The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-19
"ONLYDlD HIS Duty
ilowAgcat Williams Saved His Company
$4,000.

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Chicago Record: Williams is n spe-
cial agent employed by iire Insurance
company.
Chicago is his nominal headquarters,
but hesworks in the southern field, and
is n, southcrner himself. As he travels
almost constantly, he has Il large nc
/ qualntance and q great many friends
I.and a, girl In every town.
h A few weeks ago Williams received
[ orders to go, and inspect the business
on the!books.of local agent at one OF
the small towns on the sulf'coast He
arrived AT !. the town. registered at the.
hotel, Wired the general manager nj
Chicago and then called on the local
manager and notified him that he would
be III town several days and would be-
gin his Investigation the next day
K AS Williams was walking back TO the
hotel he came facesto face with boy
hood friend; nowsan officer on United
Estates revenue cutter which lay ut an
Choir IN the larDorfNear by.N The Two
9mens thadendtP1uet for years They all
most Rugged each other.s so great was
their delight. Williams took his friend
,to&the hotel. and they did what south
jcrn, gentlemen usually do under such
circumstances. 1t, was late In the af-
|, ternoon before the officer returned to
the cutter. Williams had promised to
visit his friend on board ship at 10
O'Clock next morning. Asmall boat was
10 meet him at the dock.
Next morning he wrote hurried note
10 the local agent and said he would
have TO postpone his examination of the
books. as more important matters
af,E, Tai ott 4.
down 10 the dock, where the, small boat
was waiting. and atf1O:30 he was prom
enadng the sunny deck with divine
creature In white duck. and he had no
disposition TO think about fire tinsur-
ancc. i - 5+sg
He lunched on board the cutter with
a merry party and went back to the no.
tel in time to dress for ball that even
ing.
on the morning after the ball he
slept until 80. and arose IN time to
snatch breakfast and hurry away TO
meet the officers and a party of ladies
and go for i drive along the beach.
They returned 10 town at sunset and
went 10 the home OF the divine crea-
tllrc, where they danced until all hours
OF the night Next morning they were
due on board the cutter. 1t was TO be
q .'breakfast"--one of those breakfasts
lasting all day. Williams was present.
and he was supremely happy He had
unlimited capacity for this sort of life
Hs Onathc fourth day there was u slight
hull In the festivities. and It occurred to
Williams that perhaps. he had better call
on the local agent. He went to the Of
flee and found IL half-bushel or SO of
important mailSwnitinS for him. Also
there were two kilograms which the
stupid agent had failed to send 10 the
hotel These kilograms were urgent
and they had been lying there three
days!
Williams began 10 realize that he was
III n fair waysto lose his job. What eS-
PLANTATION could lie make TO the general
manager? He couldn't plead illness. II
he had been ILL why hadn't he wired
TO that effect? He might say that he
had been called out of town very sud-
denly But for what reason? He saw
that he 'would have to invent reason.
He telcgraphcd that he had sent an In
portant letter. FOLLOWING IL III, extract
OF the letter.
"Thc morning after ] arrived here
heard that our frame risks In Lahatcha.
Ga. we're In desperate condition. and
ought 10 be investigated at once. /
hurried 10 Lnhntcha. and after q thor
orgh investigation recommend that all
tho frame risks within the district
which / have indicated on the ircloscG l
diagram be Cancelled at once This bus
Incss was so important that have neg |
lectcd everything else for several days. /;
i found Your letters and kilograms
awaiting me here on my ARRIVAL
This was whnt Williams called a |
monumental bluff" but IL. went with |
the company. 49, III I
A few days later the property !
OF Lahatcha were much surprised to |
learn that their fire insurance had been |
cancelled, hit they did not know that
the man who advised the cancellation
had not been within fifty miles OF La.
hatchn for over Two years Is y
r Only n month later n fire broke out In !
Lahatcha aud swept through the regionrI
OF Irninc houses which Williams had in.
dlcated OF tho tiingrln. Several com. 4
ranlcs were "atuck." bu, Williams
company general manager
company 1000 by having the policies
Cancelled. e t5954
Accordingly the next time Williams |
came to Chicago the general manager |
called him In md thanked him and then
gave him n $3.50 watohlstuddcl with tlia-
monds. Then, OF course Williams |
hluphed ana said, nsNll true heroes say,
that he had merely lone his tlutys
+ ~. Il ~
Mrs AT think Sour hushan( n very
quiet dresser Mrs, &l,.-."H'm, Vol, |
might change your opinion IL you heard |
him looking for his clothes some morn. !
inas.----B Browning, King & Co.'S Month.
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