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"But I have put no money in a lottery," objected Gaydon

"Nor I," said Misset

"And where should I find an

has borrowed it for us and paid it in, and so we're all rich men

What'll I buy with it?"

Misset paced the rooo?" he said

"Yes, in the "

"Five days, then," and he stood listening Then he ran to theand

opened it Gaydon followed him and drew up the blind Both men listened

and were puzzled

"That's the sound of horseshoes," said Gaydon

"But there's another sound keeping pace with the horseshoes," said

Misset

O'Toole leaned on their shoulders, crushing them both down upon the sill

of the

"It is very like the sound a gentleman makes when he reels home from a

tavern"

Gaydon and Misset raised theht and shot O'Toole back into the rooan Misset

"He was never drunk in his life," said Gaydon

"It's possible that he has reformed," said O'Toole; and the three men

precipitated thean; he was drunk with fatigue and sleeplessness and