The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-11-21

when found, johnson issued card to the
person etfecting the insurance; on this card
was the insurers name, and also the name
of the person insured. A duplicate of this
card was kept in Johnson S Weekly office,
and the lawyer said the duplicate would
be available in fighting eff the applicant
for the G1,000. The person applying for
one of these insurance cards had sent in an
annual subscription for the paper. When
the first number of Johnson's Weekly came
ut he received few applications for the
insurance, but not so many as he expected
Curiously enough, he found most of the
applicants were wives desiring to insure
their husbands, or husbands desiring to in
sure their wives, and Johnson looked for
ward hopefully towards hearing of some
domestic tragedy within the next week or
so, and in this he was not disappointed
Among other applications he received
was one from Mrs. Kildominie, of Man
chester, who wished to insure her husband
Patrick Kildominie, so that she might
have some money to 20 on with, should he
meet with a sudden and violent death A
week later Mr.. johnson was called upon by
a legal gentleman from the no, tn who
brought Mrs. Kildominie' insurance card
with him. He wanted to know, he said, if
this was all right and proper, because Mrs.
Kildominie seemed to have great faith in
it, whereas the legal gentleman was rather
doubtful regarding its validity. johnson
assured him that it was all right, and then
the legal gentleman asked him to certify
| that this was SO on the back Of the card in
the presence OF tie Manchester lawyer, who
said he had been acting for the Kildomnie
family recently, and he wanted to be per-
fectly certain Of Johnson signature. When
johnson had written on the card what the
legal gentleman required and signed it, the
legal gentleman said he would take the
card over to Somerset house and have it
stamped so that there would he no ques-
ton to debate if anything happened to
Patrick Kildominic. These extraordinary
precautions rather alarmed Johnson, who
asked some questions about the man in
Surcd, and was told that he was in ex-
cellent health ut present, because, as John
son pointed out to the lawyer, if Kill
dominic proved to he a sicl;ly man, liable to
drop off at any moment, no money could
| be collected for a natural death.
ooh, quite understand that, said the
lawyer I'VE are all of us likely to drop
off, some unexpectedly and some of us not,
and with that the lawyer took his leave
and went, it is supposed, to Somerset
house to have the card stamped.
About a week later; when Johnson was
coming to town, his eye caught an item in
the paper that for a moment paralyzed
him. 1t was headed Execution at Man
chester" and it went on to say that
Patrick kildominie had been hanged the
morning before in Manchester Jail, for the
murder Of fellow-workman on the ship
canal. Reporters, added the paper, were
not present, but it was understood that
everything had gone off without hitch.
Johnson's fears were only too well
founded. The widow from Manchester
and the legal gentleman, who had defend
ed Patrick Kildominie during the trial
came down like wolves on the fold with a
legally stamped document, and collected
all that poor Johnson owned.
This is why Johnson's Weekly did not
come out last week, to the great 1isappoint
ment OF its numerous readers. Detroit
Free Press.