The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-06

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full through life in padding his own canoe.
Joshua went home sulkily, and was not
seen again on the picnic grounds.
CHAPTER TX.
One morning, few days later, Joshua
was walking modify 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
he gives me for pocket money Is twenty
five cents week. There's Dick Storrs,
whose. father isn't quarter as rich IS
mine, gets 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 dollar a week. Joshua
earned nothing at all.
| "It's 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 q
merly lived in the village, but was now
in a situation in New York, and was
only in Stapleton for few days.
| How are you, Joshua?" said Sam.
"I'm going round to the ice cream saloon.
Won't you come with me?"
"Yes, 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 herev' said Sam, suddenly; II
have an idea. Did you ever buy lottery
ticket?"
| mo-" answered Joshua.
| there's fellow know In New York
that drew a prize of thousand dollars,
and how much do you think he paid for
ticket?"
| Il don't know"
| give dollars. How's that for high?"
| "How long ago is thatY' asked Joshua,
becoming interested.
| "Only two months ago."
"Do you know him?"
eyes, know him as we'll as 1 know
you. He is clerk in store just opposite
ours. When he got the money he gave
half dozen of us big dinner. We mad
u jolly time"
"a thousand dollars for fve!' repeat
ed Joshua. He 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 l
get back to the CITY,"
II wish you would" said Joshua.
"Wouldn't it be something great if l
could draw a prize of thousand dol
lars?"
"Fll bet it would. 1t would make you
| independent of the old man. You wouldn't
care much for his twenty-five cents
| week then"
Joshua and Sam went into the ice
cream saloon, which was kept open dur
ing the summer only, in small candy
store, by a maiden lady who made a
scanty income from such limited patron
age as the village could afford. Joshua
piled his companion with further quas-
tons, to all of which he readily replied,
though it is doubtful if all the answers
were quite correct. But Sam, having
been in the city a few months, wished
to be thought to have a very extensive
acquaintance with it, and was unwilling
to admit ignorance on any point.
| Early the next week Sam returned to
his duties in the city, and Joshua await
Ell impatiently the promised lottery pa
pers. Sam did not forget his promise.
On the third day after his departure
paper came to the village postofice, di-
rected:
| Joshua Drummond, Esq,
| 'Stapleton."
| This was promptly taken from the Of
fee by Joshua, who had called on an av-
erage twice day for this very paper. It
pI owed to be printed on yellow paper,
and fairly bristled with figures, indicat-
ing the large sums which were weekly
distributed all over the country By the
benevolent managers Of the lottery. Here
was a scheme in which the principal prize
was but a thousand dollars. However,
the tickets were but q dollar each, and
a thousand dollars for one was certainly
a handsome return for q small outlay.
There were others. however. in which the
principal prize was Ave thousand dollars,
and the tickets were, in due proportion,
| FIVE dollars each.
The more Joshua thought it over, the
more convinced he was that a large sum
OF money was likely to come to him
through the lottery il he could only man
sge to raise money enough to buy a
ticket. But the problem of how to get
the necessary Eve dollars he was az far
u ever from solving.
While in this state Of mind he hap
pcned one day to be in the store at noon,
and alone. Nichols. the head clerk, wish
ed to 90 to dinner, and was only waiting
for Walter to get back from an errand.
II wish Walter would hurry up" he
grumbled. my dinner will get cold
1 .Pli take your place till he gets hack,
Mr.. Nichols" said Joshua, with extra-
ordinary kindness for him.
much obliged, Joshua" said the sales
man. Urn do g much for you another