nnet, and in the course of a few
minutes it came from so many places, that the puzzled hearer was
dubious as to its exact whereabouts--these curious effects being,
doubtless, attributable to the thick covering over the face. But
its various communications, when gathered together, were found to
sum up as follows:

"You face back misfortune and trouble, of which you have had
much, but they are now behind you, and you have no more to fear.
You will henceforth be successful in business, you will have a
great deal of money. Your affection card faces up a young woman
with dark eyes and dark hair, about twenty-three years old; she
is older than she has led you to believe; there is a dark-complexioned
man whom you will see in two days, who is your enemy; you may not
know it, but you had better beware of him, for he will do you an
injury, if he can; you will see him and speak with him the night
of day-after-to-morrow. Your marriage card faces up this dark
woman, as I said before. I don't see a great deal of money layin'
round her, but there is plenty of money layin' round you in the
future. Somebody will die and leave you money within nine weeks,
not counting this week. You was born under the planet Mars, which
gives you two lucky days in every week--Mondays and Thursdays;
anything you begin on those days will surely succeed."

Here she handed the cards to be cut again, which operation
disclosed a new feature in the Individual's matrimonial future,
for she went on to say:

"There is another woman who faces your love-card, who has light
hair and light eyes; she favors your love-card and will be your
first wife; you will have five children--four girls and one boy;
look out for the dark-complexioned man, for he favors your first
wife, and, though she does not favor him very much, he will try
to get her away from you. Your line of life is long; you will
live to be sixty-eight years old, but you will die very suddenly,
for your line of death crosses your line of life very suddenly,
which always brings sudden death."

Having given this cheering promise, she again held out the cards
to be cut, and said, "Cut them again now, and make a wish at the
same time, and I will tell you if you will have your wish."

When the required ceremony had been solemnly performed, she
continued: "You will have your wish, but not right away; don't
expect to get it before week after next, but then you will be
sure to have it, for there is no disappo