New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-24

BAD ih,ii-h
Ste etked our reporter, with her most insinuating
emil" If he YOU'D onve her Z" re tas cards TOR him.,
al receiving sfIirnst tsS~er she took the
pax of play log into her v@vet h7nhs, paved
them oext.ruu,y few times to shuttle them. lad
them IN th,e rows with the faces up wnrd and sofy
purred the f. 40 ing words: uncertain whether
10 run Won a club or diamond for l do not exactly
ace hovit but will run you club first aud il you
find that 1t does LOT tell your past history. please to
m. ptiop toe fact to mo- AMI will then you dis
uo1d" She then proceeded TO mention a number Of
fictitious events which she asserted had happened in
the past life of her customer but that individual, who
did not find that her revelations agreed with his own
knowledge Of bis former history, remblngly informed
her Of that sot ssd she then with most vicious
traction Of the overhsDgDg eyebrows, broke short the
thread Of her faJcifu story and proceeded 10 "rua
him diamond She evidently determined to
make the diamond come bearer the truth-to which
emo tbe dexerously s1ove BY series of very sharp
equestionings TO elicit some circumstance of his
early h,tory on which che might enlarge, or to get
rome clue bis present circumstances and hopes and
aspns'iobs that she might find peg on which to
bM prediction with an appearance of probability
Our reporttr--wth humiliation he confesses its o
bachelor. Hi. heart has proved unsusceptble and
Cupid has hitherto failed to hit him. On this occasion
be proved chsracteristicaly unimpressibe, and the
insinus,rg smile the ihquirng look and the winning
manner all failed Of effect, and he remained psrtins
cio u,y non. commtsl Finding this to be the case,
the feline madame changed her tactics, and, a, if to
spite bss inrsctabe customer, began to prophecy in
Vulnerable ills and evil. for him. She apparently
etrove to mitigate in degree the sting of her pre-
dictoDs by an increased softness Of manner, which
II, nat 10 han h.
spike as foIows-the cold eye rowing mere cruel and
the wicked smile treacherous every instant First
however came this guieful question, which was but
declaration Of war under flag of truce:
"You do rot want me TO fatter you, do you You
want me to tell you exactl, what in the cards, do
you not Our reporter stated that he able to bear
at least the recital Of his future adversity, if
when the realty came he should be utterly sma,hed
nhereupon she proceeded:
Il zee here great disappointme Mt you will be dis.
appointed in business and the disspp ointment will be
very bitter and hard to besr-but that is not all, nor
the worst by any means. / SEQ bural-it may be
only death Of one of your dearest friends, some
near relative such your sister, but that you
yourself are weak in the chest and lungs; you i'm
pukive, proud ambitious and qulcktempered, which
last quality tends much to asgrsvae any diseases Of
Your disease is serous, you cannot live long Think
DO rot think you viii live year-n fact there is the
strongest probability that you will die before nine
months. think you will certainly die before nine
month";, but if you survive it will only be after most
revere al painful Illness in the of which you
will undergo the extreme Of human suffering. see
that you hove light cOmpexioDedlady, but her friends
object to her marriage with you an are doing all they
To Levin ed m in trv
get her away you must beware of him he will
DO you great injury, for he has both the will and the
power; be has already deceived and injured you and
will do 90 again even deeply than he has yet I
see journey trouble and misfortune, grief, SORROW
heavy loss and heaviness of heart, again tell you,
that on will die before nine months but if you chance
to survive it viii only be to counter perpetual crosses
and nisfortunes. might, if was disposed to hattsr
you and give you fall hopes, tell you that you with be
lucky toitunste in busine's that you will get the lady
and might promise you all sorts Of good luck, but
don't want to hatter YOU it would be much more
agreeable TO me 10 tell you good life, for it sometimes
pains me more thsn tell you to read bad lives to
people, and l feel it very deeply; but assure you
that Iever saw dys cards run as badly as do
yours-I 70 many Losses and crosses and 30
much trouble and misfortune in bodys cards in my
whole Me-even you outlive the nine months you
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will always have bad luck
She then tried by Of the cards to spell out our
reporters name but failed utterly not getting single
letter right; then che recommended and threatened
him with 20 much bad luck that he began almost to
fear that he would break bis leg before he rose rem
bis chair, or would instantly fall down in e. and be
carried of to die at the Hospital. She told him that
his lucky day. were the lst 5tb, 18th, 9th and 18th
Of every month. Then perceiviDg that his feelings
were deeply moved by the otrsctabily OF the "cusl
parents Of the lght-conpeIoned lady and the blsck
look of things generally she slightly relsnted and went
on to cay:
III YOU will put your trust In me, aud take my ad-
vice as friend, can sell you something that will
surely secure you the lady and thwar all your enc
ne.it not for my int%res. that tell you tnis, for
upon my honor / make only FIVE shllings upon fifty
dollars worh-it is no trek, but it is charm whicb
YOU must v ear about you, and which you must wish
over about the girl at stated times, and 1t viii be sure
to bave the de- red effect
reporter ssked the piice Of this wonderful charm.
1T !. from FIVE to ff'y dollars, but Is you
trao dnarIy uplhcky would advise you to take the
fun charm. II is the Chinese Ruling Planet Charm,
and import it from China ct great expense. You
must wear it about you and every time you use it you
must do it in the name of God; you see there can
be 10 demon about it. BY Of this charm have
brought toy ether husbands and wives who have been
apart for three years, and cay woman who can do
that 10 doing good and there is no demon about her.
While You wear it you will not die, or meet with bad
luck, but viii change the whole current of your fs
She then told our unlucky delegate n make wish
and abe would tell him by the cards whether he could
have II or notthe vH in the negative, and it
was evident that nothing but the Chinese Ruling