The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-10

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doh't despair, for know girl who told nj.
that she had it from the best authority that
there are several now i'll America, and that
one OF them is So reduced in fortune that he
has had to turn barber, but that he is rer-
Iectiv adorable, and wears his hair parted ex-
actly in the middle, and is so noble and com
mahding and wields his razor as if it were a
sabre. She knows him, but is too mean to
| let any of the rest of us girls get an idea as
ito where he may be found Some girls are
too hateful to live. Lots of them never tell
OF love affair until they are actually ell
gagged, but l think that is contemplate.
always tell all my secrets, for If didn't how
would anybody know had any?
Yesterday, while was lying on my lounge
with copy OF new novel that father would
have fit if he knew about, girl that has
| Deen my bosom friend for ever so long-I
ihlnk 1t must he month"; came in and said
",oh, Jen, l want you to get dressed and
come with me. / wouldn't let any other girl
In New York know but you but don't ask
any questions, for l shan't answer them.
Come, get ready"
She wouldn't tell me where to 90, and
was really provoked, because always want
to know everything right away. dressed as
quickly as | cOuli, considering that my hair
wasn't even in pins; but at last was ready,
| and we started. She took downtown stage
through some of the worst looking places I
ever saw. All sorts of rough men and
women and dirty children we're to be seen
and commenced to feel uneasy, and told her
that wouldn't 60 another step until she told
me where we were going.
"Oh, you goose!" said she, "havent we
always been dying to have our fortunes told?
lhat's where we are going. This woman
can show you your future husband. Do you
see?"
was just as glad, for had always wanted
to go, but hated to go alone, so We won't on
and finally came to the place, and went into
a room so dark we could hardly see A woman
came in and took Clara into another room,
and she stayed about half an hour, and then
they came after me to 60 in. l asked Clara
in whisper what she told her, and she
said:
"l'll tell you going hOme.'
So went in, and the woman seated me in
char and sat down in front of me, and told
me tha, was young that had parents, and
that for one so young l had great troubles
$50 had), and that was marked by destiny
for dreadfal sorrow and disaster, and that |
would not live year. But that there were
two roads for me to choose from. One would
be what she had said, the other was as brilliant
and happy as the other was terrible, and that
l should marry no less than a prince in dis
guise if would have the courage to do just
as she told me. Ifno,, my fate was a dark
one. 10 save myself, l must 60 the next after
noon, at four o'alocK exactly. to the corner
Of two certain streets, and there would meet
my prince in spirit; that he would look at
me and at him, and we would pass on, but
that afterward we would meet in society,
when We would be shortly married. That
whatever way of marriage he proposed must
accept, or my fate would be awful. She said
that by her supernatural powers she could do
the things she said, aid then she took me to
a curtained recessand told me to look through
glass; and did, and when my eyes grew ac-
customed to the darkness. mans face was
there. He had great, dark eyes, black hair
and a superb moustache, and as 1 looked he
smiled at ME tenderly, showing beautiful
white teeth, and then she drew me away. l
shook like leaf when we got to Clara, and
we went out together after paying ten dollars
apiece.
Clara had been told that she should meet
her "futnre" much as was to meet mine, but
he was not so illustrOus as mine, but she was
to be happy. She had seen lovely blonde
gentleman, all softness and elegance. | did
not know what to do, whether to go or not
hut Clara sald she should. | asked her how
she could get out, for size has mother who
IS very strict, but she said:
.sOl, that Is easy. Pll tell her am going
to visit sick friend, or to see some of the
members of my Sundayschool class, or
something Of that sort: for strict as she is,
she believes all tell her, for she thinks that
her daughter wouldn't do such q thing.
That's the way all us girls get 50 much liberty,
just because all our mothers think that what
ever other peoples daughters might do, theirs
would not, under any circumstances, SO de-
mean themselves, and so you see am safe.
Oh, If they could JUS see their daughters
sometimes, wouldn't it be fun: Id give five
dollars if Minnie HIS mother knew where
Min. goes when she goes to church. Why,
she just gets paper Saturday with the reiig
ious notices in aud cuts out the text of the
sermon for next day, and then goes to church.
hut torgets the way and gets couple OF
blocks out of her way, aud ther gets into
Fred Lawton's buggy, and they go and have
a nice ride, and she comes home after Sun-
day-sctool is out and gives her mother the
text and very brief synopsis of the sermon,
and nothing on earth would make the mother
disbelieve it. And if other mothers found it
out they would never think their own would
do so, so you see we are all right"
asked Clara if she was going to the place
yes; and think shall go, too; not to see
hers, but mine, for know that woman could
gee into the future-she told the past so clear
ly.
| thought:
Il must go at once and get me "A new dress.
| have plenty, it is true, but | must have
everything new and beautiful TO wear to-
morrow, and don't know but what had
better get me some new crmps. And that
last rouge was not a good Color
So L went and bought lovely dress, per-
fectly ravishing, and SO cheap-only two hum
drod dollars-and the other things, and went
home. Father was in raging passion.
Brother had seen us going i'll the fortune
teller's house, and he wanted to know what
was doing down there. told father that we
had been appointed by our church charitable
association to visit very sick and destitute
young widow with three children, and went
on and drew SO touching a picture of her