The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-02

7ot~ Portable home for himself
and wife, and to be
thought well Of by his neighbors. lie
had built himself house, and there
still remained upon It mortgage of
$500; but this sum he hoped TO pay in
a few years, If he only had bis health.
He had calculated exactly how long
1t would take him to clear of this In
cumbrance, and he went to WORK with
his eyes open.
One evening James came home to his
supper more thoughtful than usual.
His young wife noticed his manner,
and she inquired its cause.
What Is ii, JamesT' she kindly
asked. why, never saw you look so
sober before"
Wen, Ill tell you, Hannah re
turned the young man, with a slight
hesitation IN bis manner. Il have just
been thinking that would buy a lot
terry ticket"
Hannah tanning did not answer i'm
medlately. She looked down and
smoothed the silken halr of her babe.
which was chirping like little robin
in her arms, and the shades OF her
handsome features showed that she
was taking time TO think.
How much will 1t cost!" she asked,
at length, looking half timldly up.into
her husbands face.
Twenty dollars returned James,
tryink to assume confidence which
he did not feel.
"And have you made up your mind
TO buy it?'
well, think / shall. What do you
think about it?"
IF you should ask my advice,
should say do not buy IT,"
"But why sofg
For many reasons" returned his
wife, In trembling tone.
She would not offend her husband,
and she shrank from giving him nd
vice which he might not follow.
TN the first place. she said, II think
the whole science Of lotteries is a bad
one; and then you have no money to
risk"
ftbl JUST 1QpA At INT HtlHtss EtlA
James, drawing q scheme" from his
pocket Here is one prize of $4,000
another Of $4,000 another $4,000, and
so on. Something tells me that IL I
buy ticket | shall draw large prize
And then just think, Hannah, how cas-
lily ! could pay all up for my house,
and perhaps have good handsome
sum left
The Young man spoke with much
earnestness and assurance, but he saw
that there was cloud upon bis wifes
brow.
ut seems TO me that tho chance of
drawing prize is very doubtful" said
Hannah, as she took the scheme.
Here are many thousand tickets to be
eold.n
The babe tried hard TO snatch the
paper, and Hannah laid 1t aside.
4 think l shall run the risk" re-
sumed James, glancing once moro over
the paper, and resting with q nervous
longing upon the figures which repre-
scented the higher prizes There's
Barney; he drew about $500 year
ago.
Yes, l know it, said Hannah, with
moro warmth than she had before
manifested, "and what has become of
the money? You know lie has
squandered 1t all away. All, James,.
money is of no use unless we come
honestly by IT.
Honestly?" repeated the young man.
"surely. there is nothing dishonest In
drawing prize in lottery"
Il think there is" kindly. but en-
phatically, replied the wife. "All
games Of hazard, where money is at
stake, are dishonest. Were you to
draw a prize of $4,000, rou would
rob thousand men of $50 each; or
at least, you would take from them
money for which you returned them no
equivalent. Is Il not gambling In every
sense Of the wordf"
"oh. MOI You look upon the matter
in'too strong light"
Perhaps ! do: but yet so II looks 10
me. What you may draw some one
else must lose; and perhaps 1t may no
some one who can afford the loss no
better than YOU can. wouldn't buy
the ticket, James. Let us live on the
products OF our honest gains, and we
shall be happier"
James tanning was uneasy. He had
no answer for his wife's arguments:
at least, no answer that could sorlng
from his moral convictions, and he let
the matter drop. But the young man
could not drop the siren from his
heart All the next day his head was
full Of prizes" and while he was at
his work he kept mutterlng to himself,
Twenty thousand dollars" "Ten thou
sand dollars" Five thousand dollars"
and so on.
When he went home the next night
he was almost unhappy with the ner-
vous anxiety into which he had thrown
himself. The tempter had crashed
him firmly, and whenever he thought
Of the lottery, he saw nothing but piles
Of gold and silver. In short, James
tanning had made up his mind that he
would buy the ticket. He went 10 the
little box where he had already sI2o
laid up toward paying of the mort
gage from his house. The lock clicked
with a startling sound, and when he
shresv hack the cover be hesitated. He