I had several good offers to sell him; but at the suggestion of some gentlemen in Sheridan, all of whom were anxious to obtain possession of the horse, I put him up at a raffle, in order to give them all an equal chance of becoming the owner of the famous steed.

Mr. Wilcox bought the horse at Wyandotte, from the gentleman who had won him at the raffle, and he intends to keep him as long as he lives.

This was consented to by the other, who told her, that since she had that design, she could no where be so likely to succeed as at her house, which was very much frequented by the greatest ladies in the kingdom, she having the most Curiosities of any woman of her trade, which they came there to raffle for.

He seemed all transport at meeting me there; among a number of ladies I alone engrossed him: he scarce spoke to any other; and being so fortunate to win the raffle, which was a fine inlaid India cabinet, instead of sending it to his own house, he privately ordered his servant to leave it at mine, lord Gn having, as he afterwards told me, informed him where I lived, and also all the particulars he wanted to know concerning me.

To this order belong many cape-and-sword plays and detective dramasplays like The Adventure of Lady Ursula, The Red Robe, the Musketeer romances that were at one time so popular, and most plays of the Sherlock Holmes and Raffles type.

In one of the parks in the city was a native fair and display of art industries, and at the zoological gardens the various societies of the Roman Catholic church in Calcutta held a bazaar and raffled off many valuable and worthless articles, sold barrels of tea and tons of cake, and sweetmeats to enormous crowds of natives, who attended in their holiday attire.

I was married at eighteen, and, strange to say, to one who appeared a realization of all my girlish fancies; he was noble-minded, warm-hearted, and almost as enthusiastic as myselfwith a sweetness of temper which I have never seen raffled, except by some act of injustice or cruelty.

" Charlie threw with about the same amount of excitement he might have exhibited in a turkey raffle.

After the preliminary discussion of atmospherics had been got through, the usual raffle of garments was spread about for my inspection.

After the paper closed, they should have received their dues from what came in as the proceeds from the sale of machinery and the balance of a raffle draw, which had been floated to raise funds for the paper.

Later Agassiz saw it and was so delighted with its botany that I decided to give it to him; but when a fellow painter offeredwhen I was leaving again for Europeto "raffle it off," I allowed him to do so, and he appropriated the proceeds.

We tried a sweepstake f'r th' one as could recognise most Chinks at sight, and a raffle for who could guess how many trees in a circle; but there wasn't much spice in it.

The four Big Powers are to have a couple of syllables each and the remaining three will be raffled for.

Bringing up Raffles.

Bringing up Raffles.

However, the being told, in a multitude of ingenious forms, that I am a wretched logician, is not likely to raffle my tranquillity.

Put your marker on the grand raffle.

By just such a hazard Hundreds have lost, indeed, But tens have won an all. Angels' breathless ballot Lingers to record thee; Imps in eager caucus Raffle for my soul.

About the same hour, in the billet, Willie was disposing of the cocoa-nut by raffle, tickets one penny each.

So, too, in raffles, the entries are constant,"for glasses 20/," "for a Necklace £1.," "by profit & loss in two chances in raffling for Encyclopadia Britannica, which I did not win £1.4," two tickets were taken in the raffle of Mrs. Dawson's coach, as were chances for a pair of silver buckles, for a watch, and for a gun; such and many others were smaller ventures Washington took.

True, the wind itself tore our canvas out of the gaskets, jerked out our topmasts, and made a raffle of our running-gear, but still we would have come through nicely had we not been square in front of the advancing storm-centre.

"This island is now the property of the Stamford family,having been won, it is said, in a raffle, by Sir Stamford, during the stock-gambling mania of the South-Sea Scheme.

Cecil's counter, with her excellent and expensive wares, and her own dignified propriety, was far less popular than those where the goods were cheaper and the saleswomen less inaccessible, and she was not only disappointed at her failure, but vexed when told that the articles must be raffled for.

"I do not know what was made by the raffles.

If I had known it would be raffled for, I would have sent a private commission, though I don't know if Julius would have let me.