The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-05-22
An Interview with a Fortune Teller.


Mr.. Jay Charlton, of the Danbury
"News," reports an interview with a
New York fortune teller as follows
The other day saw on the sign of
small brick house in one Of the unpre-
tentious avenues, these words "Mad-
anne LIE Blanc. Clairavoyant and AS
trologist." In the fun of the moment
went in, and was ushered into back
sitting-room. A young countryman
was soon my companion, and cheerly
asked him what he was after. Said he;
~ want to find out whether Pm goin'
to win in q lawsuit in Justices court,
about black mare with a docked tail.
come from Goshen where do you
come from This here woman kin
see right through an oak plank" Pres
ently.the door opened, and a tall, dis
tinguished woman, with slvergray
hair, threw open wide the door. You
know how Poe did it when he wanted
to see out where old Nevermore was.
That's the, way she did it. She looked
as dignified as big sun. n.hower. l
stanmered "Misses 2" You see l
wasn't going to give myself away by
being too sharp. Said she, as her head
followed my movements as the afore-
said sun flower follows the sun (if it
does), MADAME, if you please"
What little human pride was in me
waltzed out of my being as 1 gazed up
on this elegant female woman. l 'umb-
ly began:
Prophet =" said l, "'thing Of
whom the angels call Lenore."
Here saw I'd put my foot into it,
and l broke down. But had to 60 it
madly because l didn't want to burst
out laughing at my learned colleague
from Goshen, with the dock tailed
mare. She saved me, by sweeping
grandly into the parlor, putting up her
long finger, as Evarts puts his up in the
Beecher case. SO walked, somewhat
between laughter and timidlty, into the
Nights Plutonan Shore. She motloned
me to a chair which stood before a
small table. She grandly sat in one
opposite. Then drawing six thickness
es OF something like black Grape iron
holder over her eyes, she said in a
grandly sepulchral monotone: "Your
Ne will be long--with some cares. An
enemy besets your path. AWARE of a
false friend who will try to do you a
wrong. You will come out of it all
right, one dollar is my charge" put
one dollar upon the table, thinking that
there were ten sodas gone. But | said,
"Madame, would like to know what
kind of girl I'm going to have 2"
Here she rose, went behind my back to
side-board, and brought back one
empty tumbler. Holding it before my
eyes, she grandly said, 'you are satis-
fed, hope, that there is nothing in it. "
l said was satisfied. Whereupon she
went behind me again, and brought the
tumbler past me with parallelogram
of paper in it. saw the paper was
dimly white, with little yellow smear
ing on it. From Q ha.f-pint bottle she
poured reddish liquid into little wa
ter, and then poured the mixture into
the tumbler. After moment, htr I'm
gers went into the tumDle5 drew out
the paper aud tore it up. I had it on
the erd of my tongue to say, 1.-THE acid
didn't bring the photograph out !" but
that would have spoiled everything
So 1 meekiy bowed when she said,
"the face is not perfect yet, but it Is
very, very beautiful. l congratulate
; you" She tried again and waved
stick over the mixture This time the
, picture came out, and she laid my weI
J and yellow lover upon tho table will