Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-07-17
WHOLE NO. 1892.

, drawn
sYeu cannot be forced to represen
but seven times linen all the agenc
can retain is the original 81 check
! Blu, why must l keep doubling uI
! all the time p
why that is the rule of the scheme
! or course the less you put NJ
the less you viii draw il
the end. am sure that it would bs
} better for the distribution not to have
you double up SO because it only in
creases the amount to be paid in the
end 1t is, for instance very unfortu
nate for US that We are obliged &c
put up the $500 in gold. 1t will Of
course be added to the amount you
will win and is all in the interest Of
the drawer
| Stranger dimly comprehended the
matter and laid down $500. The to.
tai of his draw showed another mum.
Der with star.
This is awful said the man.
why you will draw every dollar in
the fund. / never saw such extraor.
binary luck
Must l double again p
4 am sorry to say you must. 1t
will result in your drawing every
dollar in the fund. II is fortunate
that this thing can't 90 any further
than seven times
Granger hal now $40. He count
ed out an equal amount and placed
it beside the glittering pile of gold
and the pile of greenbscks.
Again he drew and again a star.
Good heavens = said Williams. 4
never saw anything SO extraordinary.
You cannot draw less than thousands
Of dollars
Granger looked over his money.
He had on the table $1,000, leaving
him only 1929.
4 have not enough to represent
again. he said.
'How much have your asked
Williams.
Nine hundred and twenty dollars
and it will cost one thousand and
eighty to represent again
Here, take some of this,' and
Williams proffered his handful of
gold pieces. Granger took ont 1920,
added it to his 1920, and laid it all
down.
It's pity for you that it's all
you've got said the dealer but
I'm glad of it. You're represented
already five times, and if you were
to have the luck, and had the mon.
ey to do it three more. there's hard.
ly money enough in Chicago to pay
you. Pm glad, l tell you, that the
thing is to be settled nop, without
any more money
He shuffied the cards, mixed them,
and kept up a running talk. This
scheme allows the purchaser to
draw too large sums if they happen
to have such streak of luck as you
have. Just look at that scheme
Here you see prizes from Il to l. all
the way up to 1000 for l and but
one single chance of your losing,
which is just about one chance in q
million. Now. draw
Granger drew. The dealer pulled
the eight cards over toward him,
slipped them from the table to his
hands, and then turned their face up.
He added them 81.
See if it is 81, if you please:'
Granger reckoned up the figures
on the faces of the cards.
Yes, 81 is right
Now let Us see what 81 does. said
the dealer. He commenced at the
upper lett hand corner, and ran his
finger down the columns of each in
succession. Across the upper right
hand corner lay a small account
book, which bad lain there ell the
time, concealing Q couple of num-
bers. He brushed the book aside,
and at the top of the next to the
last column he found 81.
Here is 31l'
Granger bent forward with his
heart beating tumultuously. He
read 81, and just under il the fatal
word 'blankl'
MY God, you've lost T calculated
the dealer. That is the slate num-
Der; and it is the only one in the
entire 48 that loses. When one
draws this number the whole
amount goes to the slate. 1t is their
percentage. 1t is the first time it
ever was drawn
Granger scarcely heard word of
ell this, save the single word lost
His bead swan, and bis kind friend
Williams took him by the arm and
led him into the open air.
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