Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-08

FOREMAN was a good and rather hs
heVolent man. He therefore was NOT
conscious of having been guilty Of
anything which he should fear 10
supnllt to public scrutiny. He
thought. indeed. that the professor
had merely spoken jokingly. and
therefore bade him proceed without
more ado with the performances
Are YOU right or left-handed p,
asked the professor.
Well replied Mr. Foreman. ,'uD-
I'll | met with an accident some wears
ago was right-handed. And. al
though ! am not able to use NV
right arm much now l must admit
tnat l have never been able to make
much use of the left hand, either
| suppose I still am what you might
call right-handed"
A Marked Difference.
i most sincerely wish it had been
lust the other way" said Professor
Polvdore. with unfeigned seriousness
With rieht-handed people the left
hand always indicates the traits and
qualities they> are endowed with by
nature. while the right hand shows
what use they have made of their
gifts and opportunities. This being
understood. | must say that your left
hand shows very excellent natural
gifts. in fact extraordinary qualities
rendering you capable of the highest
achievements. while the right hand
the one which is the index OF the
manner in which these good quail
ties have been and will be employed
gives evidence of a most 1amentabls
deterioration.
Your left hand is distinguished fer
its prominent index finger and the I'M
usually large protuberance at ats
base.
$50 co, spicuous are these indsca-
tons that there can be no doubt that
I you are by nature of the pure type
That is the type which constitures The
rulers, the leaders. They are the
proud but honorable persons who
make their presence felt no matter
where fate or fortune may place
them. They are ambitious, but at the
same time just. They are naughty
and yet good natured. They will not
hesitate at any obstacle to gain their
ends, and yet they are kind and con-
siderate to others.
With the long and W. l-fornleaI
head line in your left hand ic is safe
TO say that you might have under
taken anything with the best hopes Of
success. And the splendid heart line,
gives promise of such great warmth
of true and lasting affection that it il
hard to see how anyone possessing sd
intensely warm and true heart could
ever be guilty of any deliberately
wrong act at any time.
And yeti grieve to pass from the
noble lineaments of the left hand to
the incomprehensibly ignoble ones
craven in the right hand.
He Proves His Science.
Here we find everything that is
modifying and base. You have In
sisted upon my reading, and / take IL
you meant that shouold read exactly
what the hands disclose
well, sir. your right hand has a
thin, measly heart line, which, at a
point underneath the middle finger.
runs into and merges with the head
line--and a bad, broken. Unstable head
line at that. A bad, orninous mark
Moreover. there is an Informed star
at tho point where the heart line Joins
the line of the head.
"But for the fact that your left
hand is so unquali1ediy excellent
should unhesitafingly read from
the right that selflshness had robbed
you of every vestige of kindness, that
you have Invested yourself of the last
trace of affection, that a perverse
head Is guiding a cold, egotisticaI ma
Nai Y Allto IVA ways iGdulIlE 10 a kI82I
catastrophe, as indicated by the star:
and that. with the crooked. twisted
little finger to boot, you might be
capable of the most horrible crimes
leading even to Imprisonment and
Mr.. Foreman observed that rnost
of those present appeared to be great ,s
~ impressed by the words of the
professor. SO between being consid-
cred scoundrel or having 1t known
that he was the owner of another.
mans arm, Mr. Foreman chose the.
lesser of the two evils and informed
the assemblage about the manner in
which he had acquired substitute
arm for the one he lost in the rail-
road accident.
When he got home after the en-
DIR. Foreman ilnmediate-
ly wrote a request to the superir-
tendent of the Chicago hospital where
the grating operation had been per-
Formed to let him know something
about the history of the man whose
arm he had been wearing SO proud
ly. This was the reply:
1.-THE orderly. John Lancaster. had
. very active career. He was at ono
time IN road agent, but, after being
shot through the leg, he reformed
He then engaged in a variety of CALI
ngs, but owing to his morose, UNI
sociable and selfish traits. no employ
ar kept him long. He finally drifted
into our hospital with fractured
skull, the result of a drunken brawl
When he recovered he remained as
an orderly and acquitted himself toll
srabIy well until you came along and
paid him $4,000 for his arm. The
money turned his head. He soon
squandered every dollar of it and
went West to seek his fortune anew
There he got tangled up with a gang
IF yeggmen. In Butte. Mont. while
a bank, he killed "a watch
nan, and we have just learned that
about month ago he suffered the
Heath penalty for his crime