Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-05-17

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less than fraud or an,imposition, yyhcte
the community is annuallyrobbed of many
thousands of dollars: Yonihave purchased
ticket, and package after package, and
what have you realized from it2 Why
sir, nothing but an empty purse and a
burning anxiety to try it again, outY 10
lose more. Ifyou have purchased anoth-
er ticket, and whether you draw-a prize OF
another blank, let ii DC the last one
Harken to the advice of u sister, AMI you
will. never fill suicides grave
"St. Peter, st John. ST. Michael. aud
st. Dominic, deliver me from being OH
! liged to swallow all the orthodox morality
that you can preach; it is concluded and
exactly corresponds with your advice. /
should not havepurchascd this last chance
had not been confident of securing
prize. Indeed; am so sure of it that
would not sell my chance for thousand
pounds sterling, which amount Ned Har-
ris offered me yesterday" - -.,s,,ssss
$50 you choosegraIheF to make him
your confident than yoursister!"
"Hai hal 'Melia, Iwonder if you think
conid trust you with secret of mine,
with any degree of certainty that you
would retain it2 Inever yet came in con-
tact with woman who could keep n sc-
cret in any other way than to keep It ago.
ing.n
"How provoking sou are this morningl
Now that you have taken chance in
lottery, please inform me when you ex-
pect to receive prize"
GAS you haven't asked me which partic-
ular lottery have procured the chance in
I will tell you something as TO the time of
ife hat 7 hi,ty fv,o OH
That shall get prize, rest assured: bnt
must fulfill the engagement previously
made"
Saying which he sprang to his feet and
left the house.
"What difident set of beings these
brothers are" muscd Amelia after Roland
had quilted her presence. "No doubt he
thinks my curiosity is excited to the high
est degree: and by his conduct he appears
determined to keep it there; hut ] am not
foolish enough to let such small matter
as the purchase of lottery ticliet-a mere
piece ofpaper-and as worthless as it is
sm"ll-ogitOte my feelings particle. No,
no; he may do as he has mind to.
shouldn't have said wo,d about his
looks, hadn't suspected something moro
radical in effect was in his head"
"Wcll, WE'LL" continued she, after n
pretty pass when q brother can't or won't
trust his sister. I'm sure 1 don't care
anything about his chance, other than
wish he would lose, just because he cast
such insinuations upon the ladies. Talk
about ~ woman's not being able to keep q
secret, when he knows kept one for him
whole week: and when did tell it, it
WIS purely accidental. But never mind,
may yet be the possessor of a secret that
he would like to know, when will re-
taliate this conduct of his"
After thus relieving herself of her pent-
up thoughts, she seated herself before her
piano, and commenced drumming away
Just as though she was going to drown her
curiOsIl. in "Eus---~HvUvU uI7 "UJ JtUIng
but "swcet sounds" Alas such WAS not
the case; and the more she played the
more agitntcd she became. Finding that
music was but poor autidote for II dis
turbed mind, she reclined on the sofa and
began reading "Blenk House" which pos
sessed the "sovereign balm sought for,
because in less than ten minutes she
was wandering in the fairy realms OF
dreamlAnd.
Roland, in the meantime, snuntered
down the street, and called upon certain
young lady Of his acquaintance, to whom
he had already applied the endearing cpl
thet of .:my dear Sarah;" and he might
have changed it !, little with equal pro-
priety, and read thus: "AIy intended"
A pleasant hour, or m hour very pleas
antly spent in her society, when he jour
neyed on, down the sladowy vale of life.
will not deign to tell or even presume
the nature Of their conversation, being hnt
yet n novice in such matters.
Time passed onward as rapidly rs usual,
until month had disappeared, when Ro-
land entered his sisters apartment one
evening, aud said, iu a meaning tone
"There, sister, is the ticket OF which
spoke, some time since"
On receiving it she hastily glanced atit,
and found it to be wedding card.
"Oh, you cruel wretch, your she ex-
claimed, in we'll affected astonishment, "to
thus fool me-"
"Why. sis, did not try to deceive youi
you tried to fool yourself"
81 don't know whether to construe this
MS real, or another ruse of yours. Is it or
is it not a ruse?"
81 am perfectly honest in this; the card
means Just what it says; and now that you
have learned in schich lottery purchased
the chance in, will you tell me whether or
no yon deem my course and selection
iudicious one, taking into consideration
the fact that I was so sure of getting
Eyes, with all sincerity, / can say, in
biblical language, Thou hast done well,
for Il better girl never smiled over cook
stove than Sarah Kayton. While dis
approve of your having keptall knowledge
of your courtship from me, must say that
you have made good selection"
$50 you have relented III measure. aud
don't cherish such feelings of animosity
against alt lotteries"
"No, not particle. When / made that
remark, had direct reference to money
lotteries, and never even thought of what
the old poet said when he sung, Marriage
in lottery No, no, brother entertain