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They
re almost through,
her son said.
You get ready to run tell Dad,
Mrs. Dunbar said.
Mr. Summers called his own name and then stepped forward precisely and selected a slip from the box.
Then he called,
Warner.
Seventy-seventh year I been in the lottery,
Old Man Warner said as he went through the crowd.
Seventy-seventh time.
Watson
The tall boy came awkwardly through the crowd.
Someone said,
Don
t be nervous, Jack,
and Mr. Summers said,
Take your time, son.
Zanini.
After that, there was a long pause, a breathless pause, until Mr. Summers.
Holding his slip of paper in the air, said,
All right, fellows.
For a minute, no one moved, and then all the slips of paper were opened.
Suddenly, all the women began to speak at once, saving.
Who is it?,
Who
s got it?,
Is it the Dunbars?,
Is it the Watsons?
Then the voices began to say, It's Hutchinson. It's Bill" "Bill Hutchinson's got it." Go tell your father, Mrs. Dunbar said to her older son.
People began to look around to see the Hutchinsons.
Bill Hutchinson was standing quiet, staring down at the paper in his hand.
Suddenly.
Tessie Hutchinson shouted to Mr. Summers.
You didn
t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted.
I saw you.
It wasn
t fair!
Be a good sport, Tessie.
Mrs. Delacroix called, and Mrs. Graves said,
All of us took the same chance.
Shut up, Tessie,
Bill Hutchinson said.
Well, everyone,
Mr. Summers said,
that was done pretty fast, and now we
ve got to be hurrying a little more to get done in time.
He consulted his next list.
Bill,
he said,
you draw for the Hutchinson family.
You got any other households in the Hutchinsons?
There
s Don and Eva,
Mrs. Hutchinson yelled.
Make them take their chance!
Daughters draw with their husbands
families, Tessie,
Mr. Summers said gently.
You know that as well as anyone else.
It wasn
t fair,
Tessie said.
I guess not, Joe.
Bill Hutchinson said regretfully.
My daughter draws with her husband
s family; that
s only fair.
And I
ve got no other family except the kids.
Then, as far as drawing for families is concerned, it
s you,
Mr. Summers said in explanation,
and as far as drawing for households is concerned, that
s you, too.
Right?
Right,
Bill Hutchinson said.
How many kids, Bill?
Mr. Summers asked formally.
Three,
Bill Hutchinson said.
There
s Bill, Jr., and Nancy, and little Dave.
And Tessie and me.
All right, then,
Mr. Summers said.
Harry, you got their tickets back?
Mr. Graves nodded and held up the slips of paper.
Put them in the box, then,
Mr. Summers directed.
Take Bill
s and put it in.
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