The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-09
THE ROMANCE or A DANE,

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 THE ROMANCE or A DANE. He Wins ptsse in the Louisisna State
 Lottery aud Wife at che same
 Time.
 h the private office of the Loalsiana State Lottery CompanyS sne budding on St. CAailes street, A representative of the PiceySns met, on TAuFsday. Mir. Bid sssuo, a planter of Ascension parish, Mir. E. Spendrup and Mr. B. w, Lashley, also from the same payish.
 These yisitols seemed 70 be in the hap piest of moods, ca being accoseed, Mr, Spendrup said he had come down from Donaldsonville, accompanied by his frienaS to collect the amount of $Is GOO. which he had won in The Louisiana Lst. te1y drawing of April i4 as holder of . fifth part of ticket No. So o7s which SC. cured the first capital prize of $7s GOO Continuing. Mir. Spendrup said;
 "Yoa see I have been an assistant overseer on Mir, Bidstrnp's Gem plan tation, in Ascension, where have been working since last August. l learned sugar-making in the West Indies, aud lived in that part of the world until some thing over year ago, when l came to this country, thinking there was better chance of making money here For nc arly two years l had been taking tickets in The Louisiana Lottery, but somehow my luck was bad, aud l won nothing, My friend there, Mir Lashley, about two weeks before the last drawing got six tick cts from the comp 'ny's agent in Donald. sonvile. Mi. B Rybiski aud 1 bough. four from him. One was for me and three for my brother and myself on shares. These were all fiths. mailed these to my brother. who lives in Brooklyn, N Y. Alter the drawing came of was told had won something, but was not sure, 90 telegraphed for the tickets, which my brother sent me. They arrived several days ago, and then saw there could be no more doubt about it.s
 Mir. Spendrup is A handsome, fair haired, well made young Dane, with the appearance of excellen, health and pos sessed of all the qualifications to enjoy life.
 Are you married man ?" asked the reporter.
 "No, but expect to be very soon, " he replied, laughing. "i am going to take the first vessel which sails for the West Indies. Some one Is waiting for me in Santa Cruz, the Danish Isle. We have been engaged for two years. have been looking for good luck to come, and now am ready to get married. For years ] worked hard, but put money in my pocket very slowly. Now have made my fortune in day"
 At this moment the clerk of the Lot. tery Company appeared and handed Mir Spendrup a check on the New Orleans National Bank for Sl5 900, which he re. ceived with an air of complete saiisfac- ,ion that indicated he was perfectly happy
 The reporter wished the young Dane 6on Vcydge to Santa Cruz and joyous union with his sweetheart, from whom he had so long been separated.
 A Windfali for Windfali-- Lucky Men
 from a Lucky Town
 On the day folio wing the visit of the Dane Chat is to-day). there entered this same charmed office three Indianians, sturdy men oi the Western country Messrs. w. (. Parker and E. Perry, ol the town of Windfall, and Mir. R. E Beauchamp, of Tipton. all of Tipion county, Indiana, some fifty miles from the capital, Indianapolis. l, was soon revealed that these gen. tlemen had left their distant homes in the Land of Grain to reap rich hAr vest in Louisiana--a harvest not of grain but of gold. Oae dollar had grown in 2 lew days to fifteen thousand, under the fructifying touch of Good Fortune, Bona Dea
 We had 6ve chances in the las, drawing of the Louisiana Lottery" re. marked MT Parker to the writer "ihey were all fifths. Perry got them, and VI agreed to share the profits"
 Yes" said Mir. Perry, Parker had the faith and had the luck. This com. binaiion was bound to win"
 MT. Parker stated that he had not ex. pended in all more than $io in lottery tickets during the time he has made in. vestmen,s of this character. He was very agreeably surprised when informed by Mir Perry that $Is 900 had fallen to their lot, one of the ftths being nun. bered 59 o75, which won the srst prize oi S75 GOO They immediately set out for New Orleans, but will shortly return to their homes. Both are men of family, and in the prime of life, SO that the moHey goes into gosd hands.
 They were presented with a check for $Is 900 on the New Orleans National Bank, and withdrew from the parlof as happy as the many f4vorites who pre- ceded them.-Aew Orieaas PieayEa<, April z5.
 Disappointed.