El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-03

She had OIten nearu MIN uehouHCS
palmistry as rot" and was afraid he
would make some soothing remark
However. as Mrs Barton was sitting
beside him. he restrained his comment
IA a brief, No thank you, I'm aIralu
my palm wouldn't be interesting.
She Takes Warren's Hand.
"Oh. Mr.. Curtis. I'm sure il would be
most interesting" effDsed Mrs. Barton
4 was noticing ii little while ago as
you held a glass. Do let measee it-Just
for a moment"
Feachine, over. she took his reluctant
hand and spread out the fingers
oh" with a little gasp of astoniSh-
ment. what a remarkable hand-' She
bent over il more closely as though IN
breathless interest Why. I've never
seen such lines. Really, Mr. Curtis,
looking up at him, her eyes aglOw,
I've read hundreds or palms, and I've
never seen one so strongly marked
Oh. you must let me read it, Come over
@Ifs an inspirationaI hand" declared
Mrs Barton. the hand of a born leader
You have marvellous viii power. nave
never seen IL so strongly developed
And here is your ability TO organize
and TO control men,
Another remarkable thing about
your hand is that besides showing such
unusual strength Of character it's also
the hand of an artist. You're intensely
artistic, With a hand like that you
might have been great musician or
great artist
Helen knew that Warren cared very
little for music. He had no musical
ability whatever. and no discrimination,
his preference being for the handOrgan
variety Yet he murmUred an assent 10
her question.
The group that had gathered around
to listen had already drifted away
Helen was the only observer, and as
she was seated on a couch back OF
Warren. he seemed unconscious Of her
presence
Here is a very interesting thing"
Mrs Barton was tracing a line with her
finger; right here comes sudden
change in your life. I should say,
about the age Of 20 or 80 She paused
a change in what way2" asked War
rem, with an unmistakable note OF IN
terest
His Not an Ordinary One.
'In q business way" with faint
smile Of satisfaction. for to arouse the
interest OF a skepticaI man is the am
bition Of every feminine pianist
should say your business at that period
would be most successful. and that II
would probably take you much abroad,
for here are marked travel lines"
Il suppose you can't tell the nature
Of the business" asked Warren
"Oh. no. the palm dOesn show that
You see. it's a limited science There
are many things We cannot tell. But
when a hand is so wonderfully marked
as yours, we can read in it much more
than in the ordinary palm. For in
stance. this shows your temper-yOu
see how strongly marked it is. You
have really very violent temper but
YOU have it under perfect control
should say that YOU never gave way to
be YOU never show it. Am ] not right2'
Helen bit her lip to keep from laugh
ing as Warren gravely nodded
Then Mrs. Barton went on to dwell
on his other characteristics. Helen
saw she was laying 1t on as thickly as
she dared. and that Warren in his ego
tism was taking it all most seriously
Oh, why could he not see through her?
At last Helen could stand it no
longer. She rose abruptly and leaned
over his chair.
Dear do YOU know what time it is?
Don't you think we'd better he going2'
ooh, Pm afraid I've mOnOpOliZed your
husband" gushed Mrs. Barton. but I've
been so intensely interested in reading
his palm"
Warren rose. plainly reluctant.
That's a remarkable woman" he de-
clared on the way home. you ought
to have heard some of the things she
told me"
lieved in palmistry?''
That's because I never met any one |
who knew anything about it. But she's
exceDtional-nO fake business, either. /
she read off my character like a book (
Who is she, anyway
Why, she is a friend of the SteYenses. |
Her husbands an army officer. I be- ]
lieve. Shes studied this merely to en- 4
tertain people"
Well she's good at it. ali right"
But, dear, don't YOU think she's in (
cnned TO flatter one Just littIe2"
"FIatter2 She NAV have f1attered Won 4
guess she knows all women want TO 4
be fattered. But she was much too 4
shrewd to try it on mef'
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