The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-31
FREAKS OF FORTUNE.
RARE LUCK OF LOTTERY TICKET
HOLDERS. -
Under Which Success
Came 10 a Few Winners from the In
stitutions Which Absorb the Money
of Most of Their Customers.
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Fortune Is never so eapricious as
when she Is turning lottery wheel,
and whole library might be written
Of the strange pranks she has played
with those who have wooed her In this
gulse. She was IN strangely capri
cious mood, says Tit Bits, when II
pleased her TO convert Dublin shop
assistant into a man OF fortune aud the
founder of noble family.
Luke White, the father of the first
Lord Annaly. WAS a poor Manxman
who had drifted TO Dublin to serve be
hind the counter Of a booksellers shop.
In the hope of adding 10 his seaniy
earnings he bought number OF lottery
tickets for sale, but found himself un-
able TO dispose OF them all. AT the last
moment he decided to send the unsoid
tickets TO Belfast In the hope OF finding
O better market there; but when the
coach had been day on Its journey he
received letter informing him that
the despised tickets had won valuable
prizes Although the news came In The
dead Of night, Luke White got up I'M
medlately, saddled a horse, and raced
madly In chase of the coach. He rode
through the night and the whole OF the
following day, and overlook the eoaeh
within few miles of Belfast. He res
eued the bundle of tickets and, RETURN
ing home, exchanged them for prizes
OF the value OF 100000.
An amusing story is told of Il wicked
trick which fortune played u short
time ago on lady. The lady aud her
husband, who were travelling, called at
the shop Of country draper 10 make
few purchases. They were about 10
leave the shop when an attractive bon
net arrested the lady's attention and
she Induced her husband to buy 1t for
her. When 1t came TO payment, how
ever. the husband found TO his dlsmay
that he had not sufficient money to pay
for 1t. In this dilemma he offered the
draper an eighth share ticket IN a Ger
man lottery which he had in his purse
and finally induced him to accept II In
part payment. A few days later the
lady learned to her disgust that the
lottery ticket had won an eighth OF
SI5, 900, aud that her darling bonnet
had thus cost her the record price of |
nearly $500.
1t was happy inspiration that
tempted young Lieutenant on the
Italian battleshlp Lepanto TO turn his
attention to the Spanish Christmas lot
terry a couple OF years ago. The ship
was cruising off the coast OF Spain,
aud It occurred to the lieutenant TO In
duce all ON board, from captain TO
cabin boy. 10 join IN purchasing a lot
terry ticket The ticket WAS bought.
and, to the delight of all, was fortunate
enough to win the first prize of $685.
900, which was divided among the
lucky owners on Christmas day
A very curious piece of good fortune
fell last year to the lot of a poor widow
who kept small shop In suburb Of
Berlin One evening as she was sery-
ing customer a workingman stepped
into the shop and begged permission 10
light his pipe. Drawing piece OF pa
per from his pocket he twisted 1t up,
lit 1t at the gas jet, and after lighting
Ids pipe threw down the spill and
Walked out with word of thanks.
sweeping the door the next morn
ing the widow took up the charred pa
per ont OF curiosity, and. unfolding II,
saw that 1t was a lottery ticket, only
a fraction of which had been burnt.
She folded 1t up. put II away In her
pocket, and had almost forgotten II
when the result of large lottery
drawing caught her eye in the paper.
She then remembered the crumpled
ticket in her pocket, and on producing
1t found TO her amazement and delight
that the rejected ticket had won a
prize OF $4,000. She claimed the
prize. and although she advertised
widely for its original owner with the
Intention of sharing Il with him she
has been left in undlsturbed possession
OF her fortune.