They were drawing a quilt, and as the
numbers were drawn all were anxious to know who drew it. Finally, after
several numbers were drawn it was announced by the deacon that number
nineteen drew the quilt and the little sister turned to the traveling man
and said, "My! that is my number. I have drawn it. What shall I do?" "Hold
up your ticket and shout keno," said he.
The little deaconess did not stop to think that there might be guile
lurking in the traveling man, but being full of joy at drawing the quilt,
and ice cream because the traveling man bought it, she rushed into the
crowd towards the deacon, holding her number, and shouted so they could
hear it all over the house, "_Keno!_"
[Illustration: "KENO!" ]
If a bank had burst in the building there couldn't have been so much
astonishment. The deacon turned pale and looked at the poor little sister
as though she had fallen from grace, and all the church people
looked sadly at her, while the worldly minded people snickered. The little
woman saw that she had got her foot into something, and she blushed and
backed out, and asked the traveling man what "keno" meant. He said he
didn't know exactly, but he had always seen people, when they won anything
at that game, yell "keno." She isn't exactly clear yet what "keno" is, but
she says she has sworn off taking advice from pious looking traveling men.
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