The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-08
Counting Ahead.

who had for some time been intently
studying slip Of a paper she held IN
both hands. ssMy dear. what do you
suppose this is about9"
..Let me see, demanded Mr.. Spoop-
endyke, snatching at the paper.
"Why, it's lottery ticketl What ped
dlar OF sacred literature have you been
patrOnizing nowp Where'd you acquire
possession Of this monument to
Wealth.
81 found it, fluttered Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke, making a dive for it, as
though the explanation of what
it was made the slightest differ
ence in its contents. lis 1t really
lottery ticketp How much do we winp'
"Well, 1t it draws prize, and the ex-
pense of collection don't eat up the
amount and the lottery pays up we
won't be much out Of pocket. y returned
Mr.. Spoopendyke, examining the ticket
again.
after all squealed Mrs. Spoopendyke,
clapping her hands and peering over
her husbands shoulder at the mysteri-
Gus document Il wish they'd hurry
up and send the money. When do you
think they'll send it, dearp"
.sP'raps it's on the way nowl'' mutt
tered Mr.. Spoopendyke. ssOf course,
the lottery folks know you found it, and
they'll break their necks to pay up be-
fore the owner can make any trouble.
Have you ordered anything else beside
the doiman on the strength Of this findp
Been making any other purchases OF a
similar characterpn
.sAnd won shalI have A. What would
vo,, 1;ke daarp wan bnv what YOU
want ana II there's ANYTHING left, we'll
th;nE about me dolman.''
..r,1.,,s 49, .ha~o,ll Ia ,,o,ch lest ),
s1 NJ g csaaa .S 4 III didn't
saun s =. ~, - tSat ws could mt This
oocuI ~ ~ S sn~S 81 co,,ld ,,sa II in
,nU Iua Il sSs Sid In Never suggested
;.:clt -. 49,, =, ~ ,re could Law if away.
l1seL 70 you sna A. vi e s~d dnyhIa n 0r
=. speI Srsa ~, - S "c,,Id both aniov aid Up
IVY nvIso ~ oo ~ ,,,os M dnIrnsn and
aAa Wv ',. s'. ~ ~ sdvarce tha money for
sth NV mH''' ~ = '''''''''S -
'.'. ~ d;a,,t Lnow ;, murmured Mrs,
snoonsrdvla' rather crestfallen. IL
tbo,, IN NAV he there would be enough
for ne hoth and If there was I'd like to
asat ~ tba saet Saw dear how much
SSyould the stocks costP',
.s1enonds on how much Won paid fol
PY I,.u;a ~ s.oI AZ s,oonan
Ingln' ., Sl,y N%aaer Good daaI NOR,
tSa No the seaI skin viii What's til,
S.s. ,,,;.is ,o,,S A. son,, as won o,et
mas.er misn yOur AZ - s - nm, ~ asv .,
wv ~ 90 y
uIo "o Ti,; . ,,n'd oScits any more re
sn ar, ,n th ~ other i inmates hv claw
~V a ~ {ha moor. house in seal-sxi,
oastp S,,,ose i, m goin0 to sit aroun,
mere l;ka the label On q hottie and hay
The naigbhora fetch IN cold ME. Will
Won slin around after WASHING in seal
skln doln,anP tell YOU, this money
going where it III do some goodi Hea
mep I'm going to build barn and blu
4 horse. y
.sWon't that be nice!'' exclaimed Mrs
Spoopondyke, her face illuminated wit
smiles. @And at one end of the bar
we'll have a r,iggery, and at the othe
end we'll have henneryl Oh"
owe won,tti, snorted Mr.. Spooper
dvke. ..Thinlr I'm going to have a l.
~ measlv hens scratehinS with one le
and Growing ali MONT with the other
Got a notion that Tn going to pu
smoney into { pack Of pigs that'll sque,
when YOU let up long enough to Civ
'em q chanceP'
s.But little pigs are so sweetl'' pleade
Mrs. Spoopendyke. Sand dote o
hens.r
swell, you do the doting. and i
take care of the fundsT' retorted M
Spoopendyke. * s'pose I've got to br
the corner let so as to give the barn
fronting on the street"
sand I'll train some vines cover Il
door, said Mrs. Spoopendyke. s'Wi
vines around the door and climbil
beans over the window we could nal
it look
s'Think I'm going to put half Il
money into hiring somebody to find o
what you re talking about, don't you
roared Mr., Spoopendyke. "Know VIII
barn isp Think it's some kind of nu
ance, with shelves in front for pots al
broken leg benindP Well, 1t ain +, al
It amt going to have any beans foolil
around III The first dod gasted bean
find climbing over the window of tn
barn Will get the chief part of its tro,
ers loaded with shoti''