Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-29

iitsse, bot every word seemed W .-sr.. ss--..
and % Ieny-h the BOOK folder took out Der
purse and oGersd her . silver CON, winch
vas cpute-1lp-1oasly refused
More sra-h sad altkreatiou from the ciri,
md rsore cooI rxsorts from the old WOMAN.
md thers two silver cosss ~ere offered and
again refused Tasn IN a bursr Of an-er the
giTi s,u,stsed the pure iaso her hand, and
5sl tie ~hoss Of toe HaoGsy IA he osea palm
II The old woalan. 1Ho pocxeted It without
hams. ami sad sosrsxtasEg sElch Droushr
tesper cloud to the brDs Of the girl
'.2lacxlaalif' thought. a. snapped ny
nilssrs All waastsei aloui At the discovery
.sTazt ignorant Elrl was right after ell
Theirs !. sonssthtnz Oerweea these two--wna-
BnF
The two women parted and went different
ways without rsy belaz as.e 10 settle tie
Question. thought tie ulatleF over for the
remainder u tie evening witaout con4ns
maca rearer - a solution. 1: Sas clear taat
Ro1iaa Wilsoa bei.eyed berseif N lie power
Of the fortune teller an! was beins blsd ~
n.orslesziy, but, as Tue secret was kuc@a
oaly 10 thea, Il was scarcely possaole for fie
u discover its natGre. c all eIA.iy I've
believed taat toe Oh ~onaD might have
gone tarou.h sonae truDpery form, WITCH
SIZE Eliss. call love e.isrIn " lncaataslOD.
bot how that could have had such a snTpris-
ing effect on the lover was the staggering
point. Toe aunalery tn sht dsceiTe the sTi,
bot how eoaLl 1t Charm tae raanf
According 10 Gala Richardson, AarSsah
vas a ump.e. true hcaTszI, sselly fellow.
WHO had neyer SHOWN tae siiSistest dlsposlti7H
To wander III Eis affections. and bad siNays
expressed the greatest dislike AID contenif
for Rostna, wnose uadissulsed efforts TO
catch hin had always excited his disgust
Yet that same fellos had changed as com
plesely aud an nIysteriously as II lie had been
turned into another man, and vas no" about
To marry the very woman WHOM LIE hAI pro
feSzed TO despise. ! could at tbs moment
have arres-ed Mag Storrie, AMI was even
urged % do W By Bella, WHO blindly under
stood that sle had been wronSed by The Old
woman. though SIZE eou.d not define tue
wrong, but vas now curious to get at the
uut.om OF tie secret before elosins in on tie
fortune teller. | aeon decided that tie
knoxledze could never come 70 uie through
l.os.la herself who was 70 desperately anz-
ioas = Lave !. concealed that she submitted
% lie Llac- a,a. led. and as firmly was | con
viacel tlat lag would never pronounce the
words that ~-re 10 send her 10 prison. There
remained thea only Marshall himself to lie
tried, and quickly decided that it would be
use less 10 turn To him Ell her. as, II any charm
had Leen worked, lie would certainly lie L.
noraut Of It's existence
Three tunes on the day following turned
In the direction Of the cabinet makers IN
which Marshall was employed, and as often
turned bac- asa.n, gayi3s 10 my sell tAat II
would he useless The day after. however,
found myself by chance IN the lane, and
tarnel towards the workshop and entered 1t
before the old Gt came OIL me.
Marshall was not there, and the old cabi-
net maker who tOld me 50 added for ny m
formation, We're slack the moo, aud there's
no job for him iii | finish this tsble.'
I There was no other at that end Of the
place, and the man seemed IN no hurry 10 re
sumo his scrspinS and sand paperns, SO
sat down on a bencn close by and began 70
CHAT with hIil.
Marshall is going to be married, be
lcve, / remarked, after had accommodated
tie old nan with O chew of tobacco, smok-
ing being asain,t the rules.
"Ay, puIr, silly creatur, he responded
"Uhats sl.Iy a out thatin laushnGly in
/ CURED Some must marry or the world
would cone 10 an end"
+ "O2, I've nAethiug against that, for Tn a
married man niystf, he brlskly returned,
"but mean that he was a puir, silly crea-
I tur' To believe a that miserable spaewife
tellt linn
Good Lordl was there a spaewIfo here"
/ exclaimed, with a powerful start, which
nearly landed me among the shavInSs cover
ing the loor.
"Ay, was there" aud be never was the
same man after. She cana in pretending size
fa., 4
holsterers shop; but when she .ot III she be-
gouI to tell fortunes Tor three pence a head.
and near a the shop got their hands read.
diuua ken what sue tellt him, because she
said uaebody was to hear it, but no was as
white as a corp whcl she was dune wi him,
and I've heari-but that's name o my busi-
ness"
"Oh. well. is safe enough with me-" en-
eourasingly remarked. what have you
heardf'
I've heard that he's quarreled wi his
sweetheart, aud ta'en another. a through
that Witch o Endor's lees She telit him
that was to have a stroke o good lac". and
on the road hamc drunken sca,Ty p %
bescm owrs ,.y heid. Then she telt Sandy
Eeaton that there was a joyful fortune
comm to him from distance. aud twa days
later he gas,i hame and fund that his mother.
In law had come and brocht her boxes wi
her to hide for ategither Oh. the Jaudi |
wish could get baud % her agaIn-ld JOY
ful fortune her. and the old man rubbed
away at his table top as energetlcally as If he
had been snndpapering Mays nose
'Oh, well. YOU know, you could not expect
great fortune for threepence." Ia 'ghinsly
remarked. 'lf 1t had been half crown or
/ five shllliugs you would have had . lore cause
to complain But h did 1t happen tina,
you heard all that she promised the other
man aud nothing that she told MarsnallF
because she TOOK hlm ava into a corner
1 by hiulsel'--th1t was after she had dune wi
us She charged him shIlin', as she said II
was mai difeecult To read, but tie seemed tc
get the value OF, for when she gaed away ys
could have knockit bim doom wi feather
and lie said she was a witch, for she had telll
him everything he had dune since he wal
born"
was about to reply, when the old mar
gave low hiss. and indicated the door witt
a lok. aud, turning round, / saw young
fellow entering The shavings on the fooi
had deadened the sound of his footstep. for
he seemed to have got near enough to heal
the last words, and frosned ut the old man
in rcbuke. lie was a simple looking fellow
with wavy brown hair AMI blue eyes, ard
scarcely wondered at Rosina's desperat,
efforts to get him. lie resented snappishy
my first questions, but | took him to to,
other end of the bench and gradually talked
him into better mood He would not say
word against the fortune teller, aud evidently
believed that she was in league with some
l evil spirit. and therefore to he dreaded al
much as believed.
Did you ass her TO tell yonr fortune, OIL
did She ask your polptsdly inquired Al
last
she asked me, and wouldn't take a re
fusal, as She said there was a great danger
banging over me-
"Ay, and what was the danserr' asked
with a sneer.
lie hesitated, and then said he would rather
not tell
IL couldna but believe her." he added, "for
she told NE that night no a mortal but rlysel
ever knew. She told me two iassie were daft
about me. and that had gone home with one
and stood with her for half an hour, and kissed
her, aud then met the other mud stood with
her half au hour aud kissed her.
''Goodnessl and was it truef What a Dor
Juan"
at was kind o true. | went home with
my lass, Bella Richardson, aud then | me,
another by chance She was daft to get me
and went bit with her. aud she some way
got me to kis, her, though | was angry wi
mIsei a the time
Tout, mani she might have got all that
out of the second lass"
No, she couldn't, for Rosina has never
seen her.
Oh, indeed. I suppose Rosina told YOU
soF'