Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-07-17
mission is badly in need of money,
and as | seem to be in luck, | will
draw again, if ! can

mission is badly in need of money
and as | seem to be 10 luck, | wi
draw again. if / can
Certainly. said the dealer.
Again were the cards mixed, an
again Williams pulled eight iror
the top. Their total amounted {.
IL. Again we're tho columns ru
over, until II was reached
Five tar one read off the man
'You have drawn Sl5.' Ouce NOR
was the operation repeated, and 4
was drawn:
Twenty five for one read th
man with an astounded look. 'Yol
are IN luck. Twenty-Five time
eighteen is $3.50. Will you take tn
god p
Il don't know. Let me see,' an,
he turned to Granger. sWha
would you advise p he asked 10 ,
low voice. Fortune seems to favol
me in this distribution, and one o.
two more such results would enable
our mission to build q church. Whs
do you think p
Il don't know said the other
He was dazed at the sight Of the
drawer of gold. at the success o.
his companion, and confused by the
novelty of the situation. He began
to entertain dreams of bene fitting
his own society at home. If he
could only secure enough to pay of
that nortgageF
I'll tell you whispered Williams,
you take q chance 10 the distribu.
ton of this fund. You may Just az
we'll as not have some Of this mon.
ey, which you can donate TO some
charity at home
Granger hesitated, doubted yield.
ed. He had no opportunity for
clear thought. There only appear
ed to him TO be an enormous
amount of wealth gathered there,
and-if he could only take home
enough to lift that mortgage!
Here, take this said Williams.
handing him a check stamped 81
Almost mechanically Granger
pulled off the eight cards. The fig
ures on their faces were added up.
They amounted to Is.
Three for one,' said the dealer,
al he passed him three checks, each
stamped 81. lie drew again. and
the total was %. The dealer ran
his finger over the pssteboard.
Twenty. eighth All, that is a repre-
sentative number, which, you see
is marked by a star. That obliget
you to represent
What is that p asked Granger.
lit means that you neither win
nor lose. You can let it stand il
you wish and not draw any more
in which case you lose it; hut if you
wish to draw again you must put or
just as much money as there Ia now
on the table
There were now four dollar
checks on the table. Almost me
chemically. Granger pulled out bis
wallet, and laid down four dollars
with the checks.
Once more the cards were mixed
and again he drew off eight. The
numbers we're added, and the tots
was 25.
The dealer ran his finger over the
board.
eAh here we have it. You see il
has star. 1t is a representative
number again. You will have to
represent once MORE
Granger was not particularly
sorry, the amount on the board was
comparatively small. He saw on the
card 900 for L. 100 for L. and he
was not unwilling TO increase the
amount, the more 80 that Williams
assured him that he could not lose
He represented again and placed q
s. on the pile.
Somewhat singolarly the total Of
the next draw was again number
with q star and again he was called
on to'represent.' He began to be lit
tie anxious; but he pulled ont $40 bill
and laid it with the others. There
was now in the money and dollar
checks $40 on the table. He drew
again. Total 80.
The dealer found it after little
search.
sTwenty.nine! That you see has
two stars and is what is known as
the grand gold number 1t obliges
me to put up $500 in gold. 1t also
obliges you to represent on each star
$40 on the original amour. and $500
in greenbacks.
Granger was thunderstruck for g
moment. Il don't understand this
representation business
'It's all very plain. You neither
win nor lose when you fall into a
representative number. The double
star obliges me to represent the same
as you. 1t only increases the amour,
you win; you are sure to win, only
some win more and some win less
according As they happen to TALL into
various mum bers.
But when will all this end. When
will one know how much he has