New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-28

sauce pac Il Lai been play N On the wasi- ooer ke
dfurr bat Wa orga-sd IN decorating 5 me
avs Of uL5sLtd bread w.:A bits Of cLarc al All
sp uters from the bto,m. The fighting seryan, r.
uoaiCd 20 lie FAR ehd Of the apartment, where .Le
bgar 10 wash dishes with vitdctive earnestnes- stop
ping stsrt intervals 20 wave her Gshc.oh sava-aiy
6: a ols'leugc 70 instant single combat There was
nothing visible Tat Eavoitd Of astroogy or magic,
Uu,-s tin oande-tck. with battered rims could
be oats'i-tcaly construed.
Madame Prews:er the rsed. sat maj Cs,;c I,y IN
Wnisor rcCk:-g -chAr, eKtra SIZE with large ploE
comfortably tucked il behind her .ustrous and rheu-
matte back. Her prophetic feet rested on wooden
stool ne oracular neck was bound with brghtcOlored
sbaw; her ntcromaLtic locomotive apparatus was in
ossed il grea: number Of protective pettcoa;s and
Ter = hole aspect was portentous. She il womsn
who ma Be Of any age from - to l for her face il
70 oily that wrinkles won't stay in IT, they slip ont aud
Leave TO trace. She is unctuou. woman, With
plenty Of material in her-eLough, in fact Cor two
OF three. She is sdipose to degree that makes her
Circumference problematcs and her weight a mere
mstter Of conjecture. Moreover one instantly feels
that she i. thoroughly waterproof and is certain that
if The could be dueed to shed tears she would weep
lard-oI. Grim, grzzled and story-eyed is this juicy
old Siby and she gared feauly on our reporter with
her fshy optics until he wished he hadn't done any
thing. SIZE evidently just out OF bed, although it
was lopg past noon and when she "a wned which she
cid seven times a mute a low average, the effect
was gloomy AMI cavernous, ard the timid deleg tie
from Spruce street trenbed III his boots. At last she
took up the cayds which almost greasy as she
herself, and prepared for business previously giving
Ote most tremendous yawn, which opened her sacred
jaws so wide that only very narrow s;hmus Of hair
behind her ears connected the top Of her respected
heed with the back OF her venerated neck
She presented the cards to be cut, and then began
20 speak very slowly, each word slipping smoothly
rom her fut lips If It had been ancined with some
patent lubrcetor:
You have seen much trouble, some OF il in bust.
ress AID some Of il in love, but there are brighter
days in store or YOU before longyOu face up letter
sou face up lOve-you face up marrage-you face
M light haired woman. with dark eyes you think a
great deal Of her and she thinks great deal Of you,
but then she face, up dark compexioned mdn which
is bad for you-you must take and look cut for
him, for lie trying to iure you-she likes you the
best, but you must lock out for the manyou face up
better uck in business yor face charge in your bu-
sness but be careful, it will not bring you much
morey-you DO rot face up great deal Of money
Here followed a huge yawn which again
nearly left the top Other head island.l Then abe
resumed II You will tel me the number Of letters in
the adys name, will tell YOU what her name is
This demand was unexpected, but our cool and col
leoted reporte replied at random, Four" This the
che Falstaf then referred to book wherein was writ
ten long list Of Names of varying lengths from
syllable to six and selecting the with four let
teIs, began to ak:
'Is il Emma" NO" Anna" ono" "E,-
la" "No." "Jane ?" ono" "Ettal" "No."
Lucy" "No." "Cora ," ono" At last find
ing that she would run through all the fouretter
rames in the language, and that he must eventually
say something, he agreed tc let his true loves "
name be Mary. Then she continued her remarks
"Yon face up Mary, you love Mary; Mary is & good
girl You will marry Mary at last but Mary ia not
Tow lere-bary ia far away but do not fear, for you
,ta have Mary"
Then she proposed to tell the name Of our reporter
IN the same M steIous manner aud being told that
contains eight lc,ters the first OF which is IN she
turned to her register and again began TO read. II
20 happens that tie proper names answering TO
the description very few, and the right oae
lid not happen 10 be on her list; 20 in short
iiue the greasy prophecies became confused
aud clipped Of the track entirely, and after asking
about tive hundred names of various dimensions from
Marx 10 Melchisedek she gave it up in dispar and
Clarg6Q the eutltCl' sdgIIS' -NVh .Vu ulh! nAou
th-ee wishes and viii tell whether you will get them
or not She then laid out the cards into three piles
and cur reporter stated lis wishes aloud and received
he gratifying information that he would live TO be
iict 70 marry the ght-hared maiden, and to efectu
ally smash the dark-oomplexOned man. Then she
said: "You may now wish wish in secret, aud |
viii tel you whether you viii get it, Our avsricious
reporter instantly wished for an enormous amount of
ready money, which she kindly promised but which
he has not yet seen the color Of He asked about his
rrospectiye wives and children with unsatisfactory
,esults One wife and four children was she said the
outside Limit At this juncture she began to wriggle
uneasly in her chair and considerate representa-
tive respected her "rheumatics and took his leave.
This conference although the results may be read by
gib.tcngued person n five minutes, occupied more
than tbrse.1uarters OF an hour, Madame Prewsteis
dctiop Being SOW and pOnderous in proportion to her
s'Ze.
Our reporter was attended TO the door By the beli-
cose maiden who seemed disposed TO give him battle
IN the hau. but as he had remarked that she had
ro,ng.pin hidden under her apron, and as lie was
somewhat awed by the saDguinary look Of her dish
clcb ne clicked down his bloodthIstiness and nglo.
ri9usly retrea,ed.
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