Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-06
LITTLE BOBBTE'S PA
(By william F. Kirk.)


Last mite thare was a married cuppel
cain oaver to our house to play cards
with Pa and Ma Ma met the lady at
reception about month ago & so
she asked her & her husband to cum
& see us & so they cain last mite.
Tharo n0im was Mister g. Mrs. Mace.
Pa was all shaved up & had on his
new suit & he was looking fine, & Ma
was vary happy beekaus sumtimes Ia
fergits to git shaved & says / guess |
will let the oald suit go along, & a
mans man for all that. Wen the
company cain Pa was interduced to
Mister & Missus Mace & then thay all
set down to play cards.
By the way, scd Mister Mace, be.
foar we start in deelng the cards, have
you much life insurance' Why, sed
Pa, do I look sick. No, sed Mister
Mace only | was Jest numbering. That
is rite sed Missus Mace I think that
every man owes it to his wife to see
that wen he does she will have enuff
mummy to buy nice ney trusee, it is
awfully embarrassing for widow to
be married in shirt waist Il skirt, sed
Missus Mace.
! have five thousand dollars life in
surouce sed PA & that is all can af
ford to carry. Out the cards, sed Pa
Then Pa commenced to deel the card.
and Mister Mace sed to Pa, Jest min
nit bcioOr we play this hand 1 repre-
sent the Rockbound Insurance Company
Of Delaware & Arizony We pclu. will
pride to the number of widows 4 orfan
wich we have fed, sed Mister Mace.
, doOnt eXpec to die for few years
sed PA. | am not cgsaetly yung maj
but yet / am not oald one. ! tail
lots Of exercise & have fine consti
tuition having spent my erly yecrs i,
the pine woods Of the northwest. HOY
much do you bid, sed Pa.
| will bid two scd Mister Mace bu
| think you ought to think long & sec
!. diously about this insurance problem
1t seems to me- sed Mister Mace, tina
Il gentleman wich can afford to live !
u house like this ought to carry a
lecst fifteen thousand dollars insurauc,
l How much mummy do you muik2
Q Well, sed Pa, sum weeks mak moa
than others. This week was Il bad on,
| will bid three, scd Pa.
G That is good, scd Mister Mace bu
| certainly wud like TO rite you up fc
at lecst 10 thousand ON our new ei
- dowmcn policy wich win net you
you live TO be SO yccrs Of age as muc
rs five thousand dollars in cash.
Wen ! git to be so ycers oald Sc
PN I will be all In. A old man doeser
: need mummy scd Pa, he wants nurs,
0 But think oC yure wife, sod Missu
Mace, Woman is by nature clngin
y crcchurc she sed TO PA 4 needs IN
i sturdy oak man to stand by her sid,
My husband is my sole protector.
| douut blame him, scd Pa, but m
Il wife cud marry aggcnn the minnit sh
=, wanted TO if | shud loev her q widow
: My wife has u CRATE fosinoshun abou
n her scd Pa & if | shud die tonight IN
Z fonc wud he ringing all day tomorrow
= Now scd Pa, Is this card gain or
= meeting OF the board Of directors. +
was Citing pretty mad
Then Mister 4 Mssus Mace plnvc
o cards for almost half u hour befoa
thuy scd any moor about life insuranc
:, but then Mister Mace sed, you loo
/ like fine risk, is thurc onnything /
h yurc past life that wud maik you q M
u dccsirNhcl riski Only one thing, So
Pa, | was In jail until month ag
for ncCrly ten yecrs, Mercy, sed Missu
Mace, for WHAT
n For killing life insurance agent, p
sod, a cxpcc TO 20 rite back.
Thou Mister & Missus Mace wen
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