The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-08-31
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the old palace he inherited a large
fortune. This he has more than Cou-
bled by devotion 10 business which
is ceedingly rare in Spain, where
the general rule of l'fe is, Never
do TO-DAY what you can put off doing
until tomorrow" His pet hobby,
aside from making money, has been
giving ft away. He is hOnored far
and wide in Seville for his charity.
One morning early in May last,
two pretty girls, Paquita VasqueZ and
Rosina Ortiz, called upon him. I'VE
are laundry girls" said Paquita,
land knowing you to be rich and
charitable, We have como 90 ask you
to do something for one Of our fell
low workers. poor widow with six
children, vino lives in a wretcheG gar
ret."
Il shall send her 200 pesetas tS4O)
to-day said Don Alsina, but why
die not the poor widow come herself
TO get help from me? 1t is Well
known that / am always accessible TO
any deserving poor person who is III
heed of assistance"
Our poor friend" answered Pa
quita, lis old and-and she has lost
all her good looks, senor.
But | never withhold my aims
from people because the infimitics of
age have robbed them of their good
locks" said Don Alsina. There
must be some other reason why she
did not call herself"
The girls giggled and exchanged
giances. The truth is, said Rosita,
our poor friend thought she would
get more from you if we told yOC her
story, because We, so our friends say,
are-are rather pretty, senior"
Don Alsina laughed and the girls
blushed. The widow shows" he
said, that if age has deprived her Of
beauty, it has increased her wisdom.
] shall send her 300 pesetas. Now
what can / do for her charming
representatives in whose selection
she has shown such excellent judg-
ment?"
I'VE leave that to your own gen
e~osity, senor," said Paquita; we
laundress girls are all very poor and
we work very hard"
And are there among these laun-
dresses who work SO hard for such
small pay more girls who are as pret-
ty as you two are?"
yes, senior" answered Rosita;
"there are some who are much pret-
tier-at least, SO their sweethoarts
think"
Il fear 7 should hardly agree with
their sweethearts," said Don Alsina.
gallantly, but will tell you what ]
will dc. Yesterday | bought a ticket
in the national lottery, the drawing
for which takes place next week.
The number of my ticket is 1907. /
am reputed to be a very lucky man.
Send me the names of the five pret-
tiest laundresses in our quarter, and
If my ticket wins the grand prize,
1926, 900 pesetas (s5O00), | promise
to divide it among them. Whatever
prize ! win - if / win any - the
money shall be given to them"
The lie girls elected were Manu-
Ella Pinedo, Rosita Ortiz, Paquita Vaz-
quez, Encarnacian Garcia and Lola
Fernandez, and every night until the
drawing took place these five girls
prayed "evoutly that the ticket bear
ing the number 1907 might win the
grand prize.
Ticket No. 1907 won the grand
prize, and Don Alsina at once sent
for the happy laundresses and re-
ceived tho i'm his finest apartments,
where he made a pretty speech, de-
clarins that no event in his life had
ever afforded him so much pleasure
and that he was fully prepared to
abide by his promise and divide the
100000 pesetas among the Eve rret-
ty girls
oh, yen angel" exclaimed the
buxom Lois. and, greatly darirg.
threw hei arms around mir, and
kissed him Don Alsina said some
thing that is Tie Spanish equivalent
of next, and each Of the other four
pretty girls in turn followed suit
Such delightful experience
makes me wonder how il mas hap
pened that I have so long remained
a bachelor" said Don Alsina when
the last of them had finished. But,
alas az am not "A Mohammcdan.
and Furthermore as the laws or
Spain forbid polygamy, cannot
marry all five of you. can only
marry one of you To make choice
of that one myself is a task far he
yond me With your consent ! pro-
pose to have recourse to LOTTERY
again TO settle the matter. Docs
each one Of you agree that she will
accept me as a husband for better or
worse, IL she draws me?"