A MEMBER OF THE FOURTH ESTATE INSURES HIS LIFE.
'.•I'.' 'v > [OTA<k>; DAIItf TIMSS.] : :, I ; 'An' energetic ifQoVernment" agent hasj lately been; yer^; busy! Tunning aboutj r;DanJed^ rii[d\atfemgfitfg',H^ r'talEfti:pei'ibnß'j ■"lif eC rlt c 'was; only % the I'bther day- he;, called at^^'o'uif Office arid! informed, usinj the most cold-blooded manner that he wished to;take thelives of two of our repbrlmg stiiff.. On enquirii&g what for, he 1 replied, •'Twbfoutfdrea pounds." " Good gracious," ; we exclaimed,.,.','-. you surely would noiMrili^ a timi6r£2Oo: Besides, ] we *dde 4, ,"otir s^aff^s so busy just now,; aniith>:<jfficie $«bjiistjj^en daifpetedithat wfe^realiy cbuid noCspa;re' you* wouldibe. victims, nor put up witfi' A mess on "the floor." Eferituillyv fiowever, we asceri tained^that t^e»-supppsed; asaaasin was ari ■-iri'i^arae^gep^ iri question «T>eirigJ asked LS£thiey wished to be insured, they naturally..enquired,; '>hpw much down| r ''. .as casli.on.theiiaili at a rule, wUh^nese-member's of the fourth estate is rarely produced" except, perhapsi in ani unguarded moment.'. JUsadyjmoney was not a sine qua non, so ..the insurance was^ effected.' s The knswei? to the;ii'octor'B quesition^i^o^ hsw mttcfi' beer one of th<s gentlemen, drank'daily was amusing;, ■s«^Bgeltn^,"^ ssMd/:-'':iix af ;bi!faer' tiriies" t^enty^i." : "P«^n me,V !- replied thei medico, "1" I'don't mean for* answered the insurer, " my day, as J. riil^, commences at nine in the morning' and "■'te^minMr' al*"t^:- tKe; L next^riibrning.'>: "You'll dp," swd^tie.doctor/;" firit^lais '-'lif- »»:VR:i6a^- : ,, [>0^ • i-i iy/:\:;i\ - :■:-,;;' {:
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Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1666, 2 May 1874, Page 3
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223A MEMBER OF THE FOURTH ESTATE INSURES HIS LIFE. Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1666, 2 May 1874, Page 3
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