The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-04-09
SOME ACCIDENT
INSURANCE
By Nj. QUAD
Copyright. 1914 by Associated Lit
erary Press.
b. VI. QUAD

opening an agency 1Or th@ AohuOn A0t
Liverpool Cash Down Accident Insur
ance company.
Mr. Bacon looked prosperous. Hs
was smiling and suave. He SHOOK
hands with everybody and hoped thelI
wives and children were well.
He attended church the first Sunday
be arrived.
On Thursday he attended 8 sewing
society and made himself agreeable TO
the ladies.
On Saturday he called ON the two
ministers and handed them IS each to
be sent TO the heather OF Africa
Monday morning DIR. Bacon was
ready for business. He had limited
right along that his insurance differed
from any ever presented before. but
had refused to give out particulars
He would now DO so with the greatest
OF pleasure.
cit will be waste OF time" said the
landlord OF the inn. I'VE carry IRE
insurance here. out none OF the other
kind. You can't give it away"
Il shall hope to do considerable busi-
ness here. was the confident reply.
This morning In driving nail yeu
hit your thumb with the hammer"
yes; | was just fool enough"
You have 1t tied up In a rag. but 1t
will be sore for couple of weeks
Yes. durn it
do you know how much cash you
would have drawn this very day had
you been insured with meg.
Not red cent"
ten dollars, sir. / told you this
English company was different from
any we have. 1t looks almost entirely
after the small accidents and cases Of
temporary illness There are no blanks
to flI out There are no afidavits TO
be made"
Il never heard of q company Ike
that" said the landlord
.sThere is only one company in the
world, and that Is the Cash Down. 1t
permits its agents a latitude that no
other insurance company does. For IN
stance. If / had explained its plans to
ron yesterday you'd have taken out
policy at once"
4 804AAAO &ROG& eAAeA@r was @@@D A%kftys
And when you mashed your thumb |
this morning you'd have held 1t out to |
me and asked, Mfr. Bacon. bow much |
cash are yen going TO allow me on |
that
And ia have taken brief glance |
at it and replied, Mr.. Boniface, that |
mash is worth $40 to you. and here's
the cash. ,.
Not a person was asked to insure
Mr.. Bacon simply watched and wait
ed Deacon Pilgrim fell of a load of /
hay and injured his knee. The doctor
advised him to hang around the house
for four or 1--WE days and rest Il. Mr.
Bacon went to see the deacon and the
knee and said:
Yes, your knee may be all right In
a few days, but IL you had policy In
my company should say to you:
Deacon Pilgrim, when man close
10 city years Of age Injuries his knee
IL may get well In a week. or it may
take q month. shall insist that you
accept this $40. That is SIS a week
for four weeks
but why In tarnashun haven't
heard about such a company7'' shout
ed the deacon
Because I'm not saying much yet
look upon 1t as my fault that you
haven't got policy, and | insist ON
making good to you" b
Shoe! You goin' 10 pay me s20Y I
Here's the money, deacon"
But mebbe faint quite right TO 2
lake FIR
Don't you worry about that! The r
3rfushers want TO show the Yankees
hat some things can be done as well {
Is Others When your knee 10 quite
veil wen talk about a policy" P
Mrs. Glazier, wife of the town cen 6
table. leaned over the pigpen to emp a
7 a pail of swirl into the trough, and q
be fractured a rib. Il
MY dear sir" said MIR. Bacon TO the h
lctim's husband. u propose 10 be lib !,
'al about the settlement :,
"But what have you got to do about
2" was asked
You may have heard that 1 am an
gent of the Cash Down Accident In
arance company a
81 believe | did hear somebody say "
}, but my wife was not insured with te
ou.~ Ia
"And why not7 Because | had NOT IN
alIed ON you and explained the liberal !,
olicfes we Issue. For instance, they =
ontain what we call the pig clause, =
fhicb permits every holder. man or =.
oman, to bend over a pigpen as often \
J they wish. Your wife win be dis pa
,led for at least four weeks II was m
y fault. Here is $40 for you." to
by thunderT na
Yes. sir; that's the way we English ii
business"
But but ="
.Say no more now. BY and by wslI gu
Tx about a policy
and after two or three more cases
q the above he was ready 10 talk
d did talk. He talked SO well that me
sold insurance to $50 different PEG ers
} af three times its value. ma
Ind when the first accident happen tn
to policy holder Mr.. Bacon slld ma