Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-30
CHAPTER TX.

was walking moodily up the village road
with his hands in his pockets. He was
rejecting, in a spirit of great discomfort,
on the hardships of his situation
Here am l." he said to himself, leigh
teen years old, and father treats me like
boy of ten. I'm most a man, and ell
he gives me for pocket money is twenty
five cents a week There's Dick Storrs,
whose father isn't a quarter as rich cs
mine. gets n dollar a week. He's only
sixteen, too
One important difference between him.
self and Dick Storrs did not occur to
Joshua. Dick worked in a shoeshop, and
it was out of his own wages that his faith
e. allowed him a dollar a week. Joshua
earned nothing at ALL
ITS mean !" reflected Joshua. There
amt boy of my age in Stapleton that's
so meanly treated, and yet my fathers
the richest man in town. wish knew
what to do to get little money"
At this moment he saw Sam Crawford
approaching him. Sam was perhaps
year younger than Joshua. he had for
merly lived in the villags, but was now
in a situation in New York, and was
OhiJ III Sl<tpitlOu LOT u lew udJS.
How are you, Joshua?" said Sam.
"Pm going round to the ice cream saloon.
Won't you come with me?"
Eyes, if you'll treat. ] haven't got any
money"
you ought to have. The old mans
got plenty"
That's so. But he's getting meaner
every day."
Look here" said Sam, suddenly; 81
have an idea. Did you ever buy lottery
ticket?
mo-" answered Joshua
There's a fellow | know in New York
that drew a prize of thousand dollars,
and how much do you think he paid for
q ticket?"
II don't know"
Five dollars. How's that for high?"
"How long ago is that?" asked Joshua,
becoming interested.
"Only two months ago."
"Do you know him?'
Eyes, l know him as well as l know
you. He is clerk in a store just opposite
ours. When he got the money he gave
half dozen of us a big dinner. We had
a jolly time"
"A thousand dollars for five :" repeat
Ell Joshua. lie was awfully lucky"
1.-The fellow 1 was speaking of gets
lottery papers regularly. I'll ask him
fol one, and send it to you as soon as |
get back to the city"
81 wish you would" said Joshua.
Wouldn't it be something great if l
could draw prize of a thousand dol
ars?"
I'm bet it would. 1t would make you
independent of the old man. You wouldn't
care much for his twenty-five cents a
week then"
Joshua and Sam went into the ice
cream saloon. which was kept open dur
ing the summer only, in a small candy
store, by a maiden lady who made a
'canty income from such limited patron
lge as the village could afford. Joshua
)led his companion with further ouss-
ions, to all of which he readily replied.
-hough it is doubtful if all the answers
we're quite correct. But Sam. having |
)een in the city few months, wished |
o be thought to have a very extensive
with it, and was unwilling
o admit ignorance on any point.
Early the next week Sam returned TO |
us duties in the city, and Joshua await |
Il impatiently the promised lottery pa
'ers. Sam did not forget his promise.
IN the third day after his departure a
,aper came to the village postofice di-
ected:
Joshua Drummond, Esq,
"Stapleton."
This was promptly taken from the Of
ice by Joshua, who had called on an av-
rage twice a day for this very paper. 1t
i owed to be printed on yellow paper.
nd fairly bristled with figures, indicat-
ng the large sums which were weekly
attributed all over the country by the
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