"Perhaps Mrs. Butterwick will be so indignant at your neglect
that she will not mourn for you, that she will not shed a tear over
your bier."

_Butterwick_. "I don't want a bier, and I'd rather she wouldn't cry
any."

_Gunn_. "Well, then, s'posin' you go in on the endowment plan and take
a policy for five thousand dollars, to be paid you when you reach the
age of fifty?"

_Butterwick_. "I don't want five thousand dollars when I'm fifty. I
wouldn't take it if you were to fling it at me and pay me to take it."

_Gunn_. "I'm afraid, then, I'll have to say good-morning."

_Butterwick_. "I don't want you to say good-morning; you can go
without saying it."

_Gunn_. "I'll quit."

_Butterwick_. "Aha! now you've hit it! I _do_ want you to quit, and as
suddenly as you can."

Then Mr. Gunn left. He thinks he will hardly insure Butterwick.

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