Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-06-30

you were giving her libarty 10 hirt
With as many mcu as she pleased"
yes" said Il With the rising indec-
ton I didnt give assent to aug thlne.
And IL she doing itf'
she has held tue hands OF n great
mahy VI tLs gentlemen present this
evening"
1hefo was a Suspicious little culver
In Madam z0uide's woke. II sounded
ALMOST Ike a suppressed laugh.
assumed ny saost d.guine1 nir.
And the inca dLl they Ike itTr I
qucried.
Madam Zout,c could not tell. Tie
lines wero not sharply enough defined.
They'd bstief." ! sand iicrcely. III
jolly well punch their heads II they
dJnt. BESIDES. It's the last chance
they'n have"
Now. for q mers outsider and Just u
common fortune teller / must say that
Madam ZOulie took quite a remarkable
interest In my affairs.
why" she asked-"why Is It their
last chancei"
Because I'm going to tell her tomor-
row that she must stop" I replied
grimly.
There was an old glitter in Madam
ZOufic's eyes.
And viii size do anything you sayT'
she asked. "She must be well trained
to obey your lie down. Carlog every
time"
"Shcu do It IL she loves me-" | said.
by tho way. | haven't asked you.
Does she love mey'
Either the light was very dim or there
was something wrong with Madam
Zoulle's eyes. Tho question necessltat-
ed her bending 0yer and making u very
close scrutiny of my palm before she
was able to answer. The warm, soft
folds Of her hair were directly In front
Of me. und | kissed them ever 50 slight
ly. She didn't feel II.
81 don't know" confessed PhyIlis-I
a Madnm Zouflc-at last. ut looks
partly as though shc docs and then
again Just the least little bit as though
she doesn't. IL think she dOcs-some-
times"
Madam Zoufle was not looking at me.
She was still examining my hand ever
so carefully. So l ventured again.
what Is there about me-" 1 asked.
that she docs not like-sometlmesT'
You don't always treat her very
WE'LL" said Madam ZouHle. "Your hand
shows that you are very selfish"
"Stingy?"
mo; not that. But you always think
Of yourself and your own personal con
venlence first"
Now. you know just rs well as l do
that this was n libel. Ever since I have
known Phyllis But what's the good
Of arguing about TT Phyllis knew 1t
too.
IF Phyllis were here" 1 remarked,
III she could only hear you say that,
you would have an opportunity Of
knowing how utterly false 1t Is. It's
true" l went on magnanimously, II
may have my faults, but I'm quite con-
WINGED that the dear girl would not say
that was one of them"
Nine. Zoufle did not reply. She seem
ed to have worse eyeslght than ever.
What else can you seer l question
SN NAHoPD sOu S"h Neii ihS II 1 iONc
her"
You think you do" answered Nine.
Zoufle.
when / really do not?"
"When you really do not" The for
tune teller was very positive In her
tone.
Wrong again" 1 replied. You're a
very poor hand at your business. II
you've told tho others here this evening
nc more truths than you've told me
actually think you ought to be up for
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses"
II can see several other girls here on
your hind" argued the fortune teller.
laughed.
Excuse me. please" l murmured.
but / do Il bit at palmistry myself.
Now. right here in your hand"-I turn
ed her palm over-"I can see any num-
Der OF heartless nlrtations. There seems
to be one in progress now, in fact"
The palmist looked up into my face,
and ! guess she must have seen that I
knew her. But she wasn't very certain.
1 winked an eyelash.
"Now," l went on. this dlmple
shows-why, how very odd that you
should have n dimple just like that!
But think that cllnches my argument,
for l know a girl who has a dlmple In
her hand just like that. and she's
And then some one boxed my ear. I
looked up and saw that Phyllis eyes
were twlnkling.
You're such an old stupid. Jack,
dear" she said.