Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-02-03
"KISMET."
BY DAISY FENDER CUDLIP.


Copyright lss, by the Author
shall l go and have my fortune told,
Edith? ! don't really believe IN the
cards, but | think 1t would be rather
fun to hear II the white witch q
tell me anything. She doesn't know
me, so I shall be persuaded there Is at
least no humbug,"
Yes, do, dear" replied her friend.
az will look after your stall for you,
and mind you tell me all she tells you
when you come back. But Nell, dear,
you know OF course who she Ia, don't
your"
"No, who is she?'
"Mrs. Dallas, Nellie, dear, ! ought
not to have told you SO abruptly, but I
thought perhaps II you knew, you might
not care to
Might not care to what?" her
friend put in hastily. "I'm very glad;
now | may have the opportunity Of hoist.
Ing her with her own petard, for she
doesn't know me; she won't recognize
me after all these years, and l shall be
very curious to hear my story from
her" And pretty Mrs. Fairfax laughed
rather bitterly as she spoke, The
Temple of Mystery was quite the
greatest attraction at the baaar, and
Mrs. Fairfax had to patiently wait her
turn with the rest, as, OF course, the
white witch only received one at q
t 1nzt knr A..- .t.,nl -.l
she found herself in a dimly lighted
tent, the air heavy with eastern per.
fumes, and at the fu rther end, seated
on a couch, was a tall dark woman,
dressed in white, with a thick white
gauze veil thrown back from her face,
and falling In long folds to her feet; as
she moved little tinkling silver bells
ratified, and silver coins and sequins
glinted all over her dress, catching the
light as she moved, and giving her the
appearance of a silvery serpent, her
movements were so ~sipuous and snake
like.
Little Mrs Fairfax had time to
notice all this as she went towards her,
and q slight shudder that looked very
like repugnance swept over her for an
instant.
"Will you have a little fortune for a
sixpcnce, or a fully told one for a shill-
ing?" said the white WITCH p~rosaic-
ally, looking up and shutting the cards
as she spoke.
II should like it fully told, Of course,
SO here is the shilling"
Thank you, Will you please take
fifteen cards and shuttle them well
without looking at them?"
Mrs. Fairfax did SO, and handed them
over with a look of suppressed excite
mentr in her face, as she eagerly
watched the movements of the white
witch. For an unbeliever in the cards
she seemed remarkably impressed.
The cards were duly laid out, and at
ter a few moments silence the white
witch said;
"You say you wish mo to tell you
everything | see."
Certainly | do"
Then ] must warn you beforehand
that you may not like what l have to
say. Some people get very angry when
l tell them the truth, you know"
THAT Is what l want to hear, so
please tell me everything"
very well. You are a married wom-
an. Is that SOP
Eyes, ! am married"
But | see your husband Is not the
man you really love, for there Is an
other" and here her words came
quickly as il she could not read what
was told her by the cards as fast a. 1t
unfolded itself,
eyes, there was another man in the
case, and you were both desperately in
love with each other, until something
came between you. | cannot see clearly
what it was. All, yes, | see now, It was
q woman: she was jealous of you, and