The Cairo bulletin., 1908-06-13
Poor Sin,ison's
Lungs

Slmison might have known that hi
| should beware OF man with a gra,
overcOat and little point esprit whis
| kers But when the life insurance
agent tioated into his Office, Simisof
| scarcely realized what he was al
| against. The insurance man stretched
out his hand with smile that seemed
to say: Well old pally, now I'm
going to tip it OFF to you how to make
| that fortune you've been wanting
Mebby it isn't decent OF me or any
thing"
And the stranger had way with
him He hadn't been in the Office a
minute until Simison was satisfied
In his own mind that he was there on
some errand OF nercy-especially aft.
the names OF several prominent bust
ness acquaintances who had sent him
there because they wanted to see
everybody have a chance 10 get along
In this vexatious old world.
The frst thing Simison knew. how.
ger up and down a column Of fig
ures In a small red book and inquirng
his age
only 3l?" he repeated, when SINH
son had told him. Well. we'll! Who'd
have thought you were only Shot
that you look old Understandable to
think that man should rise to where
you are in the business world. and be
only 81 years old. Well. this is the
young mans age, guess, hey?. It'll
make this proposition a lot cheaper
for you too"
Now SimisOn, while fattered by all
this, WAS beginning to sniff trouble
This isn't life insurance proposition
you're going to spring on me. is it,"
he inquired In tone OF apprehension
The stranger laughed gayly. some
might call It that" says he, for. OF
course We offer every inducement that
is held out by the straight life lnsur.
ance companies. What 1t amounts TO
with us, though, is simply an excep.
tional opportunity for safe invest
ment, coupled with a scheme OF com
pulsory saving and at the same time
ample protection for your family IN
case OF your death.
You see" he ratified on, the In.
terest accommodating on our tontine
policy becomes r&erve fund, which
you can draw on at the end OF 20
years, or you can apply 1t on paid.
up policy at 4 per cent. interest"
And thus he continued to lead the
way through maze Of technical yer.
biage about premiums and reaction.
able policies and 20.year automatic
policies and the like until Simison's
head felt like wrecked hektograph.
IT was too much for him. But, then,
the stranger had assumed that he was
intelligent enough TO comprehend
what he was saying, and Simison saw
that he must Keep up a front and
make blum at having intelligence by
being fluent listener.
When the visitor let up for a mo
ment and asked him what he thought
of the proposition. the poor victim
tuOOh MS Hedu uuUlDUNlN. IL SOUNDS
all right" he said. but then"
rs there any particular feature that
You object to-" inquired the insurance
savant quickly
or course Simison knew better than
to get into an argument that would
expose his poor. feeble. impeccabe
brain He FASTENED to say that he
thought the policy just outlined was
one Of the most delightful Insurance
he had ever met up with
only" he added, I'm not in the mar
ket for such a thing to-day"
"Oh, you mean that you are al.
ready carrying all you can ?" suggested
the insurance man. and again Slmison
saw how useless IL would be to argue.
AS matter of fact, he wasn't carrying
any insurance al all. But he hesitated
to admit that, for his visitor, after all
that he had just said about the great
business men there In town who we're
firm believers In life insurance, would
put HIM down for a nut sure II he said
that he wasn't carrying any.
Still, he reflected. It was up to him
TO wriggle out OF the mans clutches
somehow. and no matter what objec-
lions he might make. his visitor would
have an answer that would only make !
him out bohehead
I've always envied these chaps that |
sre able to carry a nice little bunch OF |
fife insurance" he remarked, as he |
blew a ring Of smoke up into the chan
teller. 1T must be heap of satisfac- |
ion TO a man 10 know that his wife |
md the little ones are all provided for |
n case anything was to happen to |
him"
He looked the insurance man
'quarely In the eye and blinked with |
he melancholy air OF man who has !
ound out what 1t is to face trouble. |
Then he added: NBut when a mans |
,oing around W.T. one lung half gone
10 Insurance company's going To |
monkey with him, even II he does look |
olerably healthy. Ny other lung'Il |
70 some day, s'pose. Pretty tough |
or a man to be in my fix and not
;now what may become of the wife |
md children after he's gone
The Insurance man nodded in SYM |
pathetic silence. Why don't you SLIP /
mt west for while and try TO get |