Headed Him Off

Bulletin tells this story: An insurance agent who had expended fifteen minutes of eloquent argument with a well-known Boston business man was brought to a teraporary pauso by the lntter's quietly opening a drawer of his desk and taking therefrom a skull upon which was ininscribed, "All that is left of the last drummer that called," and placing it before bim. "A capital idoa," remarked the drummer. "Yes," said the merchant, "and we we propose to add to our oolleotion." "Verygood," was the reply, "I shall be happy to aid you, and in case you teke a risk in pur office will agree to furnish you an uiscription for the second skull. "And what will that be?" inquired the merchant. "All that was left of the man that ■was called on, except his insaranoe in the Bonanza Life Insurance Company."