Still Uninsured.

Otago Witness, Issue 2734, 8 August 1906, Page 78

Still Uninsured.

'A life-insurance agent named Gunn was in town the other day, and while there he heard that old Bromley had no insurance upon his life, so Gunn concluded to drop in and see him. Bromley had no acquaintance with Gunn, and when the la|ter entered the office he introduced himself by saying: "Mr Bromley, I've called to sec if I could take your life."

"Wh-wh-what d'you say? 1 ' exclaimed Bromley, in some alarm. "I say that I've come round to take your life. My name is Gunn. As soon as I heard you were unprotected, that you had nothing on your life, I thought I

w«nld jasfc tim in .and settle the thing witii you at once." Then Bromley got up and went to the other side of the table, and said to Tiimself:

"By George, it's a lunatic who has broken out of the asylum. He'll kill me if I holloa, or run. I must humour him."

Then Chmn, tumbling in bis pocket rafter his mortality tables, followed Bromley around the room and said to him :

"You can choose your own plan, you know. It's immaterial to me. Some like one and some like another. It's a matter of taste. Which one do you prefer?"

"I'd rather not die at all," said Bromley, in despair. "But you've got to die, of course," said Gunn; " that's a thing there's no choice about. All I can do is to make death easy for you; to make you feel happy as you go off. Now, which plan will you take?" "Couldn't you postpone it till to-morrow, so as to give me -time to think?" "No; I prefer to take you on the spot. I might as well do it now as at any other time. You have a wife" and children'?"

"Yes; I think you ought to have some consideration for them, and let me off."

"Well, that's a curious kind of argument," said Gunn. "When I take you, your family will be perfectly protected, of course, and not otherwise." "But why do you want to murder me? j ?» "Murder you? Murder you? Who in thunder's talking about murdering you?" "Why, didn't you say — — " "I called to get you to take out a lifeinsurance policy in our company and "Oh, you did, did you?" said Bromley, suddenly becoming fierce. "Well, 1 ain't agoing to do it, and I want you to skip out of this office, or I'll brain you with the poker. Come, now, skip !" Thet> Mr Gunn withdrew without issuing a policy, and Bromley is still uninsured.