The Arizona sentinel., 1884-03-22
Spoopendyke Lottery Ticket.

"My dear" said Mrs. Spoopen' dyke, who had for some time been intently studying a slip 0 paper she held in both hands My dear, what do you suppose this is abOut?"
 "Let us see," demanded Mr. Spoopendyke, snatching at the paper. "Why, it's a lottery ticket. What peddIer of secret literature have you been patron izing now? Where'd you acquire possession of this monument tC wealth?'
 1T found it." futtered Mrs. Spoopendyke. making dive fol 1t as though the explanation Ol what it was made the slightest difference in its contents. "Is it really a lottery ticket? How much do we win?"
 "Well. if it draws priz ., and the expenses of collection don't eat up the amount and the lottery pays up, we won't be much out of pocket" returned Mir. Spoop- endyke, examining the ticket again.
 "And I'll have my seal-kin dolman after all!" squealed Mrs. sDoopendykr, clapping her h lnds and paering over her husbands shoulder at the mysterious docu- lnen.. 'I wish they'd hurry up and send the money. When do you thiuk they'll send it, dear?"
 "P'raps it's on the way now" muttered MT. 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 Joiner purchases Of a similar char acter?''
 ] "No, y c0Oed Mrs. Sp0opendyke. i "A nd you shall have a - What would you like, dear. Wen buy @ha yoy want, and f there's anything Iaft 4u'-I --.-- ..yo,,,.. the dolman."
 "Don't think thele'lI be much left" grunted Mir. Spoopendyke. .It didn't occur to you that We could put that money in the bank or I could use it in my business, did it? Never suggested itself to you that We could lay it away, or speculate in stocks and double il, or buy horse we could both en- | joy, did il? All you thought of was the dol oInan, and you want me to advance the money for that"
 1T didn't know," murmured Mrs Spoopendyke, rather crest> fallen. "I thought may be there would be enough for us both, and if there was I'd like 10 get the sack-Say. dear, how much would the stocks cost?"
 "DppendS on how much you ply for them," lucidly exclaimed MT. Spoopendyke. '"rhey'll cost a good deal more than the seal skin will. Whats the mater with you? As soon as you get a few dollars you want to bum it away on clothe es? Think you'd excite any more aspect among the other inmates by clawing around the poor house in a seal skin coat? Haven't you any no- ton of saving? 'SpOse Pm going to sit around here like the label on bottle and have the neigh bors fetch in cold. pie, while you skin around after washing in a sealskin dolman? 1 tell you, this mOney's going where it'll do some g0odI Hear me? Pm gong 10 build barn and buy a horse"
 "Won't that be nicen" eXclaim- ed Mrs. Spuoppndyke, her face iIIumir tied with smiles. "And at one cad of the barn we'll have piggery. and at the other end we'll have a hennery! Oh-!
 eve won't" Sh0rted MT. s. "Think Pm going 10 have a lot of measly hens scratching with one leg and growing all night with the other? Got a notion fhat I1ro rninr tn p1t DlnnoV infn