THE BEST POLICY.
A negro woman walked into an insurance office and asked whether they dealt in fire insurance. “We do,” a, clerk replied. “What do you want insured?” “ Mali husband.” “Then you don’t wmnt fire insurance,” smiled the clerk, as he reached for another application form. “ What you want is a life insurance policy.” “No, Ah don’t!” exclaimed the woman. “ Ah wants fire insurance. Mah husband’s been fired fo’ times in de las’ two weeks,.’’
The teacher had been giving bis class a lecture in English composition, and when be bad finished he asked the bright boy of the class to write a very long sentence. The boy wrote: “ Imprisonment for life.”-
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Evening Star, Issue 20040, 4 December 1928, Page 3
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113THE BEST POLICY. Evening Star, Issue 20040, 4 December 1928, Page 3
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