Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-01-25
Mr.. and Mrs. Spocp endyke Building Cas-
ties on q Lottery Ticket.

My dear, SAID Mrs. Spoopendyke,
who had for some time been intently
studying slip Of paper she held in
both hands. NV dear, what do you
suppose this is about?'
Let me see, demanded Mr.. Spoopen-
dyke, snatching at the paper. why
it's lottery ticket! What peddler Of
secret literature have you been patron
lzing aow? Where'd you acquire pos
session Of this monument to wealth ?
4 found it, futtered Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke, making dive for it, as though
the explanation of what it was made
the slightes difference in its contents.
is it really a lottery ticket? How
much do We win?
well, if 1t draws prize, and the
Expense of collection don't eat it up
the amount and the lottery pays up,
we won't be much out of pocket, re-
turned Mr.. Spoopendyke, examining
the ticket again.
and I'll have nv seal-skin dolman
after all " squealed Mrs. Spoopendyke,
clapping her hands and peering over
her husban's shoulder at the mysteri
Gus document. Il wish they'd hurry
up and send the money. When dc
you think they'll send it, DEAR
'P'raps it's on the way now.' NUT,
tered Mr.. Spoopendyke. 'Of course
the lottery folks know you found it.
and they'll break their necks to pay
up before the owner can make any
trouble. Have you ordered anything
else beside the dolman on the strength
of this find? Been making any othel
purchases of similar character
No. cooed Mrs. Spoopendyke. And
you shall have a. What would YOU
like, dear? Well buy " hat you want,
and if there's anything left we'll think
about the dolman.'
Don't think there'li be mnch, left.
grunted Mr.. Spoopendyke 1t didn't
occur to you that We could put thi;
money in the bank, or | C uld use it in
my business, did it? Never suggest
ed itself to you that we could lay il
away, or speculate in stocks and dou
BILE it, or buy morse we could both
enjoy, did it: All you though of Wa;
the dolman, and you want ME to ad.
vance the money for that
4 didn't know murmured Mrs
Spoopendyke, rather crestfallen. 4
thought maybe there would b. enough
for us both, and if there was I'd like
to get the sack. Say, dear, how mutt
would the stocks cost p
Depends on how much you paid fol
them,' lucidly explained Mr.. Spoopen
dyke. They'll cost good deal more
than the seal skin will. What's the
matter with you? As soon as you gel
few dollars you want to bum it away
on clothes? Haven't you any notion
of saving? Think you'd excite any
more respect among the other inmates
by clawing around the poor-house in
seal skin coat? S'pose I'm going
to sit around here like the label on 8
bottle and have the neighbors fetch
IN cold pie, while you skin around at
ter washing in seal skin dolman?
tell you, this moneys going where it'll
do some good! Hear me? I'm going
to build barn and buy horse
Wont that be nice" exclaimed Mrs
Spoopendyke, her face illuminated with
smiles. and at one end OF the barn
We'll have piggery, and at the other
end we'll have . hennery. OH.
we WON'T! snortec Mr.. Sp open.
dyke. think I'm going to have lol
of measly hens scratching with one
leg and Growing all night with the
other? Got a notion that I'm going to
put money into pack of pigs that'll
squeal when you let up long enough
to give 'em chance?
But little pigs are SO sweet" plead
ed Mrs. Spoopendyke. And dote or
hens
well, you do the doting, and II
take care the funds' retorted Mr.
Spoopendyke. 4 s'pose I've, got t.
buy the corner lot so as to give the
barn a fronting on the street
And I'll train some vines over the
door, said Mrs Spoopendyke. witt
vines around the door and climbing
beans over the window We could max,
look
Think I'm going to put half thi
money into hiring SOMEBODY to find on