The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18
PAS FORTUNE TOLD.
1t Was Not Ratified on By the Girl
who Wanted to Hold
His Hand.

church Thursdy mite, and me and Nav
and paw Went. They was bewtife
girl in little tent in One corner tell
ing forchens by Holding Your hand'for
Fifty sents and giving it to charity.
sSome way don't beleave much in
such things" paw Says.
Neither do l." nav told him, after
she looked at the girl. The girl was
Drest like Gipsey queen and Had kind
of coaxen Eyes, so pritty soon paw got
to Standing in frunt of the Tent and
Jingellon his mummy.
Come on" nav told him. Lets go
over where the fancy Work is
"Of corse," paw Says, its all rite as
long as the mummy Goes to Charity
Emmy way
ssWell,' NAV anserd: you can give
Your Mummy to charity just as Easy
by Getting sumthing back for it. Or
if you Want to pay for Forchen spos-
ing have mine Told?"
"Oh, they amt Ennything in it," paw
says. "Come on"
$50 we began looking at the Fancy
Work and Pritty soon paw was Over at
the tent kind of looking around Like if
he didn't Want Ennybuddy to notus it.
All at wunst nav looked up to see
! where He was, and when Paw saw her
coming he starte1 Back Like if he
Hadn't thot of Ennything but the
Fancy Work and Elnd of whisselin soft.
A little while after that nav Got tc
talking to the preacher and Paw
stayed away, and in about minute he
Was at the Tent nd the girl with the
Coaxen Eyes was Smiling Some more
only they was a Lady having her for
, chen told and paw had to Stand out
side. / was bizzy Lisscnen about the
Tall dark man the Lady was going to
Get married to, and the First thing
new paw innosuntly went Over to the
pop Corn booth. Nav was Coming
again.
Then we Got seats at the table and
We're Going to have supper, and About
the time we started to Eat paw told us
he Wasn't hungry, SO he would look
| around, and see if he couldn't find a
nice piece of fancy work or Sumthing
for mar.
After ct my ice cream I thought l
would go over WHARF the forchen teller
was, and when I got thare a lady was
Coming out of the tent and paw Was
Going in.
MAY read the handsome gentle
! nuns Fewchnr?'' She asst him.
Eyes," paw says, 81 guess I'll let you
| try it. I bleaye you're Little Witch,
emmy way"
Then the girl smiled at par, and rar
Laft and asst her how mutsh it twould
| be.
FIFTY cents" she says. "All fol-
| charity, but if the kind, gentleman
gives a Dollar and duzzent asst for
change he gets his hand held Twice as
| Long"
"I'll take Dollars WORTH" paw
says, "and mebby if like it mite Help
| charity some more by Letting you
Hold the other one a WHILE"
By the time paw Sat Down with his
Back lords the Flap of the Tent and
Got out his mummy. After the girl put
it away paw Held out his hand, and
then mar reached over his Sholder and
took Hold of it.
| The girl was surprised and Paw
| looked up at mar like II He couldn't re-
member what he was Coin to Say, and
mar Looked at his Hand and says:
II see menny Strange things here.
One OF them is a Mold man with Fam
bly, that is Getting made Fool of By
a girl that wouldn't wipe her shoes on
Him even if He wore His Best close.''
Then we started, Home. After we
got Outside paw says to NAV: "You
know Blame well only wanted to
give sumthing to charity"
"Yes," may told him, land II Kind
handsum gentleman duzzent asst for
change he gets his Hand held twice as
long"
Paw give Lamp post whack With
his umbrella and broke the Handle. /
don't no whether what He sed then was
on Account of getting his umbrella
broke Or the Forchen telling.-Chica-
go Times-Herald.