CHAPTER 7.
"What nonsense!" answered Trina.
"Ach Gott! What is ut ?" cried Mrs.Sieppe, misunderstanding, supposing a calamity.
"What--what--what," stammered the dentist, confused by the lights, the crowded stairway, the medley of voices.

The party reached the landing.
The others surrounded them.

Marcus alone seemed to rise to the occasion.
"Le' me be the first to congratulate you," he cried, catching Trina's hand.

Every one was talking at once.
"Miss Sieppe, Miss Sieppe, your ticket has won five thousand dollars," cried Maria.

"Don't you remember the lottery ticket I sold you in Doctor McTeague's office ?" "Trina!" almost screamed her mother.