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Show t ' Got Rid of Agent I V ! I 111 v In had learned by many years of experience Unit one of the sure slgnt of spring Is thn activity of the lire Insurance agents, lie I, as for a rood many years been paying premiums premi-ums on seversl thoiisund dollars morn Insurance than he feels like he Is able to do. unci for that reason he considers Hie spring Insuraneo solicitor solic-itor as ono of tho worst Ills of tho season. Ingenuity has alwaa been Ihe ono msrke-d characteristic of HI! vines, and after the first one of the agents tackled him the other day and began telling him how soon he was lei die anj In what an awful suite he would leave his family and creditors, lllltlns hit Usui a new achemn. Thn next morning lllltlns took lo his omen all thn old photographs be could And. On each one he tied a little cre-pe rosette and then hung them on tho wall, stood them on his desk and put them at every point In the office whore they could be aen. lllltlns had not been In his office for an hour w-htn an Insurance agent cictue lii and be c m reading HllvUis" obituary. The latter lengthened hkt face out on li eh or two and drestJ, out his handkerchief and mopped bit) eyes. "I fully reallre the vnlue of Insur-mice," Insur-mice," said llllvlns, aa blue aa Indigo, and I wish I could gel a million dollars dol-lars on my life, but " "Vou are the ninn I like to talk to," said Ihe agent enthusiastically, "tmr ' company will w.lte a million dollar on your life and " "Isn't that I. si badT" said Blivlaa "I am sorry, but I can't got a poltey tor a cent. Si-o that dear face?" ha ssld. pointing to one old pictures, "That's dear Uncle Kphraln. Ccee-suinptloii Ccee-suinptloii did It. There Is dear Coo- sin Sclh. Consul,. j.lon. And thnra la ' I grandfather. Consumption. And j 1 tltere Ib " . I The life insurance agent had turned J purple, lie arose, bowed, and told ; J llllvlns there was no hone. Aa tha I ( agent went through the denrway Wlw. ... Ins leaned baeli In bin chair, laughed. 7 and then arose and ptoSed up a toe- pound letter press and swung It aa- , i, der tho table. i j |