Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-10-29

Aou love !! inqniringly said the fortune
teller. A blush was the answer. But
you are doomed to bitter, bitter ~disappoint-
ment.'
Hattie could not conceal her emotion. and
as tears came in her eyes, she gazed stead
lastly upon the countenance Of the fortune
teller, who continued
lie upon whom your affections are fixed,
loves you not. His heart is wicked, and his
words deceptions. Scorn him as you would
a viper. for he seeks your ruin
that is not trae-it cannot be true
exclaimed Hattie. as she burst into tears.
Young lady, do you doubt the revelation p
replied the Astrologist. As u~nerring as
the sun which moves in the heavens-as true
as the planets which roll in their orbits, are
these word, which / give to you.
Frank false 2 asked the girl in agony.
AYE, false His honied words come from
the lips only-he loves you not
% then is my happiness ruined forever.
Now, indeed, are all my misgivings explain
: ed, my suspicious confirmed
Il would have spared You all this agony if
[ could, but truth you sought and truth |
have given you. But why weep, why sigh,
why mourn? Youth and beauty are yours,
and there are hundreds who would gladly
! receive your love, and bestow upon your no
~ affection. All as / look upon the globe,
: | see one nova bold manly fellow, with
eyes like diamonds, bowling at your feet, and
admiring your loyeliness. Would you know
him 2
Mo-! no ? replied the sobbing girl, I can
never love another-my heart will never re
: cover from this shock
so says the planet continued the Astro-
~ logist. It's a blow which viii bring you
- to-Shall | reveal ftp
:. Yes, yes, tell me ALL
To your Craze =
A Shrek followed, and Hattie fell swoon
~ ing to the floor. The fortue teller found i
20 necessary to call assistance, and among 9th
II ers, Jennie Mason, who had accompanied he
at friend, entered the room. She too, was al
We most ogercome at Hattle's distress.
u Through proper restoratives, which wer
i'm promptly applied, Hattie was brought t
consciousness, and, in a short time, was abl
to leave for home. In vain her friend aske'
ar her for the cause Of her emotion. Her lip
were sealed as to what had transpired be
tween her and the fortune teller. She hui
I'll ried home, went directly to her room, an
ar. there gave vent to her sorrow in tears.
IN, Twelve months had rolled away, and la
in1 tie Brown was dying. From the day sE
ad. had visited the fortune teller, her whole d,
meanor had changed. She was sad an
INT detected, and all efforts of her friends
enliven her mind, to arouse again the gage
of her heart, were f~ruitless. The rosy HI
Of her cheeks fed, and the brightness of h
eye departed. Then came the fearful coug
the hectic flush, and the physician pronou
ced her in a decline. Death swiftly a
preached, and at last claimed his young al
r. innocent victim. Her spirit had quietly file
and sorrowing friends stood weeping at t
Tel ba1siAa uhan q am mon riICbaj will
cen, into the room.
had Let me see her for heavens sake let
see her before she dies he exclaimed, as
not rushed toward the bedside.
1: The startled mourners stopped him.
eWs She is dead said one.
not Dead @, God dead, he muttered tt
edlct let me die too = and he fell ~fainting to
floor.
now' This touching scene is easily explained
'lone The young man was the Frank named to
fortune tellor hy Hattie. He had loved
uly with an intense devotion, notwithstand
ne Oh the revelations Of Astrology. Hattie's he
was SO affected, however, by those r~evelatit
w II that for ever after she pertinaciously refu
to see her lover. In vain he plead for
give PLANTATION from her friends, but she We
'ldeS' give noue, and they had none to offer.
repu, the very day of her death, as a little revi,
cali Hattie lay en- the bosom Of her dear fri
Jennie, she told the secret which had b
y 40 burning her heart and wasting her form
sisted female know Franks dovot;on two well
essed saw at once the falsity Of the assertions,
lot:- the terrible work the mischieyous fort
pkius teller had ACCOMPLISHED
" she She so told Hattie and tbopob tbo AZ
lerlul airl could not holiava 4 She censantnd
Is old last interview With her lover porr r.
came too late, and when they told him
was was dead, his generous heart, already
with grief, received a blow from whic
truth rever recovered
IS To- This story, so true, bears its own nj
OF 1e When we seek those things forbid by hea
mace judgment, at times awful and severe,
fall upon us. The wicked fortune tellers
as blind to the mysteries of the futur'
Y has