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THE LOTTT.KY TICKET-NO. 700.
Fortune had smiled upon Peter Hollytree,
and hfr was spoken of by all as a well to do
funner, and the people of P&ird&le looked
on him as a deini-god. His family con*
sisted of his wife, two daughters, and a
maiden suiter. Lcnora, tho eldest, was a
haaghty dissatisfied girl, and was always
shooked at her faMicr'tl ways; while Lillie,
the youngest, was a sweet, lovable girl of
sixteen summers.
“ Lillie !" exclaimed Norn, as they were
walking home one evening, “ don’t you
wish that father was a real gentleman—
like our minister, for instance?”
“No, sister.” responded Lillie, as she
stooped to pick up a little bird that had
fallen from its nest; “I love him much
better for his simplicity, and then look
how he is respected !”
“The opinion of this stagnant little
boro' is not worth having,” Nora snapped;
“ I think father had better remove us at
once to the Dismal Swamp. 1 niu sure we
could he as well entertained there !”
“ llow absurdly yoh talk, Nora —to com
pare our flourishing little town to that
death hole!”
“If father could only get rich?” Nora
went on, not heeding his sister’s last re
mark ; “ 1 would insist on his selling out
everything, and going to New York. Then
what glorious times wc should have !—eh,
Lillie?”
“ For my part, Nora, I am as happy here
as possible, and would not like to move
away for all the New Yorks in creation;
for ‘Too dear to my heart are the scenes of
mj/ childhood ”
11 * When fond recollection presents them
to view,”’interrupted Nora, mocking her
sister in a sing-song tone. “ Can’t you
learn something new ? One would think
Wadsworth had composed that piece for
your especial benefit! lam tired hearing
you talk about orchards and meadows and
deep tangled wildwoods. You poor little
thing, with your plain ideas ! May you
always live here and drink from the ‘ old
oaken bucket that hangs in the well,’ ” she
quoted, in a tone of mingled contempt for
the poetry and her companion, as she swept
into tho house.
“Thank you, Nora,” answered she,
“ for wishing me so much happiness;” and
she turned away to hide the tears that were
hurrying down her cheeks.
“ And why am I not to love these
tilings?” she asked herself that night, as
her head nestled on her pillow. “.Should
we not all love these works of the Great
Creator?”
What is Nora doing, while her sister
sobs herself to sleep, over her hurtful re
marks?
Down stairs, in the kitchen, she is seated,
conversing with her father.
“ Why, yes,” lie replied to her question;
“ I always wanted to be rich, but don't
sec much chance ’round here; but how
came you to guess my thoughts child?”
1 have just been reading an article in
this paper, of how a poor man has won an
immense prize In the lottery,” she replied.
“That ip a capital idea,” he exclaimed,
as hu brought down, his huge list on the
tabid with a terrific bang. “ Turn to the
’verttsement, Nora, and sec the price of
tickets.”
“ Fifty dollars, whole tickets; twenty
five, half,” and so on she read.
“ Humph !” said the farmer.
“First prize, one hundred thousand dol
lars ; second prize, seventy-five,” she again
read.
“ Fifty dollars seems like a big sum to
let go on chance,” he said, as if musing to
himself.
“ But think, father, what wonderful
things so much money could do! We
could live in first-class New York style, on
Madison Avenue ; have a splendid turnout;
give grand dinner;,,” and so on continued
the" temptress, until the old man, who had
not much will of his own, was finally
brought to look at it in a favorable light.
“ Keep our scheme a secret,” he whis
pered, as he kissed his daughter good
night; “ for if we lose, you know how we
will be laughed at.”
* * * * *
Two weeks went by, and farmer Holly
tree was reading his paper one evening,
when the list of the lottery drawings
caught his eye. Nora saw him give a vio
lent start and beckon her to him.
“Go up stairs quickly, my child, and
loqk in ray great coat pocket for a sealed
envelope, which contains my ticket.”
She obeyed, and her father snatched the
envelope from her, quickly tore it open 4
and exclaimed —
“ Look here, Nora, quick; is this figure
nine or seven?”
“ It is 'seven, father.”
“ Then we are wealthy! for ‘ Seven
Hundred’ draws the highest prize !”
“ Mother Holly tree ! Lillie ! Aunt Han
nah !” he cried, in a loud voice; “do you
all hear ! I have won one hundred, thou
sand dollars!”
Mrs. Holly tree, went into hysterics of de
light, and hugged and kissed her husband.
Aunt Hannah and Lillie said not a word.
“Why, what’s the matter in the cor
ner?” asked the fanner. “You look as
solemn as two owls. Lillie, iny pretty
darling,” he said, fondly patting her fair
head, “are you not glad to liavo so much
money?”
“We were so happy without it I” she
answered; and her father thought her as
beautiful as an angel, as she uplifted her
tearful face to his.
“You little plebeian,” Nora said, in an
undertone to her sister. “ You will dis
grace us yet. 1 intend to shine in society,
and become the leader of the ton.”
“ Tiring me some ink and a piece of paste
board, wife,” said the farmer.
“What are you going to do?” asked
Mrs. Hollytreo.
“Do as you are hid, my dear, and ask
me no questions,” lie answered smiling.
The desired articles being brought, lie
wrote in a large round hand: “ Farm,
house and all the effects of Peter Holly
tree for sale, after the first of January.”
He was reading it over, when Lillie, who
was leaning over his shoulder, cried out—
“ Why, father, for shame ! Arc you
going to sell this old house, which was
built by your great grandfather?”
“ To be sure, lie is !” cried Nora and her
mother in a breath.
“Peter Ilollytrec!” exclaimed Aunt
Hannah with great emphasis, can you have
a notion of parting with our old homestead?
Not as long as 1 live ! for I have as much
of a claim on it as you ; and I would sooner
burn it to the ground than sec it in the
hands of strangers !”
“ Hut, Hannah, we are going to live in
New York, so who will take charge of the
place?” he remonstrated.
“ (Jo where you wish, hut I greatly fear
that bad luck will follow you I intend to
remain here until God calls me away.”
“And I will stay with you, dear Aunt
Hannah,” Lillie answered.
“ Brave Lillie. 1 always said we were
the only sensible ones in the family,” aunt
Hannah replied, as she pressed her niece
to her heart.
“ You are a strange girl, for one so
young and beautiful,” said her father,
“stay, if you wish, for I will he often over
here, for the sake of auld lang syne.”
Nora seemed to hold entire sway over
her parents, and she even insisted on a
change in their name.
If we take a peep at them a few months
later in their new quarters, we would be
puzzled to recognize in Paul Hollingsworth,
Esq., our old friend, the farmer. Neither
would we believe Miss Daisy, arrayed in
silks and satin, surrounded by a host of
admirers, to be Nora, whom we last saw
in a homespun dress.
* *-. * * *
Ten years have passod since the com
mencement of our story, and they have
brought with them the changes which time
always effects.
A beautiful vine covered cottage, near
the old house, is the home of sweet, un
worldly Lillie aud her young husband.
One rainy evening they were all seated
around the fire, and our old friend, aunt
Hannah, was fondling Lillie's boy on her
lap.
Presently a rap was heard at the door,
and on Lillie opening it she was greatly
surprised to see her parents.
“ Dear father and mother !” she exclaim
ed, how came you out on such a night?
Hut you are welcome —most welcome,”
she said, Hinging her arms about them.
“Aunt Hannah! Richard!—look! Here
are father and mother.”
“ Yes, we have come here to live forever
and over,” the old man said, his eyes fill
ing with tears ; to take back my old house
and name; for 1 have just enough left for
our support.”
“ But where is Nora, father,” asked
Lillie.
“ Ah, my child, I had not the heart to
write it to you. She married a foreigner
about three months ago, and, after nearly
ruining me, he tied, taking Nora with him.
But 1 pray God will restore her to us be
fore long.”
“Hannah,” he said, embracing his sis
ter, “you were right, for bad luck did fol
low me, after I drew No. 700.”
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