On occasion, one of these events will demand a sapphire be thrown into the Euphrates or a grain of sand be removed from a certain beach.
On occasion, one of these events will demand a sapphire be thrown into the Euphrates or a grain of sand be removed from a certain beach. One woman's success in one of these events occurs in a novel that concludes with a dying Marcus Schouler handcuffing himself to his former dentist friend in the desert. That novel sees ($) Trina Sieppe refuses to share five thousand dollars with her husband McTeague. In another work, it is rumored that the Company which runs these events has never existed, and never will. In one short story, this event occurring in (*) June means the corn will "be heavy soon," and is run by Mr. Summers with the aid of a black box. For ten points, identify these types of events, one of which decides that Tessie Hutchinson will get stoned at the end of a Shirley Jackson story.
On occasion, one of these events will demand a sapphire be thrown into the Euphrates or a grain of sand be removed from a certain beach.
{lotteries} (accept specific types, like those occurring in Babylon)