Canadian grocer July-December 1898 . able, picked up a small card,and handed it to me with the re-mark : Do you carry any life in-surance ? A little. How much ? I told him. Then he threw oneleg over the other, turned towardme, and, with the ardor of an evangelistseeking conversions, dilated upon the ad-vantages of insuring in the CommercialTravelers Mutual Benefit. He punctuatedhis arguments with vigorous fist exerciseupon the palm of his left hand, and greweloquent. I began to forget the objectof my visit, and when I did think aboutit, I could not get a word in , as he reasoned of
Canadian grocer July-December 1898 . able, picked up a small card,and handed it to me with the re-mark : Do you carry any life in-surance ? A little. How much ? I told him. Then he threw oneleg over the other, turned towardme, and, with the ardor of an evangelistseeking conversions, dilated upon the ad-vantages of insuring in the CommercialTravelers Mutual Benefit. He punctuatedhis arguments with vigorous fist exerciseupon the palm of his left hand, and greweloquent. I began to forget the objectof my visit, and when I did think aboutit, I could not get a word in , as he reasoned of insurance andof mans duty to his family, I thought almost thou makest me a convert—orvictim, while I eventually managed toremark : Ill think about it. Mr. Scott is an Irishman, and a North ofIreland man at that, which accounts for hisgift o the gab, no doubt. He is middle-aged, and one of his earlier ventures in lifewas as a clerk in Burns well-known gro-cery store, Queen and James streets,Toronto, where he served for five Mr. Blaney H. Scott. Then an uncle came along who had a de-sire for travel, and who had money togratify that desire, and he and young Scotttook a leisurely tour of the United States,covering some 28,000 miles. On his returnto Toronto, Mr. Scott started up in thegrocery business on his own account. Afterabout two years in business, he sold out,and traveled for T. Kinnear & Co., years ago Mr. Scott took the stepwhich launched him into a life insurancecareer. As a member of the IndependentOrder of Foresters, the officers of thesupreme council, recognizing his fitness for insurance and organization, sent him toIreland to start the society there. Theirconfidence was not misplaced, for, duringthe year and ten months he was in thatcountry, he organized 25 courts, and a highcourt as well. One of the charter membersof the first court he opened was Rev. W. , afterwards the pastor of church, Toronto, andnow pastor of a church
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