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Show Waited Lonrj tor Fortune. lie might have been rich fifteen yours ago, but a litlgian who purchased pur-chased a bond in HOiiU hadn't applied ; for the list of Humbert drawn In state lotteries in 1'tOT. A poor man ; from the country Happening to bo , in Antwerp for the llrst 'line for many years, entered the ollkvs of tha ; Cnis.se Conniniuikle to see If the bond which he had taken out in the loan of V.KJ3 had won a prize in ihe yearly lottery, lie thought that perhaps ha had won 110 francs in Mils year's draw. After waiting impatiently wbi'o i ihf cashier searched the records Ik) was informed that Ills number had been drawn in V.107. and that he win entitled to a bonus of HOO.OOO francs (f?!l).(00 at normal exchance rales). |