Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1915 — THE THREE POLICIES^ [ARTICLE]

THE THREE POLICIES^

% On«e upon a time th«f%*was .* bdfiu ntul pfiincesa who wSL^ftslpnaljlr and loved vHo wnWier picture in the leWing Tas man papers week after week, as she sat on a fence looking at a football game, or wm walking with hftr phnw dnf Jn_a. high wind. One day the princess ordered as proclamation to the following effect v*J* ™ e „ SZLZZJS'iS Z SSZ who can interpret" anp'ene correctly can have my hand in matrimony."

The news rapidly spread* and the hdrt-'moming three ybtog Weh'nfhsented themselves for ‘the ; test. 11 ” Said the first: '• 1 "This means that in case your palace burns down -yon-get 80 per cent of the difference between wfcat it is appraised at, less what (the 'oompainy thinks you-ought to have, minus what the last-legislative body thought ought to be conceded on account of a had fire that took place In Constantinople year before last." Everybody cheered at this; and the first suiter began to make calculations on the back of an envelope as to the cost of a wedding breakfast. Then said the second suitor: "Hem? This is an accident insurance, covering loss of limb or death or other injury—provided that the deceased was in good health at the time, and did not suspect anything. Also, if the moon was in the third quarter, or he was lying under a motor cay with the west wind, then everything is null and void, in which case the weekly indemnity, it any, is subject to a fine and possible imprisonment, Ail common carriers excepted.’* The second suitor was also-highly applauded, and it really looked as if he naight gelwU-the gate-moaeyr when the third suitor stepped forward. Ho was, as is customary, much handsomer than the other two, and very poor and honest, and really needed looking after; but when the princes handed him the third insurance policy he shook his head and refused it.

"Your majesty, ’* he said, "you win have to pardon me, but I didn’t know what the test was. lam young and innocent, but I know 100 much, I hope, to attempt to interpret any insurance policy in these days. Sorry to lose you, but I beg to withdraw." Then the princess threw herself in his arms, while the grand vizier ordered a couple of underwriters buried alive. " I knew by the blank look on your face, darling, that you were a sure winner," cried the princess.—From Life.