The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-28
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 "Drawi" says the tallyman Each boy in- serts hts right hand into his respective wheel. takes out . toii and hands l; 60 the officer who pulls the rolled ticket from the cylinder and | drops the latter Tn box before him. General l Early unrolls his ticket first.
 l Twelve thousand and seventeen" says the | old Virginan in piping voice as he hands the l ticket to Mir Rousseau.
 "Two hundred dollarsr" says Beauregard, giving his ticket to Colonel Wilson. Twelve thousand and seventeen" repeats Mir. Rousseau, turning his ticket so that the audience may read the figures.
 Two hundred dollars" says Colonel Will son, also holding his slip up that the figures may be seen. Both assistants then hand the | tickets to the boy who sits in front. W ho rolls proper compartment of the box The drawing thus proceeds, the number of each ticket be. ing recorded by the clerk. together with the prize, and the number of tickets drawn being | kept by the tally man. The audience remains l impressive. Some of the ladies are whispering
 softly to each other man with a Jewish | quet. next to the incline leading to the stage.
 He was the first man tn the building. He looks cie of his face He drew a prize twelve years | ago, they tell me, and has never missed A
 month since. attending every drawing as if it
 quite number of ladies present. all in the | charming white costumes common 10 New Or leans faint odor of patchouli is waited to the stage. The fans are the only things stir | ring. When the drawing had gone on some
 time time Mir Rousseau repeats:
 Twenty seven thousand fo' hundred and
 Ten thousand dollars." says Gen. Beau. regard. .omethipg like sigh IS heard from l the .iew in tho front row. For every prize of S5,00o or over special slip Is sent by messen.
 ger to the lottery ofice that the holders of
 the ticket may be looked up immediately. | When nineteen drawings have been made the scorer calls out:
 Roll on the next draw "and both W heels are
 oushIy shufded. When fifty nine tickets are
 the next draw" whereupon the tickets are
 again rolled and the boys are relayed by their fellows in the rear. The assistant commis. | sioners change also.
 The drawing proceeds. The voices of the commissioners break the silence monoton- ousiy. Here and there 2 man In the audience
 yawns, but they keep their seats bravely.
 giIs rev or The Them making notes 9d the larger | the heat is becoming more intense. The Jew is as immovable as n sphinx.
 Forty nine thousand. five hundred and
 dams old enemy.
 General Beanregard paused second and
 Fifty thousand dollars"
 | There Is slight movement in the audience | and low buzz of conversation is heard. 4
 little man with a sallow face and long black mustache gets out of his seat in one of the
 back rows and walks out quietly. He is | French tailor on Dryades street. He stops at the door, strikes match, and lights his ciga. rctte, pauses moment to blow n cloud of
 smoke out. and then saunters leisurely down | the street
 He has won the prize. Frenchman to the core, he would nave lost the same sum with equal equanimity.
 1 The boys, like little blind gods of fortune | that they are dip in their hands and deal out
 wealth in blocks large and small, giving this | one spending money for week, and making l that one inde pendently rich for the rest of his life here 1t is a man already wealthy, there it is one who has felt the damnable grind of pov. | erty all his life; there it goes to who will waste II before the night Is over, here it | enriches man who will invest it till 1t will repay him a hundred fold. The boys change, Colonel Wilson sits down to nurse rheu.
 matic knee, and his place Is taken by J. r. l Roux- Rousseau gives way to Aid. IiodR | son. The drawing continues. Most of the | prizes. of course, are from s3OO to s5i0. and Casion no comment. The announcement Of a sl.ooo prize causes a stout, handsome lady in | the gallery to jump up and impulsively clap Der plump, eloved hands. The radiant look on her face showed that she was one of the lucky ones Two friends press her hand in cons gratu lation and they go on, stopping at q l "eonhserie" on the way.
 Ninety thou sand, fo' hundred. and fo'ty. l three." says Gen. Early.
 l Ninety thousand, fo' hundred, and fo'ty. 1 three," says Capt. HodgsoB.
 | Gen. Beauregard. who had been looking at the ticket in his hand, says in sharp, distinct | tone.
 "Three hundred thousand dollars" This is | a little too ach even for that audience. ecv. erai people rice to their feet and put their hands to tbesr ears to catch the repeat of Nr. Ron1. The latter sayf, taking both tickets m his hand Ticket number %. AS wins the first prize of s300,0O0. The drawing is practically over. The inter. est ceases when the great capital prize is announced. and mos. of the people 20 out. A few remain. however, for The second prize has not been reached. The prizes yet remaining in the smaller wheel could be held in the hof. low of mans hand. over eight hundred tickets have been taken out of the larger |