The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-10
A Young Woman Who Posed as
One versed in occult Power.
SIZE WAS A POPULAR SUCCESS
untn She Met Tier Match-somc Of Her
Experiences Related by Herseif-A Pa
thetie incident showing that Even De-
eept.s Fortune Teliers Can Use Their
Influence for Good.

fortunes" and went on to request the
applicant to call at the "Nickelodeon,
in Hanover street Having a slight
knowledge OF palmIstry, u smatterlns
OF card reading lore, and the news
paper woman's gift Of being able to
talk under any conditions or cirCum-
stances. intermiXed with strong desire
for novelty, l sought and obtained the
position aud was brtisIuely told that
II / would so TO work at once would
more than please my employer. Being
particularly anxious to make hit as
soon as possible, expressed my Will
ingness and was Immediately shown
into a three by four stall, where, by
the aid OF two chairs, q table, ana q
more than dirty pack OF cards, assisted
by rather fertile brain, revealed the
future of nearly u hundred persons
My first client was man really old
enough TO know better, and thereby
hangs a tale-n romance Of real lie.
shuttle the cards and wish," | adj
vised In us sepulchr0l tone as could
muster at the moment. and serutini@lng
him closely while he was following my
Instructions concluded he was buai-
ness man Of some means, and later
developments proved the correctness oil
my surnttse.
Now" / said as took the cards,
you must pay the strlctest attention
to what l say and not interrupt me
unless question you" ! did not want
him TO phase me by telling me was
wrong In anything, and ! knew per-
fectIy well that he would forget my
statements by the time was through
talking.
you are n business man OF good re-
pute." You should always tell II man
a few fiatterinS things to begin with.
and II he deserves them he thinks you
Il wonderland II he doesn't-but where's
the man whom you could make think
he did not deserve everything good
you say OF him? In this case bland
smile Immediately o'Grsnread the feat
ures OF my Vls-a-vis md, noticing this
| took courage and continued: "Ah.
I see a little trouble here with wo-
Inan-a dark woman" There's always
a woman when a man wants his for
tune told. II should say you loved
her"
what about her? Is she deceivinS
me?" looked at the woman thought.
fully on NIL sides before replying, and
though she looked very much like the
Quiet ANNN AMY ''
sumIng that, being u woman, she must
be more OF less deceittul. and conse-
qufiiently replied. well. sir. 1 am very
sorry, but fear she is-nOt badly, you
know, but still she doesn't tell you ev-
erythIng."
Il knew Il! knew,itt But can you
tell me-is my wife there?''
"Hn" thought |, ''the plot begins to
thicken." or course saw the wife,
and then he told me the whole tale OF
woe. II seems he had awife who 'lov-
ed not Caesar less, but Rome more
Caesar representing husband and
Rome money. In days not long past
Caesar had been wealthy, but one time
in At OF since repented generosity. he
had turned over the bulk of his prop
erty to his wife. She was business
woman, and when Caesar discovered
his mistake she couldn't see II and re-
fused to turn over the property. Things
went on from bad to worse, and soon
Caesar learned to love nnother-the
dark eyed queen whom he suspected OF
deceIt-and matters were at this stAge
when he came TO consult me. the great
prophecies, Nine. Sylvia. Madame
gave Caesar good deal OF wholesome
advice, and really made such IN Inn
preston that fear the queens Image
was for time forgotten.
Up to this time had managed very
well, but in an unguarded moment !
heard the "speeler" say, Gentlemen.
this wonderful lady foretold the wreck
Of the steamship Hesperus' tOh,shndeS
OF Longfellow! and began to get In
dIRnnnt. II was useless He went on TO
state. "she will tell your name with
out speaking u word: your age, occu-
patton, past and future. Is all an open
book to her Do not waste the oppor-
tunity OF u lifetime by going away
without seeing this wonderful indy"
This hnrungue brought to my clutch
es a youth OF some twenty summers-a
sporty youth. with big diamonds and u
Chicago twHng.
"Teil me my name." he commanded
aIrily.
to be alone.
And that was one OF them.
Well, gave him n cherubic smile
and told him preferred reading his
palm tlrst, as in order to tell his name
II would necesSitate my going into
trance. and there would be no telling
when IShouid recover.
The days PASSED on and poor fools
came one after another believing fully
in what told them. many giving me n
history OF their woes and troubles,
which were one long monotone, and
was beginning to congratulate myself
on my easy victory over the Bullible
public.
One day, however. met my match,
and more. A pRilId. HniRt"lllgent look
ing man asked me to read his palm.
began glIbly and read him a long his
tory OF love. marriage. domestic wor-
r!es, clear 10 the divorce court, whence
! informed him, he had just come. He
looked the part, and how could l tell
the mistake | was making?
He laughed SoOrnfully, and Inform
cd me that really knew nothing.
"What?"
"Now, look here! ! fell in love at
twenty. married and lived n life OF
divine happiness FOR one short year And
then-and then, my wife died. MY
dream Of love was over. have never
since loved or noticed any woman"
"0h. what n fan was there" The
disturbances had pictured In such Il
vivid manner the sons who were TO
be presidents, bank cashiers, Roose-
yclis. etc. where. oh, where were they
Really, Mime. Sylvia never had quite
20 much confidence In herself after that
little episode; but, as ahc had Rtill an
other day to endure, she tried to forget
her woes by n looR around the curto
hail. Alas, the FIRE cater asked her II
ghc wouldn't like TO learn TO eat fire
and run away with him: the Turkish
card manipulation told her she didn't
know anything Ibout cards, and she
decide she had better return to her
both.
hat one Incident worthy OF note. oc..
Cured after this. and TINT was indeed
story OF human pathos well worth
relating.