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Show He Saved tho Wrong Man. Detroit Free Prcs: "I always takii a pride in the business,'' said the zeal-oiH zeal-oiH life Insurance i.gent. "and never tail to take n step that wll) redound to tho Interests of my company. 1 think tho company appreciate-! ray efforts In lia behalf, us a steady In-creaso In-creaso Inalary has been my fortune evoralrico 1 began working for Hv But I once had an experience, that somewhat some-what damped my ardor and showed mo that there Is n limit in looking out for your company's interests. I Insured a man for $5000. Ho was a splendid rlfk. sound us a dollar and bid fair to die of old ago, 1 felt suro that tho company would win out on tho risk, so I was feeling pretty good. Ono day soon nf tut ward. I was going down tho river In n boat to got a breath of fresh air. Looking the passengers over, I noticed that the party I bad Insured was on board, sitting on Urn, railing In a very careless position. It ui'idu me nervous to sit there and watch Unit fellow taking so many chanees. 1 don't know why It Is, but as toon as a man gets his life Insured he seems to think ihathu can flirt with deatth like a yellow fever luimuuo. "At. last tho expected happened. Ho lost his balance and fell overboard, 1 rushed to the railing and saw at once that the fullow could not twin. I am a pretty good swimmer my sol f and the pariy 1c the water represented $5000. I couldn't afford to see the company lose trnt money right before my eyes, po I plunged lu after him. I had a deuco of a time with him before help arrived and atone time I thought It was up with both of us. But help arrived ut lust and vie nro pulled out. Then 1 found that I was not yet out. ot tho woods, 'llib party wub unconscious and It was a question whether ho would live or die. I got, htm ashore and hired overy doctor I could get to woik over him, regardless of expense "They succeeded In bringing him nrouud at last uiid I was In the act of sending a glowing account to my company, com-pany, together with n pretty stiff bill, when I made the discovery that hu wasn't tho fellow I had Insured, only a mail that looked llko him. Worse than that, ho was Insured for $23,000 In u rival company." |