Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-23
HOW IT IS DONE.
s..,sts Revealed by a Retired For
tune Teller.
O..,re Of the Queen Of Spades---Shs is a
Widow, Dark and 0angerOus---An
Industry that Properly Con-
Quoted May Bring a
Fortune.
Hl.rslnnf HTfi.f.

said middle7aged lady, who Was
20, with pack of cards. She is wellto-
- and none but her most intimate
IDS know that at one time she was q
.-.,ra.te Ter OF more than local celebrity in
W.s,srn town. Ii is said that she
..bsrsJ with her cards the nucleus Of the
,,r,able property in the eastern part Of
=. city rom which she drawn her rents.
.rn ,ell YOU how I came to tell fortunes.
n husband and were living in a little
Western town. Business was poor, and be
.3,,ope off,o work on the railroad. Ny only
.L;5 WAS taken i'll with lung fever. The
NV physician n the town was an unskilled
I,,.l pilI maker ltWould cost at least $40
>, ,st 4 reputable physician from town a
sx miles away, and | had no money 10
rsst The expense idoized my child,
.rsas iav sfter day the disease gained on
pynT suspense grew terrible.
Near NE lived middle-aged woman
r.,sj Woodhull, q relative Of the famous
vc,rr;a Woodhun Some one had taught
- how to tel fortunes with cards, and in
ia, piorcer town, where excitement aud
Eyarsion was al n premium, she used to
.sgthe fortunes OF railroad men, who pre-
,sn,el her with poke; money. In time
- ACQUIRED quite q req UtatiOn as fortune
.srer TO relieve my suspense | sent for
b., N come over and sit with me awhile
ss,;iam nv sick child, but she had left town
,,3,se messenger who returned said that
bslfs dozen people had just arrived from
,bs country to have their fortunes told. A
s-,,b' thought entered my head | told q
-s,-haor woman to watch beside my sick
child aud With my cards in hand, | went
aver 10 the Woodruff house and told for
rres had an unusual number OF patrons,
sad 3, night when returned home | had
,bs coveted $l0 That night the physician
rom the ueigh1Oring town arrived, and
no, an hour TOO soon. He adopted the
heroic treatment and saved the lie Of my
child FINAL, my reputation as a fortune
,elrr became sch that l saved up enough
10 5uy home. How is it done? Can it
aa learned out Of books? Not TO any great
extent. never remember to have seen
the complete rules governing the science
in print. There are French. German and
Russian treatises on the matter but the
lassof the art are carried BY word or
mouth in this country SAYING which she
arranged the cards in suits, and continued:
The person whose fortune We are telling is
rsr-pSpu'ed by a suit corresponding to the
C.r.,pxiOu the black cards Tor the brun-
e~es the red ones tor blondes. fit be a
married woman the king OF her suit repre-
,ents her husband; il 8 maiden, it stands
~ her lover The king of diamonds stands
trausn with a uniform, and a widow is
represented hy the queen ct spades. The
sr- Of hearts IL ALWAYS the house Of the
person consulting the tates
Ike Ace Of Clubs Is Letter.
+ IN arranging the cards, the ace of clubs
comes alter III" ace o. hearts, it means that
-';gr is 10 BE- sent from the parsons
Ly-se Ii the oT,,er IS reversed Il signifies
r.'er 10 lie LOuss. Theace OfdiamOuds
,Ja s-s. Is close TO tho ace OF hearts Taat
lesaSa wrdding near az hand. The ace
O; spades rrpraSen-s sickness or death.
The knaves represent the thoughts of their
respective king or queen and the thoughts
o. the person whom the king or queen rep
r"sents in accordance with their complex
i0n
Nov let US see what the cards have to
,ay about your tate You are dark, hence
he Sirg Of CLUBS represents you. Now,
Nr. Clubs yOU see that blonde young wo-
man on whom yonr heart is set IS flirting
With wealthy widower-the king of spades,
accompanied by the ten Of diamonds. But
to.d on, The knave of diamonds-the
thoughts Of the biOnde-is in combins-
Ton With letter-ace Of elubs-and a
setding-ace OF mountaineering that
tough she has been flirting. she is thinking
o. Wn&ng sou a letter conserving 10 an offer
o., marriage. But where is the queen OF
clubs your old sweetheart all this while2
loa see she is attended by the ace of dia.
nonds which means that she is about to be
married
Vow, tell this young lady's fortune"
S5g,sted the reporter.
The car,OTanCiSt shufed the cards and
aid
Here sic is-tbe queen of clubs. Where
.Le aer 'houGh's2 (the knaYe of clubs
iler are far awav with the old loyer-thst
o-Es King Of spades)."
Where am | all this while? asked Mr..
Chjs
The fortune teller smiled and continued:
her choice is ptoSpering, for the ace
o diamonds attends him. VIII the dark
man marry her? Let's see An, you are
a. night. His thoughts-the jack Of spsdes
are directed toward a fair but couuettish
"oman-Queen Of diamonds. There are =
'eSRearts between them, and the six de-
notes an honorable courtship-shows that
there Is an excellent understanding be-
,,"een them. Count, now, from the six Of
hearts to the ninth card, and to it is wed
dng-rng-the ace of diamonds. They will
be married within a gear
Strictly speaking you should have shut
led the cards out saw that you were not
used to it and did il, continued the for
S0ne;eIer II cut them into three lots aud
Jay nine IL row. Ordinarily | have the
person whose future | am telling make 8
siSn, and from the position of the wish card
n the pack ! am able to tell whether or not
The wish will come true"
Then the lady with evident pleasure in
heS work sOr ed the cards into suits, ar
saged them in regular order, and then eX-
Paned the significance of each as follows:
Here are the diamonds. The king rep
Nsests man of very fair complexion,
quick tempered, but easily appeased. The
queen OF diamondsis a blonde, fond of gay
CIV and sometimes Of coquette."
The giddy thing" calculated the re-
porter.
without needing the remark the fortune
teller continued:
The kuaye is a selfish relative, fair and
"NOther-in,law, I'll betr exclaimed the
reporter, working off that cheap and de-