Chapter 6—The Board Is Published
That day the evening newspapers, and next day the morning newspapers, were snatched at double and treble prices from the vendors and the stalls. If eight thousand spectators had been able to hear the reading of the will, Americans by the hundred thousand at Chicago and by millions in the United States, devoured by curiosity, had not had that fortunate opportunity.
But although the articles, interviews, and reports were of a nature to satisfy the masses in a great measure, general opinion imperiously required the publication of the card which accompanied the will.
This card was the board on which was to be played the noble game of the United States as arranged by William J. Hypperbone, which was exactly similar to that of the Royal Game of Goose. How had
