New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-28
The Heir to Soothoid
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cept slight astigmatisrn. have some glasses;
but l never wear them Why"
They seem peculiar TO me. GU know that
tba eve has been called the window OF the
s,7ll' The phrase Is trite; but 1t contains
Germ OF truth. / can tell a great deal from the
sz-a as M Oh as from the palm OF the voice II
YOU don't mind, I'd like TO examine yours with
the opthalmoscope. Ny methods-are my own
f-,+ don't hesitate to make use Of the lnstru-
-7ents known to modern science Alter all the
ar,-halrnoscope merely enables one to see
through the cornea into the retIna and the optic
piexus" -, IL
--ei the great studio. Then she turned on a
e;,o1e electric lamp which had blue glass bulb.
The thread OF incandescent wire showed purple
Tbe-, attaching his instrument TO the wires ne
,,--7r an 10 the Colonel and peered through the
17--1e slit n the holder. He gazed tor some mo-
-n.nrs IN silence, then switched on the hghtS
Now" he added. u have to make a re-
,,,eSr that NAV seem absurd You may nave
I'D OF divination by moles. 1t Is an almost
Nh known art; bat, while not absolute there IS
much - be learned from the relative DISPOSE
--1-7 Of such marks on the human body. Sasa-
nova YOU NAV recall. II YOU have READ MS me-
-,,,--s Or. ctised the art. and had theory re-
.,-,f;-,G the symmetry OF dlStTl button OF Inoles-
fa- instance # one has mole on the IlghI
check there Is q proba bllty that there VIII De
mother 10 correspond with II on the LETT mp;
We are tracing. YOU understand mere lhEslSal
That all YOU Itt4lilt. btI4NN (.
The relation OF souls Is far beyond our ken.
.-Trst's true" said the Colonel People
often seem 70 bear no spiritual relationship 10
their parents -, -,-,,,,t,,-
-,-,,-.z-s remain unsettled by modern science,
- o-aa6 1t Is one OF the world questions
rha- even Haeckel gave up Our oriental PM
laScuhers have their eNplaIlat1oni put loI lilaI
one has 10 know the whole lore OF the NeoantlC
sacred books. But there are laws that govern
erl.ll CHI
Nv therefore If YOU VIII kindly step INTO TINS
-o7rl and remove YOUR clothes, shall CharI
,-o,!- birthnnarks and compare them with your
horoscope" ,-.7o.7-, ::
To-, ,I,in,,tes later the seer joined Naleska IN
--s s,-,5io In his hand was a little diagram
.-- ,,r-1ir.e of the human form shown IN tour
-,.--tjors from the front and back the rlght
and LETT sides Little crosses were marked
whc-, the moleS on the toioiei p'uE dP
- Ia, handed il 70 his assistant with a
5a--,- md She lief: Immediately The Colonel
,..-,, =, saor after as faultlessly dressed as
..--,- and after a few more questions from AS
r-a. was permitted to take MS leave
NroW~ said Astro. when he was again alone
~ With Valeska YOU have delicate piece OF
,s..,.,.-i,-,. work 10 do DO YOU think You can
,,t a rs1Sition IN Bloom : confectionery store
and scrape up an acquaintance with Miss Nav
i shall he delighted 10 try" was her reply
i suppose II earn SIX dollars week at It,
won't T.
Colonel Mixter ) worth millions ] expect
y VIII rav YOU pretty well
- Besides beng lots 81 fun Naleska 5 eyes
sh,ue But. really, II seems 10 me that
there's a much simpler way OF settling the
Question WHY not marry Young MlXteT 10
MIS- Maverick Then. whoever Is the true
heir. he or she'll have the Use OF the money.
I've thought OF that's a last resort Wen,
ven have to Try that. perhaps II any rate
Il as pretty task as the other. and YOU ought
- lie able TO manage II, i anyone c.tI-
oh. YOU cant make person IAN IN love 50
,ssilv As that" said Naleska. turning away
I think you could make anyone tai III
love " he. answered. gazing al her
For awhile there was silence between them
Then. with apparent effort, he took up the sub
iect they had lett.
IS The evidence Is pretty equally balanced be-
tween the two" ne said. The son cuTls IN his
thumb n his sleep; but many do that. The
same with the long second toe. Both have blue
ewes. 50 that's no test The girl affects him
mentally. or spiritually; nut that merely SEN
tirnental evidence. Her sinistrality. of course,
amounts TO nothing, nor does the faint resenl-
blance he remarked to himself We have TO
have some positive physical abnormality IN
order TO prove hered1ty. Mere pToba blhty
fisesrl' count