Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
Counting Ahead.

| both hands. .'My dear. what do yo1
ppo this is about:9"
!.iret me see,n demanded Mr.. Spo,n
.WhT, it's a lottery ticket. What the" ped
dlar of sacred literature have You bee,
patronizing now? Where'd YOU acquir]
possession of this monument d
wealth."
Il found it." huttered Mrs. spoopeD
dyke. making a dive for it,
though the explanation of whsl
it was made the slightest differ
| ence in its contents. SIS 1t really
lottery ticket? How much Go we VIM
"Well, it it draws q prize. and the eyl
pense of collection don't eat up tb1
amount and the lottery pays up va
won't be much out of pocket." returned
Nj. Spoopendyke, examining the ticke1
again.
after all' ~squealed Mrs. Spoopendyke,
clapping her hands and peering oye1
| her husbands shoulder at the mysteril
Gus document. Il wish they'd hurr
up and send the money. When do yod
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 foundit, an
they'll break Their necks to pay up be-
| fore the owner can make any trouble
Have you ordered anything else beside
the dolman on the strength OF this find
Been making any other purchases of
similar character:?"
No. cooed Mrs. Spoopendyke,
sAnd you shall have y What would
YOU like. dear? Well buy what VOID
want and if there's anything left, wen
think about the dolman."
"Don't think therell be much left,
grunted Mr.. Spoopendyke. 1t didn't
occur to you that we could put this
money in the bank. or 1 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 it, on
buy a horse we could both enjoy, did it:
All you thought of was the dolman, and
you want me to advance the money for
that9"
Il didn't know" murmured Mrs.
Spoopendyke, rather ~crestfallen. II
thought may be there would be enough
for US both, and if there was I'd like to|
get the sack. Say, dear, how much
would the stocks cost:?n
"Depends on how much you paid for
them," lucidly explained Mr.. Spoopen-
dyke. "They'll cost a good deal more
than the seal skin will. What's the
matter with you? AS soon as YOU get al
few dollars you want to bum it away on
clothes. Haven't you any notion of saw
ing? Think you'd excite any more rel
spect among the other inmates by claw
ing around the poor-house in q seal-skin
coat? S'pose I'm going to sit around
here like the label on a bottle and have
the neighbors fetch in cold pie, while
you skin around after Washing in a seal
SKIN dolman9 l tell you. this moneys
going where it'll do some good. Hear
me9 I'm going to build a barn and buy
a horse
Won't that be nice.'' exclaimed Mrs.
spoopendyke, her face illuminated vita
smiles. And at one end OF the bar
We'll have a piggery, and at the other,
end We'll have a hennery. Oh"
1--WE won't.' snorted Mr.. Spoopen-
dyke. ''Think I'm going to haze a lot
OF measly hens scratching with one leg
and growing ali night with the other?
Got a notion that I'm going to pu.
money into a pack OF pigs thar'll squea.
when you let up long enough to give
EN- q chance?H
''But little pigs are so sweet" pleaded
Mrs. Spoopendyke. And l dote on
hens
''Nfell, you do the dotins, and I'll
take care Of the funds..n retorted Mr..
Spoopendyke. 81 s'pose I've GOT to buy
the corner lot so as to give the barn al
fronting on the street."
'And III train some vines over the
door, said Mrs. Spoopenlyke . "With
vines around the door and climbing
beans owe the window we could make
it look
''Think I'm going to put half this
none; into hiring somebody to lind out
what you re talking about, don't you:,'
roared Mr.. Spoopendyke. "know what
a barn is? Think it's some kind of NUS
ance, with shelves in front for pots and
a broken leg behind? Well. ii amt. and
1t ain going to have any beans fooling
around it! The first dod gasted bean l
lind climbing over the window of that
barn Will get the chief part of its trous-
ers loaded with shot.''
81 thought it would look pretty
sighed Mrs. Spoopendyke.
That's it," yawped Mr.. spoopen-
dyke. you've been thinking again,
With our disposition to throw everv-
thing into the form of thought O only
want a stick of gum and a rad reputa-
ton t. be a female boarding-school,
Don YOU interfere in this business any
more I'LL | call You Il to look at the
horse. Understand me-"
Yes, dear" replied Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke. leaning on his shoulder and look
ing closely at the ii ket. What do
you snppose that june, 1851 is o
Mr.. spoopendyke glared at the slip,
torelt INTO a thousand pieces. scattered
them over the floor and danced on
tAcm.
WHATS it for?:" he yelled. "It's to
put arms and a tail 10 and be borne
around by an eightecn-carat IDIOT as a
sea!,SSin dolman; WAere'd We get it,
Never mind, DEAR" sailM Spoop-
enGyke. soothingly. I'm sorry you're
disappointed about your barn, but I'll
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