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BOB JENKINS dropped the dipper 

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"Look at *em," he said pointing to the 

 highway. "There they go. Having fun, 

 while I stay here and sweat away to a 

 shadow. But one of these days I'm going 

 to do what I want to do. IVe got it all 

 fixed. When Fm 65 FU have me a nice, 

 fat check coming in every month. A 

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; "Fve worked hard all my life— given 

 up a lot of pleasure when I was young 

 so's I could own a real farm. Now I've 

 got it. It*s mine. And one of these 

 days I'll turn it over to the boy and go 

 do what I want to do. 



"Fm 50 now. When Fm 65 I'm go- 

 ing to say, *Bob! There's the world, 

 here's the money and let's go and see 

 what's been going on around the coun- 

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"I've always wanted to see Cuba or 

 South America. Never been able to take 

 the time or money from the farm to go. 

 Maybe I'll go to California and see the 

 orange groves. Maybe Ma and Fll take 

 that honeymoon to Niagara Falls we 

 never took. We'll have money enough 

 to do it, with a pension check coming 

 regular every month. 



"Ma says she wants to get a little 

 place in town near daughter. I'd like 



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that. I know a lot of sociable people in 

 town. Perhaps a couple of us men will 

 get a fishing cottage somewhere and get 

 off by ourselves without the womenfolk. 

 Maybe Fll just spend my days sitting 

 and reading. Anyway, Fm going to do 

 what I want to do. 



"Fve always wanted to spend a sum- 

 mer up in the mountains. Sort of got 

 the idea after seein' a travel picture 

 showing a lot of old boys riding nice 

 horses in a big forest and up steep trails 

 in Yellowstone Park, and Glacier Park. 

 Maybe I'll do some of that. Fll be able 

 to afford it. I understand that Ma and 

 me could take a boat trip on the ocean 

 about as cheap as staying home. Well — 

 maybe we'll do that too. Maybe Fll 

 catch up on a lot of sleeping. If I want 

 to, I will. 



"You know, since I got it all fixed 

 up, the sight of these people going by 

 the house having fun isn't so hard to 

 take. I just say to Ma, *Won't be 

 long now before we'll be taking off for 

 a jaunt will it? And we'll do just what 

 we want to do won't we?* And she 

 smiles all over. Then, 111 sometimes 

 catch her looking at me kind of question- 

 ing like, and I know what she's think- 

 ing. But Fve got that fixed too. She'll 

 have the pension then — and I know she'll 

 go do all the things we were plaiming 

 on doing. Just like I was with her, : 



'^But — that's no way to talk, with me 

 hale and hearty as I am. When Fm 65 

 Fll be ready to have some fun. I'll have 

 the money too. Regular, every month. 

 What if land or com prices are down! 

 That won't make any difference. Because 

 Fll have my chunk of whatever Uncle 

 Sam is using for money coming to me 

 every month to spend how I want to. 



"Sure you can get a 'farmer's pen- 

 sion.' You're as well fixed as I am and 

 needin' fun just as bad. Tell you what 

 — you go see the insurance man at the 

 County Farm Bureau. Tell him you want 

 a 'farmer's pension' like Fm getting. 



"And now you'll have to excuse me. 

 I got to finish up." Bob Jenkins was 

 back on his tractor. "But you can bet, 

 mister, that one of these days I'm going 

 to do what I want to do." Country Life 

 Insurance Company, 608 South Dear- 

 bom St., Chicago, Illinois. 



""I'm not rich,"* said Bob Jenkims 

 to the Farm Bureau insurance maa* 

 *1but I want a set amount comiaf la 

 each month after Fm 65 that I caa 

 handle now." So the insurance 



fixed him up with a ''farmer's 

 pension.'' It won't take but a few 

 minutes for you to i^et all the de- 

 Uils. There are a lot of so-called 

 ''pensions/' so be sure and ask 

 about the "farmer's pension." 



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