Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-23
ON INSURANCE
The Dialect PhlelOSOpher Pays his
COMMITMENTS 20 the chief Characters.
T'rom Golfers for NoverlhcrJ

(E'rom Golfers for NorellhcrJ
"Wcll. sir" said Nj. EooI,y. hts tur-
rbe tn way tn philauthropist an I'll
rathrtr is ben' thrcated these DAYS
Pretty soon people won care a1ny more
FIR philanthropy or patriotism than
they do f'r amy other kind is impydlnce.
"Ye haven't followed tn life insuranr,
fnvistygaton' Wen, I'll tnr- an en-
plain to We what happcned. T1erc us"'
to bc 4 fine OIL philanthropist that dcVo'-
cd his whole life I" gnardin III inthr"St
" IN widow an TIL orphan He done it
so well that whin he WIS gathered, as
Hogan says. 10 that burr that n" thiaN"-
Ter has ccme back FIRM III widow was
On TN payroll is tn comp'nN fr twnty-
five thousand Il year. am tn orphan had
so much money he cuddon't add IT up.
"Th' fatherloss Caleb rallied tn re-
sponsibilities that rested On him. lie
knew twas his iooty to guard IN NJ
thiests " tn hundreds " thousands ~
people that has been burcocd into maxim
provision FIR their families afiher death.
an he faced it with grim determinations
iIc made up his mind 20 masthcr tn
life Insurance business an he knew tn
way to do It vas to begin at TN lowest
rung in tn ladder. and wu,ruk up. lie
Immediately nppinted himself vice -prisi-
dent iv tn compny at 4 nominal sal ry
iv wan hundhrd Thousand ~ liars year.
Mex month nc got po'snhn To Greet
him to tn office where a plain wurrukin
desk. inlaid with mothcr-iv-rcarl. was
watin' fr him. Afther tlispatchin' mes
scngcr bov fr & bunch iv orchids an
dhrawin' on tn thrcasury f'r pound
iv carmca. he stint f'r tn head book
keeper. Me man Gays Caleb what is
tn mcann' iv this here wurrnd Tontinc
| l see used so oftcn?' Tn bookkecpcr
explained: We surprise me, says Caleb.
4 thought twas something fr tn hair,
he says.
| "Calet's devotion TO tn INTERESTS ~
tn policy holders niver slackencd. He
left his cable address with tn chief
clerk. He was frequently seen goin' by
tn office lcadin' bulldog. Nawthin'
was too good f'r tn poor people that
| had been enthrusted to his care by an in
duigent father. lie aven wint so far as
to give Il bankit to tn Fr-rinch ambasa-
adurc fr thim An ordhinry. vulgar
man Wud'vc ostentat iously paid fr Tn
bankit out iv his own pocket. But Caleb
lad been tendhcrly reared an he was iv
Il rayfined nature. al! ne asked was
that people shud think he raid fr this
shrinkin' young f-nancecr. 1t wuddcn't
do to 1T IN to tn F'r-rirch aribassaduro
that tn groceries vas not On Caleb. lie
might iv bee onaisy If he had known
| that tn twinty-thOusand dollar baHklt
was paid f'r he Mike Casey. who arms
two dollars a day Mt tn mills an has j
policy in Caleb's comp'ny, The Fr-rincl
AFRO an immoral people.
PROVIDING DELEGATES FOR
POI.ICY.HOIADERS.
"Wci. Caleb wint on pro-vidin' all tn
delicacies Nv tn season fr tn policy
holders ontil bmcby some iv his fathers
dearest frnds begun to object. IT
seems wrong says the that to young
an foolish young man shud have SC
much money says they. now that he
las no foiher to PROTECT him. says they
We have sacred thrust as tn oil man
frinds.' says they. Let us discharge II,
says they. an they were fr pushin
Caleb firm an eighth story window. But
Caleb himself was not without frinds
There were nanny loyal capitalists or
tn board who loved him an troy got ur
an says they: M. gir,lcman, this Is
not right says they. Caleb may not b,
much ~ genius He IL dhrall to lUol
at an he takes like bill iv fare. But
he has n good mind. II he knew little
more h. wud be half-witted. We viii
not permit We to deprive us " him. w
will stand by him tn tn las dOlla +
Caleb. throw up yere hands says they
We'll what was poor Caleb to do
He was caught between his farther.
fl inds an his own. Il divvle iv II position
fr amy man. They were rapidly olosin
in m him whin a POOR Irish la-nd hap
rcned by an rushed to his sucker. Th
here dOwnthrOdden exile " Erin hat
spnt most iv his life goin' to tn asst
ance " those in disthress. Ec was
man that didn't care f'r money in tn
Grdhnry sinsc f'r what IL cud buy. II,
loved it f'r itself alone. So lie houGh
Caleb out an that's tn las yen hea
" Caleb tnlcss ye see him with his nos
hattened again tn window " Il gent
furnishn' store He has retired frln
business. HQnccforth Re will pay T.
his own meals.
''Whin Calcb's fathers frinds an
Caleb's own lrnds see how their war