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On the morning after the fire , he was up betimes to sail with the wind , to take advantage of the stir-up that the public mind had got ; and he secured a lot of new business . `` Now , Mr. Hartigan , why do n't you insure that horse of yours ? Just think where you would have been if you had n't got him out in time last night . Why , I knew a man who bought a horse for fifty dollars in the morning , insured him for two hundred and fifty dollars at noon , and next night he was burnt up . The very next day he got his check for two hundred and fifty dollars . That 's the way our company does business ; all in twenty-four hours . '' The idea of a joyful profit out of Blazing Star 's incinerated remains was distinctly unpleasant , much like asking a mother to realize on her baby , and Hartigan took out no policy , but it had the effect of making him try to set a market value on the horse .