The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-01

A phstOsopher Oh ~
rr,m the Charlottesville in'c'''s''''''
TUE GYPSES.

THE GYFSlES.
,.-;,r the other evening that scverai OF
49, fortunc-tclling people were campc9i
~ tho vicinity of CharlotieSvillc, we St'' 'eu
a ~ ITO IN find them. 1t was quite dark, ana
clouds were gathering. The moon sca!scE
shed light, and the stars were oli, l',ltff
rlimmering. We thought the n'SnI p,oin-
fious for the telling OF mysterious i'hnSs.
Starting into the woods, we stumo'cu upotdi
n low, little tent, pitched near a e"rI hors
wagon. BY the light Of few dying 'lno.l a
we saw girl seated upon a large stone
with nm infant in her arms. She was roch-
;no herself to and fro, and sang strange
words TO the doing child. We didn re-
coy,,ize the language. The child dld, now
ever. for it kept hccomingly quiet: n.,
We asked for the gentleman OF the e, ,"
blishmcut. "Hcrc am |, SAID sol'l" t .tin,
and up started wcaZcl'-iacc1I1l 'll'' a ,n
behind bundle of fodder. we rN aro nr
to seq an Arab, for genuine S!psleS az; ".
nnrSt to bc, Arabs. But this man looked
amS talked like an freshman, and we were
diSannoiutcd. Evidently approaching our
,,nrnIcxify. nc said, Z" ! suppose you came
!, SOC my wife, for she is the fortune teller
I nm an EnoliShman, but she is an Egyptian.
md descended from Il long line of aStrolo.
cers." At this speech the matron stepped
q # from behind the tent, and, with N ms
aEimbo, said "ies, sir If you wish 10
have your past life recountcd or yourfuturc
revealed, cross my palm with fifty cents. an
all shall be made known" Now, this lock Il
Ike business. but our pocket-book was som, :
where else, and we could only invest hall
the amount asked for fortunc-tcllmg. We
offered our hand to the lady 1--WE never dlu
surh a thing bcfore), and she, holding 1t
very tightly, began to decipher what she
called the tate-Ines As she was thus occu-
pied our eyes fell upon quite pretty, dark
raced and dark-eycd girl standing just out
of the shadow of the wagon. They called
her Zcnoba. We thought it ought TO have
been Bridget. but said nothing III ana
occur to us, however, rs the old lady KEPT
hold of our hand, that the young girl would
have been the plcasanter ioltulne-tcllcr Oh
the two. The madam finished her scrutiny
after some minutes, and then spoke alter
this manner: 49,
.sGentia sir they always commence this
way). YOUR life has been very eyenttul. l
perceive by your haggard looks and the
flrtive glance of your eye, which seems
afraid to meet mine 1--WE were looking ut the
daughter). that your mind is sorcly per-
picked. Your life commenced early when
Won were quite small, and your present STA
lure has been attained by degrees. Sowith
YOUR experience. Line upon line, precept
upon precept, here a little, there little.
You married early, didn't you:" We
said. "Oh yes" ''And for a time"
she continued, "you were happy, for she
was fair to look upon. and you were full OF
hope. But domestic troubles came upon
YOU and your married life has been dark
ened by clouds of discord." "Shall l 60
on with my revelation" she said. " Pro-
ceed." we replied; and so she did.
you are now thirty-tive years old this
was excusable, for the light was very dim
and uncertainty five years ago your crosses
overlook you. Your wife grew fond Of
show; she dressed fine and lived eXtrava
gantly. When you upbraided her for a
waste of your substance she grew sulky
and would shed tears. This generally over
came you, so you lived beyond your i'll
come, and in the endcavor to keep up ap
pearances ran in debt. To please your
wife YOU took the two dollars which had
been laid aside to pay for the town news
paper and bought her a feather. You
bought groceries on credit, hut worked
hard to pay cash for your wile's bonnets
and laceS. You never paid anything to
your church, and so kept your minister on
half rations. You became disappointed and
grew detected, all because your wife failed
to appreciate the times, and would spend
hard.earned money fool.hly.' said we:
MADAM, is there a place earth
Where women are not fond uf dress.
Nor Tor 1t sacrifice true worth,
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