The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-03

wen, Sir SAID Mr.. DOOley, 1T S tur-
rble tn way tn philanthropist an tn
athrite is bein' threated these days
Pretty soon people won't care amy
more FIR philanthropy or pathritism
than they do FIR amy other kind ~
inlpydince.
"Ye haven't followed tn life insur-
arce invistygation? Well, I'll thry an
explain to ye what happended. There
used to be fine OF philanthropist that
devoted his whole life to guardin tn
inthrest iv tn widow an the orphan.
He done it SO well that whin he was
gathered, as Hogan says, to that burn
that no thraveler has come back firm
tn widow was on TIL payroll iv tn
comp'ny FIR twenty-five thousand a
year, an tn orphan had so much
money he cudden't add it up.
The fatherless Caleb rallied tn
responsibilities that rested on him. He
knew twas his jooty to guard tn in
thrests iv tn hundreds iv thousands
iv people that had been buncoed into
maxim provision FIR their families af-
Their death. an he faced it with grim
discrimination. He made up his mind
to masther tn life insurance business,
an he knew tn way to do it was to
begin at tn lowest rung in tn ladder,
and wurruk up. He Immediately ap-
pinted himself vice-prisident iv tn
comp'ny at a nominal salry iv wan
6oJl
month he got a polisman to direct him
to tn office where a plain wurrukin
desk, inlaid with mother-iv pearl, was
waitin' FIR him. Afther dispatchin' a
messenger boy FIR a bunch iv orchids
an dhrawn' on tn threasury FIR a
pound iv caramels, he STINT FIR tn head
bookkeeper. Me man. says Caleb.
what is tn meanin' iv this here wurrud
Tontine I see used so often?' TIL book
keeper explained: 'Ye surprise me-,
says Caleb. I thought twas some
thing FIR tn hair he says.
"Caleb's devotion to tn INTERESTS iv
the polfcy-holders niver slackened. He
left his cable address with tn chief
clerk. He was frequently seen goin' by
the office leadin' a bulldog. Nawthin'
was too good FIR tn poor people that
had been entrusted to his care be an
indulgent father. He aven wint so
far as to give a bankit to tn Fr-rinch
ambassadure FIR thin. An ordhinry,
vulgar man wudve ostentatiously
paid FIR tn bankit out iv his
own pocket. But Caleb had been
tendherly reared an he was iv
a rayfined nature. All he asked was
that people shud think he paid FIR tn
banSit. That was sufficient FIR this
shrinkin' young financeer. 1t wudden't
do to let on to tn Fr-rinch ambassa-
dure that the groceries was not on Ca
leb. He might iv been onaisy if he had
known that tn twinty-thousand-d dol
lar bankit was paid FIR be Mike Casey,
who arms two dollars a day at tn mills
an has policy in Caleb's comp'ny. TIL
F'r-rinch ARE an immoral people.
DELEGATES FOR POL
ICY-HOLDERS.
well, Caleb whit on pro-vidin'N all
TIL dilicacies iv tn season FIR tn policy
holders ontil bimeby some iv his ia
theirs dearest frinds begun to object.
1T seems wrong says they, that so
young an foolish a young man shud
have so much money says they, now
that he has no father to PROTECT him.,
says they. Let US discharge it. says
they an they were FIR pushin' Caleb
firm an eight-story window. But Caleb
himself was not without frinds. There
were nanny loyal capitalists on tn
board who loved him an they got up
an says they: No, gintlemen, this is
not right says they. Caleb may not
be much iv a jenius. He is dhrall to
look at an he talks like bill iv fare.