The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-17
A TALE OF CARDS.

Chicago Journal: Jack Gray had a
dim. hurt feeling at his heart. He had
come to the lawn party with the one
desire that he Nigh spend the day
with Dorothy, but i moment De
fore he had seen her sLep lightly across
the lawn with his rival.
He walked away and sat under a
tree with his back to the direction in
which she had gone. For a While ne
watched the sports about him, and was
about to return horne wnen he soied
near st hand a tent which was the
conventional gypsy booth. An irreslsl-
ible longing seized him to enter and
learn his fate.
Rather doggedly and feeling lik2 a
schoolboy. he sat down on the low
seat before the fortune teller.
She babe him shuttle and cut the
pack. Then she spread them out one
by one before her.
Let me see, you are not entirely
blonde. I think I shall take for you the
Jack of hearts. All, yes! Wealth, health
and advantage cards together. Rather
pessimistically inclined. Yes, Ut times
very pessimistic."
He looked IN sharply at the. gypsy,
but she continued:
yes, your nature is a little unfor-
tunate a little unhappy. Lately-no-
yes, lately you have loved. There is a
blonde man and the Jealousy card be-
tween you and the blonde man. She is
a brunette. Spades. Clubs. 1t is that
nature of yours again" she
said solemnly, putting her finger on a
black card near the jack of hearts.
''The card OF imagination near 1t. You
have imagined! And yet she-the oru-
nette-you have no warrant for it. Only
light cards surround her. You have mis-
judged her"
How do you mean?" he was start
led into saying.
''Seei" she said, laying her finger on
the hated jack of diamonds. You have
no cause for jealousy. There are no
love cards between them. She does not
love him"
"Are you sure?'' asked Gray.
Quite said the gypsy.
But she might, because he loves
her. he insisted. DO you mean that
I've no cause for jealousy with that
jack of diamonds so near my brunette
of spades?"
None she replied, solemnly.
mo danger of her falling in love with
him?"
NO" said the gypsy. "the love cards
are not there"
where are they, them"
Here they are, on the other side of
the brunette-the nine, five and seven
Of hearts,"
ION the other side he said: Five
seven, nine; those are love cardsi Well,
what does that mean?" He looked puz-
zled, and then put his finger on the
Jack of hearts. isn't that myself
that jack of hearts?"
yes" she answered, dreamily
Then the love cards are between the
queen of spades and the jack of hearts,
which is MYSELF"
The fortune teller assented.
Then that means-she loves me?"
Yes" said the gypsy almost under
her breath, she does
Jack thought a moment. well,
hats Just where you're wrong" he
said, ungraciously, and rose. You see,
knew before 1 came in: so you will
excuse my saying it is rubbish. Here
s your fee
In a moment he was outside. leaving
'oom for another adventurer to enter.
he stopped just before the tent and
listened to the conversation within.
1t was not in the mysterious tones he
had heard, but a girlish voice which he
knew only too well.
Yes" it said softly. land nobody
guessed in the least that it was IL
He waited a few moments until the
ong robe and veil were thrown off and
he futtered out.
Dorothy he said, softly.
With little cry she found herself
ace to face with him, and ere long the
queen of spades and jack of hearts
we're walking together beneath the |
hade of an old tree, laughing freely |
'Ver the success of the Would-be for |
une teller.