The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-02-08
business Yves demanded stepping Inside the door. he

business was demanded. Stepping Inside the door. he
well, walk In" said the child, and as he shut the
door he whispsrsd as if afraid to speak loud now FOL
mrth seeing the mock gravity Of the little fellow his
guide, who conducted him along dark passage, turned
the left when they came to door which opened into
partially lighted apartment This room the adventurer
ss stree. Veil
performing the crcuitous journey OF the passage with
two turn. to the left. The apartment in which ne
now found himself anteroom to the mysterious
chamber wheae the fortune teller performed his ncanta
tons. Some half dozen closely yelled females, and
ed around awaiting their turn oibe ushered into the
sacum sancto'um of the magician which was an inner
to he Sr those who
had finished their consultation, were about TO- COM
III. sna wss
newspaper between and the wood work adjoining, so
to prevent its closing entirely and having thu. nss
servaon Of the awful chamber in which the man Of mys
teres sat in great state experimenting the operations of
for the old man, who was deprived Of sight himself On
frame in the centre of the ROOM was hung
with crescents, hearts, dsggers, aligator's heads
cabalisc characters an mPsh profile or two and va
air orsea Just in front this curtain and supported by
slight Frame was q long necked glass bottle, lying
upon the frame aforesaid about three feet from the hoor
the mouth uppermost This bottle, appsared, was the
reservoir in which pent all the pictures Of events
visible the sight Of the nsgre by the incsntaons of
the old man who presided over the ceremonies An OPP
the ROOM notwithstanding his turn had not yst come
The old man turned his face upwards. a. Il gazing at
him, and said We'll whstdo you wsntr, want my
How much must pays FIFTY cents; that's the price"
if you can toll me who am, III talk 70 youn Al thi;
the fortune teller grew snaPph and ordered his visitor
"Hs own time" he said, twas valuable, and he could
not waste it in that way" But am in hurry" re-
tell $ the o$ 90
been nursing his wrath for some time, broke out and
ended with, BE careful how curse you could whsr
old fellow alluded sundry other amusing and pleasant
The magistrate replied, by calling him humbug This
was past endurance the magician jumped up, literally
which he had been sitting was about to hurl it in
the direction Of his dssgreeabe customer, whom the
two officers, who had by thi: time arrived made their
by the arms before he had time to make the demonsra
tration which he had intended. The black girl was
Tombs and the psnentiary had BEEN set before hsr i'm
agnaon her probable abode for the next six months,
and said that she had been induced to play her part IN
the fortunetelng affair by the temptation which twenty
to the sn by
signs from her MASTER make certain replies to the inter
rO8atlens OF IOTtuue soekors Inc OlQ man nlmbou
cooled down amazingly when informed into what hands
he had fallen. He said he was old and blind, and he
asked If 6nd fools enough to paronize me, may
not tske their half dosrs'" The Justice told him his
calling unlawful one at any rate but the prn
cpa mischief in his particular case consisted in his
throwing suspicion of crime upon innocent persons
for instance said he, by your statements the other
day, citizen was induced to swear out search war
rant for the purpose of inspecting the premises of
citizen who is above reproach. and whose family
subjected to the with the serving
of such process" The old man owned his culpabity,
but begged for license to pursue his avocson pomis
ing to avoid giving trouble to the police OF the
magistrate could give such license. The officers
had since their arrival kept the door. carefully closed
that egress from the house had been permitted;
and after taking the of the yelled females (who
turned out to be nearly all servant girls with Of
whom the Justice had carried ON whispered dialogue,
before going into the inner room they told to 20
about their lwork, and were warned against visiting
such places in futnre At the request Of his visters
the old man went through his magical performances,
making some wonderful guesses at the solution
Of questions proposed to him By of the officers who
we'll nigh converted to the belief that the fortune
teller indeed remarkable The grand secret
was of course, his non.committalism. The blind for
tune teller was heard no more from by the police after
this visit.