Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-12-09
Ar wEALTH.s DOOR.
Hsut tho Poor Follow Didu't Succeed In
Crossing tho Thre1hold.


Matthew Mortanbricl, a day laborer, work.
ing en- the new NJ Sheeny & Co.'S clothing build.
Ing, woke up this morning to find that his
fortunes bad heen materially changed. month
ago no invested one dollar in the lottery. and
1T yesterdays drawing the ticket which he
held, No. G9,6es drew $4,000. Mr.. Mortaubrick
was first Informed Of his good fortune by our
reporter this morning, and his first act was to
walk deliberately to On old and we'll worn hod
which he had carried up to the tops Of tall
buildings In process OF construction for many
years, and kick 1t into the backyard He has
large and interesting family OF children and
will take portion Of the money and purchase
place on the West side and invest the remain.
der in profitable business"
had perused great many of these
little pieces of news, and at last COM
menced to become somewhat weary of my
lot. and, to tell the truth, it wasn't such
deuce of a lot, any way. 1t struck mo
one pleasant morning that it would be
very simple thing for me to invest
very small portion of my hard earned
lucre, and, perhaps, draw prize which
would buy mo position where my tai
cnts would be recognized and easily
identified.
The more I contemplated, tho moro
favorably the plan struck me, and at
last bought, for paltry dollar-which
have since thought, sadly, would have
purchased twenty beers, or twenty sand
witches, or two tickets to the thea
ter, or one round trip excursion ticket,
or four pairs of hose (my grade), or
twenty cakes of soap, or-but why 60 on
with that paltry dollar purchased q
lottery ticket the size of u thcater ticket
only not on so good paper, on which was
printed in intricate design in ink of
delicate crushed juno bug shade, the
information that the ticket was No.
0l,3G1 (nine, one, three, six, one), and
that 1T entitled me to a certain section
OF whatever prize was drawn by that
number at tho regular drawing.
l laughed at my own foolishness, but
just the same / laid that bit of paper
away with the greatest care. tried to
forget all about it. / was certain that
1t wouldn't draw any thing. l never was
very lucky; but my mind kept rovcrting
icvcrishly to the ticket. All night
long those mystic figures, "9-1.3-G-1."
kept burning their way into my BRAIN
They certainly looked lucky, and any
uay, my chances were as good as any
body's. Wouldn't it be surprise to
S0me people, it my number should hap
pen to win ton or twenty thousand dol
lars. 1 caught myself frequently TAX
ing that ticket ont and gazing at it long
and abstractcdly. Along about the
third day it began to seem to me moder-
ately probable that 81, 361 would win q,
least 81, 900, possibly more, and l be-
gan to wonder what | would do with il
ut.
To begin with, would put up neat
little house for $1,000, furnish it mod
Gstly for about s., 900, and then invest
about 1000 in q library. Then I'd use
about $1,000 for little run over t.
Europe, and furnish stable for 81, $780,
CT in that ncighborhood, and invest
$1,000 in somo good, paying business
which it gave mo considerable trouble
to decide upon. Ten thousand dollars
seemed hardly enough, but then prob
ably I'd win $4,000, if / won any thing.
and though that sum looked rather
small whom / could easily spend five
times tho amount, ] resolved to be
worry judicious with my winnings and
try to mako them go Us far as l could.
Thcn, too, l could buy another ticket
for the following months drawing, and
perhaps win $4,000 morH.
l still continued to recognize my old
friends on the street, but secretly be-
gan to sift out q good many whom ]
would hardly care to know after tho
tcnth of the month. For twenty days 1
was rich.
Tho day of fate arrived, and after an
almost sleeplcss night I eagerly
purchased n copy of morning paper
which always published q list Of the
fHcly numbers. / turned tho pages
with trembling fingers.
mo 92,3G0 proved to be the lucky
numbor winning the capital prize, etc."
For momont tho figures were 80 like
R1y own that my heart bounded into my
tdroat. Then tho dread truth dawned
"pon INC and my heart bounded back to
position some four feet below it's
CfiHinal location,
Ibcro was ono satisfaction though,
gutup 1or(tthu clnuo IN a..