The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-03-17

lieve there's good deal in the idea.
I'll adopt it, Aud he did.
The scheme was arranged in this
way: Instead of the defunct one re-
quiring to have copy of the paper on
his person when found, johnson is-
sued Ia card to the person effecting
the Insurance.; on this card was the in
surer's name, and also the name of the
person insured. A duplicate of this
card was kept in JohnSon's Weekly Of
fee, and the lawyer said the duplicate
would be available in igting off the APP
plicant for the 81 ZOO. The person APP
plying for one of these insurance cards
had been sent in an annual subscription
for the paper. When the first number
of Johnson's Weekly came out he re-
ceived few applications for the insur-
ance, but not 30 many as he expected.
Curiously enough, he found most of the
applicants were wives desiring to in
sure their husbands, or husbands de-
string to insure their wives, and John
son looked forward hopefully toward
hearing of some domestic tragedy
within the next week or 80, and in
this he was not disappointed.
Among other applications he re-
ceived was one from Mrs. Kildominie of
Manchester, who wished to insure her
husband, Patrick Kidominie, so that
she might have some money to 60 on
with, should he meet with sudden and
violent death. A week later Mr. John
son was called upon by legal gentle
man from the north who brought Mrs.
Kidominie's insurance card with him.
He wanted to know, he said, if this was
all right and proper, because Mrs. Kill
dominic seemed to have great faith in
it, whereas the legal gentleman was
Johnson assured him that it was all
right, and then the legal gentleman
asked him to certify that this was 30 on
the back of the card in the presence of
the Manchester lawyer, who said he
had been acting for the Kildominie
family recently, and he wanted to be
perfectly certain of Johnson's sigma
ture. When johnson had written on
the card that the legal gentleman re-
quired and signed it, the legal gentle.
man said he would take the card over
to Somerset house and have it stamped
80 that there would be no question to
debate if anything happened to Patrick
Kildominie. These extraordinary pre-.
cautions rather alarmed johnson, who
asked some questions about the man
insured, and was told that he was in
excellent health at present, because, as
johnson pointed out to the lawyer, il
Kildominie proved to be sickly man
liable to drop off at any moment, nc
money could be collected for natural
death.
"Oh, / quite understood that" said
the lawyer. We are all OF US likely
to drop off, some unexpected and some
of US not" and with that the lawyer
took his leave and went, 1t is supposed
to Somerset house to have the caro-
stamped.
About week later, when johnson
was coming to town his eye caught ar
item in the paper that for moment
paralyzed him 1t was headed Elk
ecution at Manchester" and went or
to say that Patrick Kildominie had beer
hanged the morning before in Man
chester Jail, for the murder of fellow
workman on the ship canal. Report
ers, added the paper, were not present
but it was understood that everything
had gone off without hitch.
Johnson's fears were only too wei
founded. The widow from Manches
ter and the legal gentleman who hat
defended Patrick Kildominie durin,
the trial came down like wolves on tn
fold with legally stamped document
and collected all that poor johnson
owned.
This is why Johnson's Weekly did no
come out last week, to the great disap
pointment of its numerous readers
Detroit Free Press.