The Raymer enterprise., 1910-12-29

poorest clientele. One hour after |
had gone, SO ! learned afterward, |
was summoned to the house Of Mr..
Van Wybergh, the millionaire, to at.
tend member OF his family who was
dangerously III. The case would have
meant five hundred dollars to me-
And to-day lost my last fiye.dollar
gold piece out OF hole In my pocket
We'll, well. let's see," said Brodsky.
III | remember, you fellows at the hos.
pital used to be famous poker players.
Let's play few rounds" He took a
pack of cards from table drawer and
dealt the hands. had the king.
queen. nine and eight Of hearts and
the eight Of spades. | threw away
the spade and drew. Brodsky drew
three.
! had finished in hearts-king.
queen, ten, nine and eight | laid
them upon the table. Then | looked
again and gasped What ! had
thought to be the king was the knave.
| had straight flush.
That's no symptom OF III luck"
said the doctor smiling. Suppose
you deal hand"
This time dealt myself two pairs.
! threw the odd card away. or course
full hand rewarded me. Brodsky
had single pair OF threes.
well. that's the way" said bitter.
~. IT'S like the Van Wyberg mat.
ter. II We had had money on the
game | shouldn't have drawn any.
thing"
That's true" said Brodsky, but II
you will rccollect. you thought four
straight flush was simple flush;
you mistook the knaye for the king.
In other words. you are not in cond.
ton to seize your clance when 1t
comes TO you"
What have | done to deserve this
streak | cried.
My dear fellow" said the doctor.
there is no such thing as good luck
from the fall OF kingdom to the stub.
bling OF ones toe. is the product Of In.
Vulnerable circumstances Every event
Is the result Of some action committed
either In this or in some previous
life; and so the world goes on, intri
cately interconnected, until the puzzle
picture shall have been put together
and the Karmic law fulfilled
The soul is the guardian in each
OF us that determines our destiay.
In some, 1t is phenomenally alert 70
pick its path clear through the din.
cui:ies that beset its charge. In others
1t loses for the time this d,scrim.
mating faculty-and then bad luck
follows. Had your soul been alert,
it would have warned you, by inctinc',
for example, not TO invest In the stock
market offices until Van Wyberga's
messenger came. 1t would have told
you TO put the gold piece In some
other pocket
But take courage Every misfor.
tune means that so much the less III
luck remains for you Your luck will
turn
"Its too late" | answered moodily,
II would rather go through life suffer
ing the normal calamities than have
them heaped upon me like this. Isn't
there any way to change this
streak"
Yes. there Is n way." said Rrodsky
You can deceive your soul for awhile
for the soul is by no means omnIpot.
ent. and it is as amenabe to suggeS.
ton ms a man in hypnotic slumber
For instance. good luck attends the
fiinging Of an old shoe after bridal
pair. WHY? Simply because this net
which Is one that originally symbol.
lied the infiiction of intense humilin.
ton. suggests misfortune to this
watchful guardian, and automatically
It endeavors to counteract It. So, too.
in the legend Of Job, and as in tho
Greclan myth Of Polycrates and the
ring good luck brings about n reversal
automatically humiliation and nh.
lection gave back ia lob more success
than he had ever had before Incl.
dcntally have YOU not seen the gam.
bier rise IN from the card table and
turn his chair roupd-an act which
hypnotizes the sorl Into tho bal,er