Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-01
DAILY STORY.
HER FORTUNE.

"Can you tell fortunes with cards.?
he asked.
NO. Can you?"
al have method Of my own at card
fortune telling. Shall l Try yours"
Yes; do
| She passed him the cards, and, after
shutting. he turned over n card at n
time till he came to the queen of
hearts.
That's you" he said.
"Oh, how 6attering"
THE six of clubs, the ten of spades.
the three of clubs. the four of spades.
the king of diamonds" He paused.
| 'Well?" she asked.
THAT means a rich man is your
suitor''
Il don't know any SUCH
You're not supposed to know just
who loves you till you are told"
You think so?'
Il said not supposed to know"
| OH
"Thc king of clubs" he went on. 1.-The
queen of spades. The queen of spades
indicates that Il dark girl wishes for
| herself some one who loves you. Look
| out for her. The nine of hearts. the
| three of diamonds. the jack of clubs.
/ The jack IS that little black-I mean
| Il dark gentleman whom you met
Don't get personal"
The jack. falling between the jack
of hearts and the queen of spades and
directly under the queen of hearts. in
dicates that you prefer him and that
the dark lady loves the jack of hearts,
blond man. who prefers YOU
And who is the jack of hearts,
He sighed. Then he went on dealing
The next important cards were the ten
of clubs. that fell under the jack of
clubs, and the ace of hearts. that fell
under the jack of hearts. He paused
and looked serious.
What's the matter:" she asked
a great deal. The dark gentleman
has ten chances to the blond gentle
mans one"
He hasn't. l mean / prefer blond
men To bruuetteS."
Two hearts fell. one ON each side of
the king of diamonds. 1t looks" lie
said. las if. after all. you would marry
the rich Sutor." The king of hearts
fell under the king of diamonds. Your
father favors him.
Papa doesn't"
"Oh, here comes the queen of dia |
monds. also in the line under the king |
of diamonds. That's it; your mother |
favors the rich sutton"
How silly
These hearts falling all about the |
jack of clubs Indicate that the dark |
gentleman is far ahead of the rich one. |
Notwithstanding your mothers influ- |
ence''
What's the bloHd gentleman doing |
all this while?" she asked softly, her |
eyes bent on the cards. He cast Il
sharp glance at her and without reply |
went on dealing till the jack of hearts
was surrounded by cards of his own
suit.
Late in the game the blond gentle
man seems to be finding more favor
with the queen of hearts. but these
clubs falling between it and the queen
of spades indicate n complication be
tween the dark girl and the blond
gentleman"
What possible complication can
there be-" she asked sharply.
We'll. having been discouraged by
the queen of hearts-that is. you-he
might have gone so far with the dark
lady as not to be able to withdraw"
she can't have much pride to hold
him if he doesn't want to he held"
She spoke with Il great deal of asper-
ity.
You shouldn't have discouraged the
blond gentleman"
How did / know She paused.
He gave her time to frame what she
had TO say, but she failed to do so.
The blond gentleman certainly
made his feelings plain"
She stared at the cards without re
ply.
Lets go one. Something may turn
up he added.
If there was any method in his deal
ing it could not be discovered She
did not seem Interested i'm the method.
only in the result. He dealt num-
Der of the club suit about the jack of
clubs.
This is strange" he said. 'The
black little--I mean the dark gentle
man seems to have found favor with
the dark lady. 1t may be that she will
not stand between the queen and JACK
Of hearts after all. Choose one of the
cards OH the table. and it will indicate
how the affair is coming out
Reaching forward, she touched the
five of hearts. He took her hand in
his and placed it on the six of hearts.
saying: The five and the six of hearts
make eleven. or the jack. In other
words, you will make the blond little
man happy won't yOuW
He waited some time for n reply,
when he heard a faint Yes"
There were footsteps in the hall. and
n came several young men and wo-
men.
What are you two doing?'
He had Withdrawn his hand at the