The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-26
The: Lottery Ticket.

Pa'nstcd was in state of excitement.
There was gossiping by the roadside aud
over early tea tables.
lnnumerable voices had uttered the ex-
clamations, 'Do tell" and II want to
knowl' but all that had happened was the
quietest wedding possible.
Two people in their Sunday clothes. &C.
companicd by two friends also arrayed in
their best, had walked over to the church,
and there the minister had pronounced them
map and wife.
Even at Painsted people sometimes mar
ried, and many moro importantant person
had been made one than Sally Corlsindahl
and Simon Wheeler; but somehow Pain.
sted was excited
Sally Corkindahl was young woman of
thirty, without beauty, but wonderfully neat
and industrious.
Ever since her fifteenth birthday she
had gone about from house to house max
ing dresses and children's clothes, known
everywhere as good, pieus young woman,
out never considered attractive.
Her work was good and slow. In the
course of these fifteen years she had laid by
fifty pounds.
She always had black alpaca, a clean
linen collal, and checked apron; but
whether they were the same or were occa-
sionally renewed, no one could tell.
Simon Wheeler was very pretty young
man Of four-and twenty, with light hair
and big blue eyes.
Since he left school he had never been
known to do anything but On his Aunt
Wheeler's door step and look at The news
paper-actually ''look" at it-he never
read it.
Az soon as it arrived he would seize
upon It, turn to a special corner and look
at it.
What he stared at though this was
known only to himself, was small adver
tisement which occupied the same position
IN that particular paper from one years enc
to the other, and which was headed
"Great Gumbo Lottery! Capital Prize,
Fifty Thousand Pounds. Tickets, one
pound cach."
When the day of fhc drawing came, and
little list of numbers was to be seen be-
low this advertisement Simon looked long
or and was often observed to sigh.
Not however, because he hnd invested
his money in tickets and lost, but because
he had none to invest. Aunt Wheeler wa:
not too generous.
'I'll keep you till you can keep your
self" she often said, 'sbut shan't have N,
money wasted on cigars and wine. You're
better off without none."
Simon neither desired wine or cigars
nor any other luxury Of dissipated youth
but If he could have had the price of a lot
tory ticket without working for it, Iii
would have rejoiced.
In his early boyhood he had dreamed
that he had drawn a lucky number. HI
believed In dreams-that dream in partlcu
lar.
1t had the effect upon him that havins
his name in will has upon many young
man.
He saw no need of learning trade, O
going into shop or setting himself to earl
his bread anywhere or in any manner.
With his first pound no would buy lot
terry ticket, draw the fifty thousand prize
reimburse his aunt for all that she had ex
pended upon him, be very jolly and gener
Ous to everybody, and ''live luxurious
every day." like the town mouse in tn
able.
One afternoon as he sauntered in, slcepy
eyed and dreamy, he found Sally Corkil
dahl at the tea-tablc.
She had been sewing for his aunt all til
afternoon.
Meanwhile he also had been very busy
lie had found an imaginary pound
bought ticket, drawn the prize, and be
slowed upon his aunt little carriage, tw
cream.colored horses and black sill
dress
Her delight over the unexpected preser
and wonderful news had kept him frol
opening the canned fruit as he had promis
ed to do.
Mrs. Wheeler, who knew nothing {
this fine waking dream, desired to scol
him.
However, Sally's presence prevented ht
from dong SO. She contentcd herself Wit