Achmed Abdullah

“ For while every new insurance written cost him so and so much cash out of his own pocket for commissions to the agents, the stock of the company, well advertised in the local newspapers, went soaring sky-high. So he went about with the air of an undertaker, but of an optimistic undertaker, who had received authentic news from the United States Health Bureau that a horrible and killing epidemic is due to arrive on the next spring wind. ”

“ Prove that you've learned something about up-to-date warfare, and spare neither women nor children. Open fire on this commonwealth and the smiling, rural landscape which surrounds it. Insure everybody—and God bless you! ”

“ Macdonald had told him. He was wishing both devotedly and profanely that April would come a little sooner. For the commissions he had to pay to Hayes and the three sub-agents were rapidly growing in size.
He was afraid to call the agents off, as he knew that a decrease in the volume of business would cause the stock to slump. So Hayes, Traube, Hillyer, and Graham continued to write insurance. They wrote it as it had never been written before. Their campaign marked an epoch in the history of Northwestern life insurance. ”

“ Macdonald inquired.
The Frenchman dropped into a chair.
"Alas!" he exclaimed. "I saw M. Kenny; I talked, I argued, I cajoled, I objurgated, but he will not buy that lot in Lincoln Park; he says he will not pay cash. He says that the word cash will always remain a stranger to the vocabulary of his business life! He says that perhaps he will trade—"
Walsh pointed a broad thumb at the count.
"Say, Mac," he said, "Frenchie can't help it. He ain't no good at this here real estate game." ”