The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-11-01

consult the far.sighted clairvoyan
f and have the horoscope of yon
| future destiny revealed to you
! astonished eyes"
"That would be wasting time,
said he laughing, " for / know m,
destiny already"
"Tell us, do," pleaded scvera
feminine voices, for Douglas Sey
mour was rich and rising man
Miss Lindsay colored scarlet, an,
looked confused.
"Well," SAID Seymour with al
air Of affected SERIOUSNESS, I" an
already welded"
"To whom and when" asket
several in surprise.
"To my business-the law, anC
when worn out and unfit for any
thing else, l will lay calmly dow
to die"
"Pshaww " in chorus, "write an
application, for 'mysticallore,' fol
Mr.. Seymour, Mr.. Pollard" com
manded Miss Lindsay whereupon
Mr. Pollard obeyed. When it was
completed, Mr.. Seymour, drew ont
his pocketbook and handed Mr..
Pollard a dollar bill.
awe have not told you of the
agreement, previously entered in
to-" explained Miss Lindsay, "we
are bound to show each other an.
swers."
| am exempt from the pledge,
however," replied Mr.. Seymour,
81 knew nothing about it."
Nevertheless" said Miss Anna,
looking cOncious, "you will show
NE your RETURN"
Several weeks had elapsed, and
Douglas Seymour was seated in his
office apparently deeply engaged
with some stubborn business pa.
pers, for his pale, high brow was
clouded, and large drops of pers-
piration stood out on his face.
Your mail, SIR respectfully in.
terrupted an office boy presenting
package.
Mr.. Seymour opened the package,
which contained many letters aud
the first one arrested his attention.
1t was curious, heavy looking
letter and bore the New York post
mark. He looked at it curiously
for few moments, and then broke
the seal, Il photograph and printed
circular dropped out. He picked
up the circular and looked at it
for the fist time he remembered
having permitted his sisters friends
to consult the clairvoyant in his
name. This was the picture sent |
him by her representing his future
wife, and the circular contained his !
future destiny, he smiled oddly as
he read it. 1t ran thus: "Namr
Katie Cleavcland, address West
Point. Get acquainted through
the mall" etc, etc. He picked up
the picture and looked at it. 1t
was certainly ii striking and lovely
face, and looked back at him from
he card with ii love-lit glance,
rom the large, dark gazelle.like
Eyes, and half smile of the red.
,herry-iike lips. 1t was face that
night have belonged to child, it
vas so small, so innocent and truth,
III, so extremely youthful with the
lyperian-like shower of short,
Dose auburn curls that clustered
round the alabaSter brow and ;
hroat. He gazed enraptured at
his beautiful, young face, and at I
Angh he muttered impatiently:
1t is a pity there are in reality t
o such faces, and this is only IA |
lrce." Again he glanced at the
lrcular, and a bright idea struck |
i'm, Z" | will write to ascertain if
ny such creature exists" he ejacu- d
'ted, mentally, and suiting the ac- t
on to the cord, he wrote: |
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. l8, Is. i
ISIS Katie Cleavcland: |
If West Point be your address, please Ii
rite soon, and | will communicate some r
ling both curious and important in reply. I
Respectfully, etc, ;,
d. SEYMOUR, No. 252. II
He dispatched it, feeling that he u
nd done very silly thing, for it =
as of course "a shaft at random +,
mt" AT any rate, he soliliquized, n
Anna Lindsay shall never know
nor any one else."
Douglass Seymour forgot all 9 9
,out Kate Cleaveland," and his ~ II
tier, n tho engrossiing business of q
e succeeding days, uni. an All =.
'er came to him signed Katherine >
eaveland couched in a neat, girl y
a hand, and then for once Doug HI
5 Seymour was startled into "
netting like interest in an affair p'
til a woman. He lost no time in ca
plying and explaining the whole, u'
d begged her to lend him one of az
+ pictures to compare with the one III
ceived from New York, and this el
ne he did not forget, but waited
patiently for reply. 81
After time it came, and with it W
lttie's picture, which by IA singu-
coincidence, was exactly like the
e he got from the clairvoyant, OF
ly Kate's real picture was not SO 10
lcy. She wore "A plain, brown ~
,aca, with white, linen collar, WI
'tened at the throat with an ele- nj
ut gold broach, and her hair tell Ut
out her neck in loose curls. How
rnestly and almost fondly this ai