The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-28
WONDERFUL LUCK.
Lost Fortunes Restored to Their Owners
 in Strange Ways.


 The paymaster of a railroad company, having it's headquarters in Boston, went out on one occasion with $50, 900 to pay off it's employees. The money was car ried under his arm, wrapped up in an old newspaper. He stopped at little wayside eating-house for dinner, and on going away, in fit of absent-minded- ness, left the money lying on chair. He had not gone many miles from the place before he missed it, and his dis may on discovering it's loss can well be imagined. Almost despairing of re- covering the package left in so public place, he hurried back, and, with trembling voice, asked the woman in charge if she had seen the parcel. ''There's bit of paper on the chair be- yant," said she; ''perhaps that's it" which it proved to be, and the gentle man returned a happier and wiser man.
 A man in the same city lost roll Of bills amounting to S1O,000, which also was wrapped up in a newspaper. He told friend of his loss, and the friend made him describe all the ground he had been over since he had the money. The last place mentioned was the post-oftice. The night was wet overhead and slushy under foot. They visited the poSt-oifice, and going to the spot where the man had been standing they found two or three bits of torn newspaper. It was the same. They looked further and at last found the lost treasure. It had been kicked in turn by every one who came into the office, and when found was un- tied and completely soaked with water. It was all there, however, and the friends returned to their hotel and spent several hours cleaning and drying it. The gentleman was so grateful for the sensible advice which had saved him from serious loss that he took out his friend and bought him the handsomest gold watch chain that he could find in the city.
 A still more remarkable incident is related of the finding of $500 lost by NJ. Pages in the Northern railway sta tion in Paris some ten years ago. As one EzelOt, a French soldier was walk ing with two comrades through the sta- tion, they noticed on the floor small package wrapped in newspaper. They kicked it along before them for some distance, and when Ezelot was getting into the train, going home on short leave, one of his comrades, picking up the package, thrust it into the canvas forage bag slung at his side, EzelOt gO- ing on his way without having perceived the little pleasantly. Arriving at Neu- lily, where his parents lived, EzelOt's mother, emptying the forage bag, dis covered the bundle, but, thinking it a roll of old newspapers, put it on the ta- ble in the kitchen. There it remained for four or five days, till married sister, calling in and seeing the package, was moved by an unwonted curiosity. Open ing it she discovered documents repre- Senting e26, 900, the loss of which NJ. Pages had advertised throughout Europe. The soldier and his parents, however, had not seen the advertisement, and not knowing what else to do, had recourse to the maire. This functionary, com municating with Paris. speedily brought down M. Pages, who, gladly paying the promised reward of e1,000, went off with his oddly-recovered treasure. It would be an interesting supplement to the narrative if we could have a record of the feelings of the soldier who thrust this unexpected good fortune upon Ezelot when he heard the sequel of his little jOke.-Clncinnati Enquirer.