The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-15
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'iI have method Of my own At card
fortune telling. Shall / try yours
Yes; do
She passed him the cards. and. after
shuaifnc. he turned over n card at a
time till he came to the queen OF
hearts
That's you he said
"oh. how datteringI"
1.-THE six OF clubs, the ten Of spades,
the three OF clubs. the four OF spades.
the king Of diamonds.i He paused.
.'Well:" she asked.
THAT means 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 sos''
II said not supposed to know"
'Ohr"
THE king of clubs he went on, the
queen of spades. The queen of spades
Indicates that 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 bIack-I mean
a dark gentleman whom you met
Don't get personal"
THE jack, falling between the jack
OF henrts 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,
a 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.
whats the matter?' she asked.
"a great deal The dark gentleman
has ten chances to the blond gentle
mans one"
HE hasn't. mean l prefer blond
men to brunettes"
Two hearts fell, one on each side OF
the king Of diamonds 1T looks" he
said, :'as If, after all, you would marry
the rich suitor." 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 1t; your mother
favors the rich sutton"
How sillyw
"These hearts falling all about the
jack of clubs Indicate that the dark
gentleman is far ahead OF the rich one,
Notwithstanding your mothers in6u-
ence."
whats the blond gentleman doing
all this while?" she asked softly, her !
eyes bent on the cards. He cast a
sharp glance ut 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 complication be;
tween the dark girl and the blond |
gentleman.
What possible complication can
there beg she asked sharply.
well, huving 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 IL he doesn't want to be held"
She spoke with 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 ut the cards without re-
ply.
up he added.
If there was any method in his deal
ing it could not he discovered. She
did not seem interested in the method,
only in the result He dealt Il num-
Der of the club suit about the jack of
clubs.
'.Thls is strange" he said. ''The
black little-I mean the dark gentle
man seems to have found favor with
the dark lady. It may be that she will
not stand between the queen and jack
OF hearts 8 ter all. Choose one of the
cards on the table, and it will indicate
how the affair is coming out
Reaching forward, she touched the
Ave OF hearts. He took her hand in
his and placed it on the six of hcarts.
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 you?"
he waited some time for u reply,
when he heard faint Eyes"
There were footsteps in the hall, and
in came several young men and wo-
men.
''What are you two doing?"
He had withdrawn his hand at the
first sound and was dealing the cards
II am telling her fortune
by process of my own"
He went ON dealing. the others look
Ing on. trying to discover his rules of
nn,nntI,,rn IIe rnnrrIod her to a dirk