THE IRREPRESSIBLE INSURANCE AGENT
A writer In an- Auckland paper Bays : — One of the greatest and gravest anxieties devo'.opi'g on theee who had charged themselves with the welfare of tho Esrl of Aberdeen during his stay m tin city haa been to protect him from ibe attacka of the insurance agents. One euterpri&ing and indefatigable representative of a colonial company has been a source of much trouble. Ho had set his honrfc on taking the life of jthd Earl, and only the most vigilant care has beon able to keep him from effacting his nefarious purpose. Scarcely had his Lordship sat down to breakfaet on hla arrival when he was aern hatuUinp the lobbles/'with book m hand and a rdl of papeia (showing the uncertainty of lift, aod the advantages offe; & by his own particular Association to make provlilou for disconsolate widows and he'pleaa orphans. To tho various deputations that guarded tha inviolability of the illufcttlouß visitors he pleaded piteously, being powerfully imprecsod with the fear that BhouM hia'Lordahlp succumb to any of the numerous accidents menacing him m his tour, his helpleas finally would be instantly .assailed by thejwolf at the door, and wherever the distinguished visitors wont, whether to the Art Gallery or the Opera House, to Mount Eden or the North Shore, those on guard could Bee the stealthy form of this agent, with eyes glaring m their sockets, bent on having that noble life. He was own brother to the agent by whom the tourist m London was infested, when flying from aisle to ctypr, from mart to gallery, everywhere and always he WBB confronted by tho insurance fiend, till at last, flying for refuge to. the dome of St- Paul's, ho breathed frce'yj and thackful to have £ uud ono place of real', when he caw, as it wore, a cloud ascending and floating towards him; and as the balloon swept past he heard the voice, " Well, what about the policy ?" The Earl haß escaped to Eotorua, but shall he bo swallowed m an eruption a whole phamplet will no doubt tell the'startling Btory of an oppportunity neglected, and a chance of making provision for a helpless family of orphans, gone for ever, '
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1559, 16 May 1887, Page 3
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367THE IRREPRESSIBLE INSURANCE AGENT Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1559, 16 May 1887, Page 3
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