Unemployed and despondent, Hank Fuller decides to invest his few remaining dollars in an Accident Insurance Policy, calculating to place himself in the way of danger in the hope of meeting with an accident and securing the weekly indemnity...See moreUnemployed and despondent, Hank Fuller decides to invest his few remaining dollars in an Accident Insurance Policy, calculating to place himself in the way of danger in the hope of meeting with an accident and securing the weekly indemnity or the compensation for the loss of a limb or an eye. He lies down in front of a trolley car which stops within a few feet of him. He does the same thing in the path of an automobile, and it never touches him. He falls from the top of a house and lands in a load of hay. He explodes a stick of dynamite, with no injurious consequences. Disgusted, he goes to the insurance company and demands the return of his money, which is given. On his way down the steps of the building, he slips on a banana peel, falling down the full flight and rolling into the street with a broken leg and arm. In the hospital, reclining on his little cot, he sorrowfully exclaims, "Just my luck." Written by
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