The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-01
DAME FORTUNES FRANKS.
Some That Have Been Played Upon
WOOers of the Tickle
Goddess.

Fortune is never so capricious as
when she is turning a lottery-wheel;
and whole library might be written of
the strange pranks she has played with
those who have wooed her in this guise.
She was in a strangely capricious mood
when it pleased her to convert Dublin
shop assistant into a man of fortune
and the founder of noble family.
Luke White, the father of the first
Lord Annaly, was poor Manxman, who
had drifted to Dublin to serve behind
the counter of booksellers shop. In
the hope of adding to his scanty earn
ipes he bought a number of lottery
tickets for sale, but found himself un-
able to dispose of them. AT the last mo-
ment he decided to send the unsold
tickets to Belfast, in the hope of find
ING a better market there; but when
the coach had been a day on its journey
he received a letter informing him
that the despised tickets had won val
liable prizes.
Although the news came in the dead
of night, Luke White got up immediate
ly, saddled a horse, and raced madly in
chase of the coach. He rode through
the night and the whole of the follow
ing day, and overlook the coach within
e u -
bundle Of tickets, and, returningni e
exchanged them for prizes of the value
of 100000.
Fortune was less kind TO Charles
| Rotter. a tobacconist of Chicago, who
purchased a lot of tickets last year
Rotter thought so lightly of his pros
pect of winning anything that he gave
his ticket, in spirit of fun, to friend
Joseph Dost, as a birthday present
On the very day on which he parted
with the ticket, its number was an
nounced as having won a prize of SIS,
600. Rotter felt the blow of his mis-.
fortune so keenly that he died from
heart disease. from which he had suf
fered for some time, on the following
day.
An amusing story is told of a wicked
trick which fortune played, a short
time ago, on a lady. The lady and hen
husband, who We're travelling, called
at the shop of a country draper to make
a few purchases. They were about tt
leave the shop, when an attractive bon
! net arrested the lady's attention, anC
she induced her husband to buy it fol
her.
When it came to payment, however
fba buchaD1 found 70 b;u 1is,,,ov- III, = Il
had not sufficient money to pay fol
it. In this dilemma he offered the
draper au eighth-share ticket in Ger
man lottery which he had in his purse
and finally induced him to accept i
in part payment. a few days latel
the lady learned, to her disgust, tina
the lottery ticket had won an eight
of $4,000: and that her darling bon
net" had thus cost her the record price
OF over $4,000.
1t was a happy inspiration tina
tempted young lieutenant on the I:s
ian battleship Lepanto to turn Lis at
tention to the Spanish Christmas lot
terry a couple of years ago. che slif
was cruising off the coast of Spain
and it occurred to the lieutenant t.
induce all on board, from captain tt
cabin boy to join in purchasing a lot
terry ticket The ticket was bought
and. to the delight of all. was fortu
nate enough to win the first prize o
| 100000, which was divided among tn,
lucky owners on Christmas dav.
A very curious piece of good fortun
fell last year to the lot of a poor widow
who kept small shop in the suburb
of Berlin. One evening as She wa
serving a customer a working maj
stepped into the shop and begged per
mission to light his pipe. Drawing
| piece of paper from his pocket, h
twisted it up, lit it ct the gas jet, and
after lighting his pipe, threw down tn
spill and walked out with a word O
| thanks.
When sweeping the floor the mex
morning the widow took up the charret
paper out of idle curiosity, and. unfold
ing II, saw that it was lottery ticket
only fraction of which had been burnt
| She folded it up, put it away in he
| pocket, and had almost forgotten il
when the result of large lottery draw
ing caught her eye in the paper. Sh
then remembered the crumpled tickle
in her pocket. and, on producing il
found to her amazement and deligh
that the rejected ticket had won priz
of $4,000. She claimed the prize, anG
although she advertised widely for it
original owner with the intention o
sharing it with him, she has been left il
undisturbed possession of her fortune
London Tit-Bits.
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