The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-12-27
FRANKLIN, La, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 27, 1902
fair-but here is the letter itself.
which he wrote in reply:

WhlcA ne wrote in reply:
NJ Dear Miss Dobson: | have read
Your letter with interest, and have
made careful examination OF the in
tluences which prevailed at the time
Of your nativity. You are quite correct
III saying that the planet Jupiter was
II preponderant position, and that
your nature should therefore be
pleasant and a!Eiabie one-"jovial." in
fact. To be happily married your hus-
band should be, should say, OF me-
dium build and fairly tall, light. rath-
CT than dark. complexion. about FIVE
even six, years your senior and OF
disposition not radically different from
your own. As you are wealthy. the
chances Of a happy marriage woul1
he greatly augmented We're your nus
band to be comparatively poor | am
yours very truly. etc.
In which description these who knew
that astrologer himself, even to the
last particular of being POOR.
By just what steps Simpkins ulti-
Tatcly succeeded in obtaining the ac-
Quaintance of Miss Dobson it is not
necessary to relate. Let it be stated,
though. that when the acquaintance
came it was in an altogether proper
form, and that Simpkins was regular
l. introduced by a mutual friend,
though the friendship, it is true, was
not Of long Standing.
Now. Simpk'"S. thought an astrol-
ogor, was also a diplomatist, and he
Lad no intention that Miss Dobson
should connect him with the Simp-
kins whom sna had consulted with re-
eard to suitable husband. So he re-
Trained from mentioning the little cir
cumstance. and as for talking about
Horoscopes, why. had the subject been
mentioned he would have pretended
not to know what the term meant
Miss Dobson was an altogether
pleasant and rather attractive young
lady. and SimpkinS soon found that
he was beginning to like her quite
apart from any mercenary considera-
tions of her wealth. So he became a
frequent visitor at the Dobson house,
and having in the meantime expert
enced some tw.nges Of conscience re-
earding the morality OF accepting
money for casting horoscopes had
gradually abandoned the occult entire
ly.
Things in this way were proceeding
swimningly. and Simpkins' latest idea
gave promise OF at last being worth
something. Miss Dobson apparently
was rot in,Nfcrent to her new ac-
Guaintance-pe.naps it was because
she recognized in him tie physical
qualities pointed out to her by the
soothsayer-light complexion, slim,
fairly tall. poor.
It may have been because Of this in
Miss Dob5on one evening asked Simp-
kins:
"Mr simpkins, in what month were
you born?"
And Simpkins, Cnsuspectingly, and
following his custom Of speaking the
truth when there seemed to be no
reason not to, replied: September
"Septcmbcr!" echoed Miss Dobson.
The month of Saturn! Why, you must
be Of saturine nature, Mr.. Simpkins
My. my. how unfortunate! Do you
always feel gloomy? Do you know,
consulted an astro!oger short time
ago. and he told me l needed the So
cicty of some one cheerful. l was al
most beginning to think that you were
cheerful, but l must have been mis-
taken"
And Simrkins. protesting that there
was nothing in signs. and that astrol-
ogy was myth, realized that his case
was hopeless.
Next week Simpkin had brand
new idea. He is working on it now.
1t has nothing to do with horoscopes.
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