Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-04

to emBonpont." but was Fat. distinctly
fat She wore black velvet gown. cut
! low in the neck. and long gold chain
that lung over what the dressmakcr
. calls the corsage. and on It depended
and swayed TO and fro by ., orna-
ment that was, ! think. a very young
mummy. To Increase our fear Of her
J the room was hung In black cloth. with
white muslin skulls and orossboneJ
as sort Of frleze. II give me the
creeps.
We stood in fear and trembling. The
child Of destiny for that was what
she called herself wriggled into n
large armchair that was ON dnls, with
II pack Of cards in one hand and wand
In the other. She waved 1t In the air
and said in q lovely, theatrical manner,
Approach. fair maiden" AS two of us
We're married and two of us were
widows, the Invitation was little diff
cult to understand, but the bravest u
the lot approached her and didn't get
much for freshness, as she was told that
she would marry dark man who
would beat her and that she would
have one child. son. who would wear
II crown; that the aforesaid brutal hus-
band would be hung making her a love-
~ widow before she was 25. As she was
20 ON her last birthday and has been a
widow six years. her future did not
seem to ut quite as well us one might
have preferred, but then she had paid
her money, and she had got crowned
son. The fortune teller said. as does
the hero in n melodruma on the Bow
cry, Alas, It's truel" and No. backed
out.
But II was funny. our little party
went to five women, and not one of them
could tell who was married and who
was not, while they wandered so far
from the truth in regard to other things
that these various children Of destiny"
made 1t clear that, while they might
have Intercourse with the spirits. they
did not even have a little leaven OF
common sense. ] know u woman who
goes to a fortune teller every week. She
says II makes her feel easier j may
mention that she is a kind soul who
runs boarding house, and IL dose
Of fortune telling is any pleasure to
her l think she should be allowed to
have 1t.
BY the way. In curious old book that
! l tumbled over 1 read n story Of Louis
XIV having his fortune told. He went
with Nine. de Maintenon to this man,
VINO was absolutely ignorant OF VINO the
people were who stood before MIN, Dut
he burned perfumes ana offered prayers,
and then in some awe Inspiring lnvoca-
ton he adjured the powers Of hell to an
swer him. a frightful sound filled the
whole building, and the king and his
wife, for she was his wife then, were
almost fainting with fright. The sooth-
sayer told the king that he would sue
coed in all his undertakings and that
upon this very day one of his children
had been called to the inheritance of
great fortune. Then he gave him q
tiny package wrapped in parchment and
said: The day In which you form the
fatal resolution Of acquainting your
self with the contents of this package
will be the last one of your prosperity.
If you desire to carry your good fortune
to the highest pitch. be careful upon
every great festlval--that is to say,
Easter. Whitsunday, the Assumption
and Chrlstmas-to plunge u pin into
TINS tallshuh so that the point snail
P.ss ieS''S u'''uSh ~
The King accepted the fatal present
anu sWore never 10 open the package
soon atter ne got news that on that
very Oct. = l'VV' the king OF spain mad
aied ana lett MS successor ana heir,
fnlHp OF france Just such an enormous
inheritance as the astrologer had pre-
uicted. AFTER awhile talking to the
great bossuet ABOUT magic and sorcery.
the King told him the story of the
package and his confessor Insisted that
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ants nc bo No., 80 a., ~ ~,
water ''0N pms IA '''e my
~ seems funny mat the stately MAIN
.ehoh should nave encouraged Louis to
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