Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-13
A PEEP INTO THE MISTY,
a renorter sailed out the other day.


A PEEP INTO THE MISTY,
reporter sailed out the other day.
MADAME WoLF-Seventh daughter of
seventh daughter born with veil. Re
unites the separated, shows photographs,
reads hands and cards. Business advice:
Ladies fifty cents. Gents Sl,OO. 1hlru
floor back. Don't ring.
Business advice" unused the press rep
resentative. The problem that occupies the
mind of the impecunious, but talented and
tolerably honest members of the press gang
is how to make the weekly stipend do the
work. every week. that the siX-mOnthly sti
pend would have hard time to struggle
with.
If he could manage to see what position
he would be placed in at the end of the next
six months and what his social relations
would be with his tailor, boOt-maker, Glove
vender, &c. &C., it would be source Of i'm
mense satisfaction. A visit to the third
floor back was the prOperthing.
The den of this sightseeing Wolf was ac
cordingly invaded No mystic rites were
necessary to gain access. Madame was at
tired in some slipshod foot wear and curl
papers. Besides this she wore
A sARDoNIc EXPRESSION
and greasy wrapper. She wasted no time
in preliminaries.
"Do you want your fortune tOld?'
The scribe assured her that that was the
object of his visit. A glance around the
room revealed no evidence of the occult
sciences which were dealt with. A dirty
Garnet covered the floor, and half dozen
chars, table, upon which rested pack of
well thumbed cards and couple of we'll
| worn books, a lounge and few pictures
completed the furniture in the room.
"Hands or cards?'
| "Ehs"
A look of ineffable scorn swept over the
august seeress' countenance and a blast,
strongly pregnated with the smell of onions,
/ crept through the open door and filled the
| room as silently as an Arab steals tent.
| "Will you have the future revealed to you
by the medium of your palm or by the
cardsT
"Oh, cards are good enough for me, ]
guess"
Zone dollar"
This remark was hort, sharp and emphat-
~.
| out with an open palm as 1t was uttered
Her countenance at this juncture did not
impress the scribe, by its expression, tha
she would grant many press privileges anC
the
DOLLAR OF OUR DADDIEs
slowly found its way up and into the claw
| of the prophetess. The cards were rapidly
shufied. placed upon the table and cut int
three piles. Again they were shuff1ed, cut
some solemn passes made over them anC
Madame began her mystic tale.
"You have suffered much" she said, ''ant
your troubles are not yet over. You hav
been pursued relentlessly by a darl
complexioned man who is your enemy Ill
has secretly loved the maiden of your choic
and while not daring to manifest openly hi
hatred and treacheries to you he has mask
ed his sinister designs beneath the falls
smiles Of pretended friendship. Be
Madame's voice when she said "beware'
came from the heels of her slipshod feet ant
| as the reporter was not prepared for such
catapult he was considerably startled an
demonstrated the fact by going heels owe
head backwards, chair and all. After quie
had been again restored, the witch resum
ed:
"a present is coming for you from lon
way OF and you will take journey in tn
near future. The dark
. INFLUENCE OF YOUR ENEMY
will hang over you for sometime to com
: and it will finally be driven away by fan
haired woman. Your life must be CAREFUL
planned, however, or great trouble wi
, come upon it, for see" as she turned tn
: last card in the deck, there Is the tray 3
: spades" And sure enough there was th
$ tray of spades. Human mind needed n
!, better evidence. and the scribe found h
way cautiously outinto the broad glarepf Il