The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-20
"A CARD
PROPOSAL.
b. GROVE ]. GRIFFIN
CopSfis'.t hy American Press Asso-
e'atiot III,

( To, breaking and sliding the foam slis
taning in the sun lght upon The beach
A table Stood betv cen them. Hi,d on /.
n pack of cards. ID
"ShaTI Tell your fortunc?" he asked
III you like" III
He took III the cards and shufTst,
them, She asked him hy what me ,hod
he would tell her fortune, and he SAID
he learned Il from MI indian rr,ae css
The truth Is he knew TO f:rtunc tell
! ing method, He Intended to propose
to her through the cards and to make
up tho ifoccss as he lroce tied lie
hrgat TO throw theai rf ea 10 the Ia
bic f0ce W Tho first tHipsd VS. the
! two Of hearts
you have t~c icvers," hn sad She
knew that she had three. MT counting
several un erss.ntos. Is knew that
he had one rival whom lie feared. lie
went On throwing III tle cards till be
cane to the luaye Of diamoutis.
That's the principal lover" he said.
'Hc has The inside track No enc else
has much of show. III Is tail. good
| looking and has an excellent opinion of
himself. dGst tho man fox heart
smashor. And these diamonds falling
SO near together indicate that he IS the
Co nrif ,~-st I,l' cf
| hearts. That's you. The knave OF din.
monds AID the queen of hearts are
connected b. lot OF small cards of
the same suit, showing very plainly
that there is an affarDetween them
"How old is the knave Of diamonds n
she asked.
"Thirty-fve or thirty-six.'
Cant younger lover be got out of
the cards."
"Well, here's the knavc Of clubs.
He's one OF the kind who uses BIG
stick for accomplishing anything he
undertakes. Nothing suave OF polite
| about him.
II should think he would have a
better chance than the other. I like
a heller skelter kind Of man, most
girls do"
well. this knave of clubs is not e2'
actly bad; but, on the other hand, he
tisn't very good. lies neither one nor
the other He adCres you, though. and
if it turns out thet the knave of dia-
monds gets you the knave Of clubs
will have the breath knocked out OF
him"
THAT would be too bad, wouldn't it?
Who's that queen Of spades you just
turnedT'
THAT? That's rival YOU have FOL
the favor of the knave of diamonds
Haven't | rival for the knave Of
clubs?"
She asked this in n subdued voice.
"Not rival. He loves you atone.
| But these low diamonds coming In be-
tween the knave OF diamonds and the
| queen Of spades indicates that she has
considerable hold upon aim
she may have MIN for all / care
Here comes the king nf hearts. He
| stands for your papa. Low diamonds
following him so closely indicate that
the knave. of that suite il your father' 5
favogite. When the queen Of hearts
comes ont>-we shall see whom she
favors. Shes your mother. you know.
II thought l was the queen of
hearts"
80 you arc! forgot that Well,
we'll call your mother the ace Of
hearts. That's n good idca; the ace is
the highest Of its suit, and whomso-
ever your mother f1vors-you consent.
ing takes tie trick"
81 think that whoever favor will
take The trick"
| Right you ere. These clubs--the
two, three and four-iindicate that the
knaye Of clubs has loved you four
years. liver since that summer at''-
She was supporting her head with
her hands her elbows resting on the
table. AZ thi' point she shaded heI
face with hor fingers, 50 that he saw
very little Of It, he couldn't very wei
! tell her. even through the cards thai
he had loved her longer than that. fol
he hadn't known her lonTer. She was
waiting for him tn name the place
| where She had met the knave OF clubs
but H. didn't.
He was walking on the beach Will
couple Of other kpayes. She was
coming toward him with three othci
| queens. walking two aud two"
II acted very silly on that OCCASION
"What did YOU DOR
II sigeled."
And We were trying 20 get up q
firtation.'
"But We IRE getting away from Tho
fortune telling. How could the knnyt
Of clubs have loved The queen Of hearts
ever since mat day? There were three
othc" queens with her"
They were not his queens. None
Of them wcs. His queen vas the
queen Of hearts. He loyed her tlt
moment he saw her ard has never
| swe"vcd fror' that love since"
After this they talked 50 low that 4
couple lying under the porch in the
sand could hear no more Two young
men passing ~ the beach surprised
one couple above sitting hand md
| hnnd over n tlhle nncrinr intn ennt