ROMANCE OF A BROKEN ARM

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 96, 11 April 1908, Page 4

ROMANCE OF A BROKEN ARM

Mere i* the -tory of a <-a«e which is puzzling many lawyer-. Somettiem e ago an agent of the llewaiv IsMiraucc Company calhd on (•eneral Uugly and importuned him to have hiu:-eif insured again-t accident. '*l don't need to be injured," said the general. " I am not exposed to danger." "It may seem the persistent agent replied, "but. regardless of apparent security, accidents may befall us."

"There may be >ome truth ia your view,' 7 said the genera!; aud then, after a few moments' reflection he added. -For several year* I have been tormented with a preMiuinicnt i hat my left arm is to be broken."

"\ery likely to happen." evdairaed tbe agent.. " Still," the general continued. Time passes, and the accident seems a- far off now as ever."

"My dear *ir," -aid the agi'nt, " misfortune is ever distant till it falU upon

"That's a fact." the general absented. "-Now, 11J make yon a proposition: if you'll agree to iu-ure my left arm I'll take out a ]>oliey."

"It i* not usual, general, to injure one certain leg or arm, but I am inclined to accommodate you."

" All right. Now, this is my jtian: In-urc uiy U-i't arm, anil if u be' broken jay me ten iwunds per week until it get* well; and until it is broken 1 will pay you a pound a week:' I lie agent said lie would write to the secretary of the companf: He did so, telling the secretary, after explaining the proposition, that the general was one of the most peculiar men lie had ever seen. The secretary, much amused, submitted the matter to the board. The board, as much amused as the secretary, accepted the proposition. Regularly cry week, during two months, the company received a pound a week from the general, and then came the information that the general's left arm wa- broken. The local physician, an ployed by the company, and wiiu was. hv the way. a friend oi' the general'-, sent in his statement to tile ellert that the arm was broken, and the general i«-ceived in-truc-tions to draw on the company for til) each week, until his urnt should U: pronounced well. Six months parsed and Mill the general continued to draw. The .ecretar.v wrote t" the phy-iciaji and received a icpW that Ihe arm had not begun In mend. Six more mom hi passed/during which time tlie general, patiently, even \ hcerfully, drew hi- money. The Imj;i r 1 held a -pecial meeting, and instructed the secretary to ;*> to the general's home and investigate the matter Tin- ollicial. upon arriving, -ought the company's pliyi-i.iaii. ••Is it possible,'' -aid Ik-, - (hat the gi'iieral'- arm has not recovered'.'" "It i- a fact.''

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