The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-02-20
The FIAT Contributor ON Ina
smranee Agents.
[From the Cincinnati Times

.t#- we
picked him out for al insurance man
as quick as / saw him. There was nc
mistaking that glance of inventory with
which lie took in my age, occupation,
nstrents long or short lived, age Of great
grandfatAer when he died, pulmonary
complaint on mymotheTss side, and sum
mer complaint On my fathers, ETC., etc.
etc. Before he ever spoke to me be
would sit looking at me for an hour ri
atime with great tears in his benevolent
eyes as big as soapbubbles, grieying be-
cause OneSOyOung, and yetsOf fair, wasn't
insured. Then he would clasp his hands
and gaze yearningly upon me as II to
say: Why, why viii you not take out
4 policy9'
oh, but it was touching to hear that
old man 20 on at the table and tell of
the hundreds and hundreds of families
whom he had rendered comfortable and
happy by inducing husbands and fathers
TO get insured. And he did it out of
pure goodness OF heart and love Of hui
mainly, too,-that was the best of it.
The satisfaction il afforded him was all
the reward he wanted.
If, iii a moment of weakness, | should
yield to his persEasiOIs and insured, |
Shouldn't want to remain in his vicinity
long. SO anxious is he to have families
reap the benefit of insurance, should
be afraid that well-meanfng but i'm
petuous old man would c0ntrive to get
me killed for the satisfaction of hand
ing. the insurance money over to my
widow.
/ was greatly touched by d story this
venerable insurance man told about his
search for y poor woman who had apoli-
CIV b her husbands life. in q company
lle represented In order to pay it to her,
having heard casually that SHE wanted
it. think he was occupied some ff-
44ean xanls in his hunt for blat woman ;
andayet only payment on the policy,
lad ever been made But IL is 20 much
the custom of life insurance companies
toda this that it is hardly necessary to
mention that.
Atlength his efforts were rewarded.
He found the poor W0ma with her SIX
children in q miserable garnet, trying to
earn a living for her family by splitting
mp te0th.picks at one cent d thousand.
Icing in corner wls her brute of
husband, dead drunk. But / viii ietthe
agent teH ftJn his own wofdBy
L was sure i had found the right wo-
ntiui. but I went about it carefully to
find out whethershe still kept the policy.
had to- be cautious, you know, or i
might drive tlle poor woman wild.
= Have nothing to maintain yourself by
said. ]. save this tO0thplck ~nlanufacbo-
nv ~
Nothing whatever she replied.
" My husband ought I'd support as, but
he don't. He's q good man when he's
sober but he amt ever sober. He can
make good wages when he amt drunk,
but he has been drunk ever since 4
knew him.
Didn't le-now be calm, madam,
control yonrself-aidn't lie have d life
insurance policy 81
"No. Stop, though. Yes, Nv r re-
collect; he did have one, but that was
d good many years ago 1sighing9 He
only made one payment On it and then
ast Ii run oltt.S
Where IN that policy ~
"Dunfn0. Kiehinf round tile house
some where, | 'sp0se. Saw ii in nm old
barrel i'm the LOFT, last time remember
ii that's we'll ON TO q dozen wears age.
But wlaatu use isitA HssFun0utI long ago.
Madam, z said \ impreesigeiy. scarce
lY able TO THpress my.eRaOtiong for fear
the policy was lost, 1the company |
represent never allows any policy il has
issued ~ run ont, no matter II nothing
3nas been paid on it.
4F3tH EfGtE S0G fHsksbGAtEQ MANG NtGs &OENt
and to my unspeakable joy There the in
suranee man produced n pocket hand
kercliief aud wiped away sOgae feaFsl
she soon returned with tEe policy / had
been searching for fifteen years, torn
some. 'tis true, and considerably sOiled,
hat for the most part there. The en-.
d0lsement was torn OF, bnt the sigma
of ugrr Presidentswas ALBRIGHT. and
that was enough. TheFeup0n 1pailthe
0verj0yed wNman fifteen thousand dol
lars, the amount of she premium.
AN the msil NO dead vet / Ia
quircd,
Well, yes, said the insurance man,
she was dead drunk, but ORR cOmpany |
any 6ne distinctions nader
such circumstances.
We ali wept lit tfis touching recital.
and one 1T the party conld NOT refrnin
from catching the good old man in her
lrnls and embracing him. +
Aaold nHid Id pitfsburg has mant1-
Eactg4rsd one hundred and fifteen worst
"a eats this Spring.