The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-05-20
BELLEVUE, La, THURSDAY MAY 20 $780,
Tapital Prize. Fifty thousand Pounds
Tickets. one nonnd anoh y, = o'iiue.

| aPioai ilze. Fifty Thousand Pounds
tickets, one pound each.n ''
when the day of the drawino ea,o
anu a little list of numbers was +D bl
seen below this advertisement S;n,ar
looked longer and was often observed r.
sigh. -'i' o'serVeo 1o
Not' however, because he had invested
MS money in tickets and lost. but he.
cause ga, he had none to invest Amt
wheeler was not too generous.
uo,s =, III keep you till you can keep YOUR
sen, she often said, g but shan't have
my money wasted on cigars and wine.
GU re better off without none. =
oimon neither desired wine or cioars
nor any other luxury of dissipated youth:
put III ne could have had the price, of =
LOTTERY ticket without working for It. he
would have rejoiced. 81
In bis early boyhood he had dreamed
that he had drawn lucky number. He
Deheved IN dreams-that dream in mar.
ticular. p''
IL had the effect upon him that having
ms name in will has upon many q q
young man..
He saw no need of learning a trade
OF gong into shop Or setting himself
10 earn his bread anywhere or in any
manner.
with his first pound he would buv a.
lottery ticket, draw the fifty thousand
prize, reimburse his aunt for all that she
hadexpended upon him. be very iollv and
generous to everybody. and Give }nx,,.
riously every day." like the town monse
in the fable.
One afternoon as he sauntered IN.
sleepy-eyed and dreamy. he fonnd Sails
Corkindahl at the tea-table.
She had been sewing for his aunt all
the afternoon. So.
Meanwhile he also had been very busv.
He had found an imaginary Mound
bought a ticket, drawn the prize, and be-
slowed upon his aunt a, little carriage.
two cream-colored horses and black
silk dress.
Her delight over the unexpected pres
ent and wonderful news had kept him
from opening the canned fruit as he had
promised to do.
Mrs. Wheeler, who knew nothing of
this fine waking dream, desired to scold
him.
However, Sally's presence prevented
her from doing so. She contented her.
self with talk at him over the dress
makers shoulder. l SfjnF
She praised the girls industry, her
prudenee, ,sher economy e. Il
''That's the way to get on,'' she said
=" that the spirit like. Independent
from the time you lost your parents, and
making little savings all the while.
Don't say only fifty. pounds Every
little makes mick1e,7 I've heard nv
grandmother say. Many one that has
earned double your money hasn't saved
a penny"
Simon listened, .....
Fifty poundsr' said he to himself.
"Why don't she buy lottery ticket,
draw prize, and stop sewing? I would.''
He looked earnestly at Sally. The
color came into her thin cheeks.
Sheywas not often the. object of such
intent regard. 'Hsa - 2 As ?
Could it be that this Young man adj
mired herpq ,e,xos .y9s.,
Sally Corkindahl felt sure that this was
so when Simon offered to see her home
that evening. Is aa raw - 49,
That was the beginning of it.
The end was thatwedainc which had
such astonisl,menta at Painsted.
The wonder that Industrious Sally
Corkindahl had married such an idle
fellow. who certainly could not take care
of her. was only matched by the wonder
that handsome Simon Wheeler had mar
ried that plain. utterly unattractiye Sally
Corkindahl.
Mrs. Wheeler resented it highly.
Since you've chosen 4 common seam
stress, and married her without hint to
me. you can take care of her. - she said
II won't.'' s777 Ta2E
So Simon had sauntered over to the
one room which SALLY hired. with his
in one hand and An nm
brella in the other: and Sally still went
out towork. while Simon sat at the win
dow and looked at his paper. ~
He had told her he expected to come
INTO a fortune. and she received his state
ment with the credulity of love, and was
content to pinch and toll in the mean
-ime. ~
She had placed her savings book in his
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