I thought we could amuse ourselves in
turning it for the largest throws."
"Is that all? It is a heavy thing, and must have cost a good lot of
money."
"Not much. Now see! You know I have tried to show you how chance rules
the world; and if you once get the chances in your favor, all is right.
Now suppose we take this wheel, and on the number 2,000 we paste
'Michigan Central,' 'Western' over 1,000, 'Vermont and Massachusetts'
over 500, 'Cary Improvement' over 400, and so on. Now, after a certain
number of revolutions, by keeping account, we get the chance of each
stock to come up."
"I don't understand."
"I don't suppose you do; you don't give your mind to it, as I do."
"But you know you had the same notion once about cards, and pasted the
names of the stocks on the court cards; and then you shuffled and cut
and dealt and turned up, night after night."
"Little doxy! small piece of property! you'd best attend to that baby,
and other matters that you know something about."
The "little doxy" felt strongly inclined to cry, but she kept back the
sobs and said, "You know, John, how sullen and almost hateful you were
before, when you were bewitched after those mean stocks.
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