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shadowed over as it now was with regret and disappointment.
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Twomonthselapsed.Andsuddenlyoneaftertheothercameas e-
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luck and misfortune.
Onthe1stofFebruaryathalf-pastfiveM.Gerboiswhohadjust
comehomewithaneveningpaperinhishandsatdownputonhis
spectaclesandbegantoread.Thepoliticalnewswasuninte resting.He
turned the page and a paragraph at once caught his eyeheaded:
THIRD DRAWING OF THE PRESS-ASSOCIATION LOTTERY
First prize1000000 francs: No. 514Series 23.
Thepaperdroppedfromhishands.Thewallsswambeforehise yes
andhisheartstoppedbeating.Number514series23wasthen umberof
histicket!Hehadboughtitbyaccidenttoobligeoneofhisf riendsfor
he did not believe in luck; and now he had won!
Hetookouthismemorandum-bookquick!Hewasquiteright:num-
ber514series23wasjotteddownonthefly-leaf.Butwherewasthe
ticket?
Heflewtohisstudytofetchtheboxofstationeryinwhichhe hadput
thepreciousticketaway;andhestoppedshortasheentered and
staggeredbackwithapainathisheart:theboxwasnotthere
and��whatanawfulthing!��hesuddenlyrealizedthattheb oxhadnot
been there for weeks.
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