St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-22

the child of luxury, are forced to go out
in the workshop to earn your daily
bread. You would wish to recover that
wealth. 1t shall be So"
Such is your part" she continued,
looking as if she expected me to assent
in wonder. l, on the contrary, had a
hard struggle to keep from laughing
outright, because the above extract was
taken from the story which 1 had been
telling the yelled lady on the stairway
short time before. Verify, the ways of
mademoiselle are past finding out.
The spirit of prophecy seemed to
forth in disjOinted remarks, something
after this fashion: you will receive a
etter within the next three days or
weeks; it will cause you sorrow"
was quite prepared to believe that, be-
cause my dressmaker has the knack of
SENDING ME A BILL
every week or so, and it causes me sOr-
row without doubt.
You will meet tall, handsome, dark
compleXloned man within the next year
who will love you devetedly, but you
will care not" That was a fiattering
prophecy, but / was little skeptical
about it.
You will take pleasant journey
Soon." agreed with that; l was get
ting hungry and thought the journey
home to dinner would be pleasant.
For youth and beauty like yours
there are all the gifts of earth" AS
wore a heavy veil, this last mistake was
pardonable. If she had seen my face
the spirit would not have been permit
ted to make such rash statement.
There were number of remarks after
this style. all promising happiness and
wealth. | wished that she would tack
some date or local habitatiOn to them, so
L might be sure to be at home to receive
them when they ought be expected.
The prohibition in regard to questions
was quite effectual in keeping me from
| asking troublesome details of the spirit.
Then she began asking me leading
| questions, but | was dumb. The madem-
oiselle announced that the spirit had
| no more to say that day, but would have
an important message the day following
| at the same hour.
II want my money refunded. | am
not satisfied. You didn't tell me the
names of any friends or enemies. You
| gave as my past history the story which
told tO-yOurself, probably-Out there
i'll the hall. The present was based on
that, and the future is SO delightfully."-
Indefinite that it might apply to any
one of 500 people as well as myself"
| ished.
Mademoiselle got angry and said some
very naughty words at first, but finally
| coaXed me TO come next day, when
everything would be satisfactory. She
| wanted me to leave my name and adj
dress in little book, just as souvenir,
she said. | didn't do that, but prom
| ised to come back.
Next day pat on my costume that l
! wear when looking for work. Went
through the same preliminary perform
| ance and was told
AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT STORY.
Although fearing that she would
recognize my voice, l couldn't resist the
| temptation to get her to talk. Profess
ing the greatest faith in her powers,
answered all questions and, of course,
| received some wonderful (?) informal
ton. She told me that the prophetic
spirit which enabled her to predict the
future from looking at the palm of the
hand was special gift only possessed
| by few favored mortalS.
Does it make you any happier than
the rest of humanity?" l asked.
| She considered a moment, and said
that, on the contrary, it made its pos
| SCISSOR restless and tired of life.
Thinking from my dress that [ was
| servant, she cOaXed me to bring all the
girls that | knew, saying that she would
make predictions free of charge for me
| if | would.
eff you can predict riches for others.
why hasn't the spirit told you how to
! get wealth for yOurSelf?'' | asked, even
at the risk of offending mademOiSelle.
She said sadly that the ''Spirit' never
| seemed to do that for its devoteeS. In
| deed,
SHE WAS VERY POOR.
sometimes she had good many custom
| erS and then there would be days
when she would have none.
81 should think, if you can see into
! the future, that YOU would know just
how much would be made day. If
you don't know your own future, how
| do you know that of Others?"
| She said | was getting impertinent.
| and she never allowed people to QueS-
ton her. In fact, as the fortune-teling
had finished,I had better leave. wanted
much to tell her how had become con-
vInced that she was an impOStor, but re-
! Elected that it would probably be a
waste of energy. After visiting several
who advertised in much the same style,
/ felt that the materials which go to
make the fOrtune-teller'S stock in trade
are an unwavering confidence in their
own capacity for deception, pack of
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human nature has for being humbugged.
1t is strange to notice how the supersti-
tlous element that seems to be part
of many peoples nature crops out
among the educated as well as the igno-
rant.
Some establishments were more re-
spectacle in their equipment than the
one which first visited. In proportion
as they were so, the charges would be
higher and the SeeresS more insolent in
her manner. In the audience room L
have seen people whose names stand
high in church and society circles and
who visit these places sub rosa. Some
from curiosity affecting to laugh at what
they were told. Others in solemn ear
nest seeking pointers on the stock
markets. l can only hope that they
were better satisfied than l was after
such experiments.
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