The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-08
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!! A LOTTERY
| PRIZE
BY r. ARTHUR.

from the Office, ! found May waiting a
the door In state OF intense excite
ment.
Fred" she screamed, before | go
to the gate, where Is that tlcket?"
What on earth is the matter?"
asked.
oh, You have lost it. know yor
have. And ! shall never get anything
again wanted so much"
i As she seemed about to dissolve in
to tears ] made dash up the steps
4 hate scenes above all things. and
FELT instinctively that our neighbor
mrs Marley, was peeplng at us from
Dehind the curtainst next door
Now dear | began. when | had
closed the door, you mustn't excite
! yourself. you know you mustn't"
But Fred she sobbed. we've won
"a prize-a magnificent mahogany
suite; but We won't get 1t now you've
lost the ticket"
| suddenly remembered. In spite OF
my objections May had bought tick
ct in the grand Hibernian Lodge lot
teFy. and the suite she talked about
must be the second prize. ran into
the diningroom, and few minutes
search unearthed a faring red ticket
After the first JOY of gaining some.
thing at the expense of other people
the question arose. what was to be
donez Our house Of five rooms and
kitchen was fully furnished. The fur.
niture meant my savings for two years
before our marriage. We really had
not room for anything else | timidly
suggested that we should try and get
the suite changed into money. May
turned on me with a fine scorn In her
eye.
You never want to have things look
nice" she cried. why we have moth
ing decent In the house"
This was rather hard on the furnf
ture ! had given up cigars and the
theater for. But # doesn't do 10 argue
with May, So II was soon settled. and
that evening we proceeded to the Met
ropolItan furnishing store to view the
suite. The sight OF 1t made my heart
a
ace. May was In raptures.
She hurried me home. and We were
loon in our room arranging where the
things should be put Our room was
IA feet square 1t had two small win
d0ws side by side, and even with the |
modest furniture in ii there was bare
~ space TO move about But the mat
ter presented no difficulties to May.
THE wardrobe will stand here nice
ly: and the washstand there, Freddie"
she said, tShe always called me
Freddie when pleased). And the
dressing.table will fit in beautifully
between the windows
had my doubts, but said nothing.
There was little breakfast next morn.
ing, Tor May and tie girl had been en-,
gagged from daybresk in clearing out
the old suite and devising places to
store 1t away. She secuted my idea
that We might sell 1t, and said it would
do for the spare room when We got
one.
When 7 arrived home at three
o'clock found the van already at the
door and small crowd of onlookers
around IT. May was standing, flushed
and excited at the gate.
oh. Fred what shall we do" she I
,ried; they can't get the wardrobe
n
As IL was. there we're four men on
our narrow staircase wrestling with ;
he washstsnd and using the profanest
language. They had smashed the lamp
n the hall, and the plaster all along (
vas furrowed Ike a cornfeid.
BY some miracle OF handling. known I
'uly TO furniture men. they negotiated r
he turning, and the washstand had |
cached its destination. That was the r
op landing. The men tried coaxlng
nd violence. tilted IT on end. ram Y
ned 1t at the bedroom door In all sorts q
+ impossible angles. but IL would not r
@ put through. SO IT was left where n
was. n
We held hurled consultation in the h
arden over the fate of the wardrobe q
was out OF the question 10 attempt 4
ne HAhlIo WIN IT, W HfdU iul M HTE a
ian announced that Il would have to
c hoisted in by the window. As the h
pps tus 10 do this was not al hand. In
was left all night Ia tho garden COW n
red by tarpaulin.
May was in ecstasy She had seen a
Irs. Markey's face. green with envy. f,
/ the window.
In the morning We were invaded n
srly by gang OF mea with ropes and d
1lleys. and the wardrobe was soon
angling between heaven and earth. :;
u the people in the street we're at "
Ieir windows. for the man directing al
ie operation had a voice like a fog A,
pm. tr
What an idiot the fclIow was, 1t f.,
ID never struck him TO use his mea- d
ring tape. When the wardrobe was n,
II up TO the balcony. ii would no bs
ore 20 through the window thar the a.
ashstsnd through the door So it o,
ID 10 be lowered over again. May :
as half crying with veXstion. ar
Bring il into the dining-roonl.~ she 70
IA. We viii make that our room.
ed. and have meals upstairs" bs
Mrs Msrkey and her husband we're -
ioving il immensely. could have :,
-anzled them