cbeerfully handed over to Mr..
Conklins's executors the long sought thir.
teen hundred dollars. having received, from
first to last. about twenty six hundred ia
premiums on that one policy alone. And
now. hereafter the Oakleys anil CoOkIngs
| will leave the lives of venerable females 10
the risk os their owners, and viii yield to
somebody else the pious duty of rearing a
monumental stone commem ,rative of the
rare and radiant virtues Of the loved and
lost Fun CO. who. for them. lived not wise '
but too long Louisville Courier Journal.