The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-15
IBE LOTTERY TICKET.

N be thought well Of by his neigh
So,, He had built himself a house
md there still remained upon it {
nOrtgage of FIVE hundred dollars; bu
hs sum he hoped TO pay in a few
Years If he only had his health. HI
had calculated exactly how long b
would take him to clear of this incum
hance, and he went to work with hi
ges open.
One evening James came home to hit
npper more thoughtful than usual
els young wife noticed his manner
and she inquired Its cause.
what is it, James" she kindly
uked. "Why, I never saw you look
10 sober before"
well III tell you, Hannah" re
burned the young man, with a slight
esitaton In bis manner. II have Just
been thinking that would buy q lot
Ey ticket"
Hannah Lanning did not answer i'm.
uediately. She looked down and
moothed the silken hair Of her babe
which was chirping like robin in her
arms and the shades Of her hand,
some features showed that she was
taking time to think.
How much will it cost" she asked,
1t length, looking half timidly up into
Der husbands face.
Twenty dollars" returned James,
trying to assume a confidence which
be did not feel.
"And have you made up your mind
10 buy it?'
WELL think I shall. What do you
{ think about it?"
III you should ask my advice, I
should say not to buy it,
But why so2''
"FOr many reasons" returned his
wife, in trembling tone.
She would not offend her husband,
and She shrank from giving him ad-
vice which he might net follow.
In the first place." che said, II
think the whole science Of lotteries Is
bad one; and then you have no
money to risk"
But Just look at the prizes" said
James, drawing a scheme" from his
pocket Here Is enc prize Of twenty
thousand dollars, another Of ten thou
hnd another FIVE thousand, and so On.
something tells me that II 1 buy a tick
" shall draw a large prize. And
uen Just think, Hannah, how easily l
"ud pay all up for my house, and
left"
Inc young man spoke with much
Nfnestness and assurance; but he saw
brow.
II seems to me that the chance Of
u prize is very doubtful" said
hannah, as she took the scheme.
shN." ~ Nv
Inc babe tried hard to snatch the
Hper' and Hannah laid it aside.
mink l shall run the risk" re-
aneo James, CHANGING once more over
|" paper and resting with a nervous
s'ng upon the figures which repre-
En'ed the higher prizes. There's Bar.
W. ne drew about eight hundred del
Jus year ago."
ieS' know It," said Hannah, with
a ~~s warmth than she had before
h. su1leSted, and what has become of
~ ~ money! You know he has squan-
s''s ~ 1t all away. All, James, money
BY It" '0 A0neS'iy
h.. n0nestlyT" repeated the young
S Saa surely. there is nothing dis
sryl" NiiN0 III d lor-
0A,a 'nlnk there is" kindly but en-
or@uCSily replied the wife. "AIi games
A., Nsaard' where money is at stake,
O, MI uisnonest. Were you to draw a
,n1 OF twenty thousand dollars, you
4, ' S rob thousand men Of TWEEN.
St a', I'D. each; or, at least, you would
.stn,a ,1Om them money for which you
p,mhn eu them no equivalent. Is Il not
~on IN every sense Of the word ~
h t0a w. no! You look upon the matter
- ~" no strong a light"
h ~ nsFNaps I do; but yet 50 it looks
,l.a What you may draw, some one
.om. uuSt lose; and perhaps It may be
ba+o. one who can afford the loss no
ia ~, nan you can. wouldn't buy
Oroan sAer James. Let as i've on the
lb,n "a OF our honest gains, and we
DO ane Lanning was uneasy. He had
It )east "er Tor hts wifs's arguments;
hon h, no answer that could spring
be m,tto moral convictions. and he let
souId n0a drop. But the young man
heart Nv drive the siren from his
tul a. al the next day his head was
It b,s Prizes" and while he was
Ielt ,vr rOfk ne kept muttsrins to him
Aops,nns" enty thousand dollars" Ten
an~ uu Dollars" give thousand dol
and 70 On.