The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-18
MADAM LISBON
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those on. the waiting list.

everything would be all right Thal
he was summoned into the presenc,
and his business demanded. Madam,
Lisbon proved to be a buxom lad,
: with Titan locks and clusters of dia
monds that showed that the past hat
been good to her, while if business
, keeps up as it was yesterday the fu.
ture, also, seems well taken care of
The reporter had been prepared for a
dimly -lighted room, hanging velvet
curtains, the perfume of incense and
the other things that go with the nov
elist's description of the apartments
of sorceresses and the disciples of the
occult. But the first thing that caught
his eye, next to the ladys diamonds,
was a Wichman calendar and a
chrome of Washington Crossing the
| Delaware, while the only incense no.
| ticeable drifted in through the VIM
dow. The yard boy next door was
| burning garbage.
DO you want a reading?" demand
ed the lady of mystery, waving the
reporter to chair beside little
| table.
I fain would peer into the misty
| future, rend the veil that shrouds the
| days to come and get few straight
| tips responded the reporter who
lana gined that that was the correct
way to talk when ia the presence of a
prophecies. seer and revelator.
You're a reporter, amt your ask
ed the palmist.
This was the first jolt. In spite of
the fact that the gatherer of news had
prepared himself for the occasion, left
his notebook under the sidewalk and
otherwise disguised himself, there was
no deceiving the one who knows what
is going to be in the newspapers day |
after tomorrow. Shamefacedly he |
confessed that he sometimes wrote for |
the papers.
II knew you was literary" said |
the lady, who seated herself opposite I
him and gathered up his left hand
Carefully she studied the scars that t
his infant right hand had nicked into
the left one with the succession of
jackknives that had been his With a
bediamonded finger she prodded into the
base of the thumb and traced the
signs of the zodiac in the tickling
place abaft the life line In was clear
to see that this was no ordinary hand
that required reading. She confessed
so herself, after a minutes hard
thinking, and the reporters head
swelled visibly. 1t is something to
know that you have an extraordinary
hand. Apparently there was more to
be revealed on the back of the hand,
for it was turned over and the freckle
design scrutinied.
When was you borne"
I'm June
''Oh. yes, 1 see it here, in June of
course said Madame Lisbon, "about 3
the early part of June
The twenty-first.
'Oh, yes, of course; about the earlyi
part, or q little past the middle, of
course"
This informat ton and the lines on
the hand were all that was necessary.
For ten minutes, without any hesita-
ton, information about himself was
poured at the reporter. His high ann
bition was located at the base of the
right index finger, and the perseVer-
ance and industry that would allow !
him to realize his dearest wishes We're 4
,uddled in the soft place beneath the
.humb. His talents as a writer fairlI
1verlapped on both hands, and there :
vas the promise of a fortune under |
every finger nail. You are very gem |
erous, too concluded the palmist, at |
he end of the long list of virtues, and |
he reporter wished that he had more
han the one dollar that he might give 1
lefinite proof of the truth of this |
asst. |
Now, let me see if you're married,
continued Madam, taking one of the
'eporter's hands in both of hers.
There was a break in the psychic cur
ent, however, for after thinking hard
he lady let go with one hand and |
lsked, Are you married?" II
Blushingly the reporter acknowl
dyed that he was not, but had hopes.
This cleared the situation and left
DOM for more prophecies and prom
ses of happiness. Il didn't think you
vas married, but 1 see the lines of
here. There is girl, not
girl in her teens, not a young girf'-
ii the time watching for CLEAN of
appreciation from the reporters eyes |
but a young woman, who loves you .
cry, very much. Perhaps you don't
NOW her, but she does. She isn't
xactly a blonde, but she could be
arker, Do you know any girl that
'ou are interested in that answers
Although the description was not
-ery definite, the reporter said that
here was such a girl. He had grown
-ery much interested in her as soon
S she had been located in the wrinkles
N the side of his hand. She grew
,lainer after that and the state of her
grew more acute. There was
10 further doubt of her existence and
t turned out that she had dark hair
nd blue eyes and that there was a
etter with glad tidings now on the
vay from her. After some beating
bout the geography, she was located
n Philadelphia, and her father is a
tanker or a broker. Locating her at
ONE unknown address in the Quaker
,ity was a drawback to the reporter,
Who didn't even find out the last name
f the girl who is to make him happy.
Ter first name is Irene. This was
discovered by locating an 'T' in the
,alm of the left hand and guessing
yer all the names beginning with Il
Until the reporter WINGED.
Now you may ask me two ques-
IONS" said the sibyl, putting her
niger tips on the pulse and shutting
10Th eyes to concentrate all her