Not Insured Against Fire
FOOTE went to spend his Christmas with Mr. B----, when, the weather
being very cold, and but bad fires, occasioned by a scarcity of wood in
the house, Foote, on the third day after he went there, ordered his
chaise, and was preparing to depart. Mr. B---- pressed him to stay. No,
no, says Foote; was I to stay any longer, you would not let me have a
leg to stand on; for there is so little wood in your house, that I am
afraid one of your servants may light the fire with my right leg,
which was his wooden one.