San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-28

Dear mel are You MGovanF she ex-
claimed, quite forgetting her terror in the
momentary surprise. ~ thought he was
fearful man."
$50 am. Are you not in terror before
met Are you not afraid I'll eat you up on
the spotl"
She laughed heartily, but when she had
done the old weary look came back to her
face.
81 don't know if I've any right to be
here" she said, with the dentists door look
again seizing her. isn't fortune telling
against the lawf'
ayes, if they take money for it. Did you
give them money!
Al didn't get my fortune told" she slowly
answered, with tears-in her eyes, $50 I've NO
right to bother you with my trouble"
"Oh, it was somebody that got the fortune
toldg"
"No, it's not that either, for I've no right
to interfere with what she does, but there
must be something wrong in it when 1t has
turned my lad against me-" and she burst
out into a fit of crying, SO l had
to get her inside to take her
away from prying eyes. She gave me
her name as Bella Richardson, and her trade
as book folder, naming big printing place
not far Off as the shop III which she worked;
and by the time l had these details jotted
down she had so far recovered as to be able
to look around her and speak more calmly.
But her excitement remained, and her mind
evidently still ran on her wrongs, for she OK
claimed:
''Im sure that fortune teller is at tie bot
tom of it, but Gamma prove it. She came 10
the workshop one day selling needles and
tapes and things, and she told Rosina VIII
sons fortune for a sixpence, and said she was
to get fair man who didn't care for her at
that time, though she was daft about him.
My lad is fair, and Rosina Wilson was just
mad to get him, but he never would look at
her. His name is George Marshall, and he's
a French polisher, and works near our shop.
"But how could that prediction affect your
lovers regard for you when he did not hear
it nader observed, little amused at her
gravity.
Il don't know how it was done, but he
never was the same to me after, and l re-
membered then that Rosina followed the
fortune teller out Of the shop, and stood
speaking to her for ten minutes, and gave
her more money. know she gave her more
money, for the lassie that saw it glen would
not tell me lie"
What was the extra money for?"
81 don't know, but l think it was for a
charm"
"A charm. What on earth is thatP
Something that would turn him from me
to her. shs answered, blushing at her OWL
confession.
BLESS me! is it possible that any human
being believes such nonsense at the present
dayf' l warmly exclaimed. "Why you're G
thousand years behind your time"
"She hung her head, but speedily returned
to her point.
"Shs did something to him, and it wa!
through that fortune teller, for we were *
be married in June, and now he never look
near me. And she is never away from him
and she told one of the lassies thu she's K
be married to him next month"
you had guarreled with him or disap
pointed him in some wayP
No, never had a word with him. and
believe he's as fond of me as ever. l ken by
by the way he looks at me when | pass hin
ON the street"
"Tuts as fond of you as ever, and going tx
marry another woman that's absurd"
Yes, that's the charm that's on him, anC
| it'll never break till he's married to her."
"lmphm that's common enough withou
| fortune tellers being in the business at all,
l remarked But what do you want me t.
dol You can't expect me to go and say
Cham, come off him, and go on to som
married man. That's a little beyond m,
power Then you do not charge the FORUM
teller because she did not tell your forum
or t&ke money from you. Did you neve
ask him why he had changed towards you7
mo, couldn't. I'm too proud to do that
| If be doesn't want me he must just do with
out me-" But the pride did not seem to Civ
her great comfort, for she cried again quit
bitterly. After little, however, she though
that the capture of the fortune teller Nigh
have some effect in weakening the charm o
her lover, and agreed to get one of her CON
panions in the shop to coule and get informs
| ton upon which we could act, Accordingl
she left and returned ~ the evening with al
| other girl, who not only described the tellin
of her fortune and the paying of the money
| but furnished me with the name and addret
| of the fortune teller, which had been left wit
her, lest any Of her friends should wish tn
harTidRn'S aid. Nag SVorrie was not gypsy
and knew no more of divination by cards G
Of paItniStry than the man in the moon, bu
was simply a cunning old bag, with fs,
scruples, and all her wits about her, ready t
earn a shilling in the easiest and safest way
She lived in Halkerstons Wynd and had
! much nicer home than any other SuccesSfI
| thief in my ken. Up till that time | ha
never paid any attention to her, as she a
| fectsd tn be weak and old and tottered alon
with her basket OF tapes and needles as pa
thstically as if she had just been droppIn
into the grave, and seemed to be earning a