The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-08-19
A Fortune
Telling System
BY +. A. Mitchell

cd game Of hearts.
mo, thanks" hc said, Il am not 50
stupid us Ia play game Of hearts with
COquette. Your victims are already
sufficiently numerous without adding
so unworthy n person as myself"
"You know very well what ! mean.
You simply wish 10 say something
smart"
She was shutting the cards, but her
mind was not on them. What her
mind was on, or, rather. what was on
her mind. did not interest him. She
was right In inferring that his remark
was intended for something smart
While she was listlessly shutting the
cards she leaned forward So that the
perfume Of n flower she wore IN her
corsage was pcrilOusly near his nose.
Her red lips were still nearer his. She
was looking down at the cards, but
presently raised her eyes. They met
his resting upon her admiringly, but
she dropped them ut once
shall tell your fOrtuneT she
asked.
DO"
She began 10 distribute the cards on
the table In four piles. Whenever she
put card ON the fourth pile she
paused and studied IT, lie asked her
what process she was using and she
told him II was one she had learned
from fortune teller. a spider laying
for fly Is not expected to speak the
truth.
She put down four cards, then an
other four cards. the second fourth
card being the knave of spades.
That's YOU" she said.
I'm no knave"
But you're nwfully smart. You
scintillate with bright sayings"
lie swallowed this little bit Of pre-
liminnry bait, and II made him hungry
| for more.
Presently the ten Of diamonds fell on
the second pile Of cards
That's n wealthy girl who is angling
for you" said the fortune teller.
whats her manner
Il know her name, but I'm not going
to tell you"
The two OF spades fell In the first
pile
"a black deuce indicates that she Is
crafty. Better look out for her. She
will make you lot OF trouble"
The ten OF hearts fell ON the first
pile,
That's the girl who really loves you.
She Is true hearted. and II you return
her love she win make you very
happy"
II don't quite understand this
scheme under which you are working
all this out" he said, with a puzzled
expression. 81 don't see why the ten
spots are a couple Of girls or why you
infer those things. no matter what pile
they fall on"
"Of course you don't. What kind OF
fortune would II be II you did,
By this time she had dealt all the
cards and. putting them together
again. shuffied them and began anew,
this time laying them In six rows.
placing one card beneath another. SO
that nll were exposed. The third card
In the first column was the ten OF dia-
monds. and the fourth card In the
sixth column was the Jack of clubs
TOO bad"' exclaimed the fortune
teller. THE expected has happened
The rich girl has thrown you over for
man who Is brutal"
That's the queerest fortune telling
system TO understand ever came
across" he said.
She continued TO deal the cards very
slowly. They We're both watching them
intently as they fell. gradually bending
lower and lower over them. At last a
rebellious strand of her hair grazed
his forehead. A fine wire Is sufficient
10 carry an electric current. and few
hairs may carry "A love current. The
ten of hearts fell nj the bottom Of the
| fifth column. She left her hand on
II, and, putting his hand on it ut the
same time, he touched hers. She did
not withdraw herH and he maintained
his position.
Don't go any further till you have
explained TO me why this card falling
at the bottom of the fifth column means
that the girl who loves me is
els WHAT
"what you're going TO say about
| her"
what am ! going TO say about herI"
This dialogue, spoken slowly and
softly, is not especially brilliant, but 1t
was quite sufficient TO serve the pur.
pose OF these two-that IS, keeping their
| hands IN touch. She raised her lashes
and looked into his eyes with some
thing that might have been reproach-
full; It might have been Inviting; 1t
might have been anything he chose
TO infer II to be. Meanwhile the fra
GRANGE OF the flower mingled with her
breath, circled about his nose and per.
meated through II up into his brain.
Il would be sacrilegious TO follow
further the blending OF these two
| young hearts Resides, II would be a
repetition OF what has occurred since
Cupid first began his FRANKS. And yet
the little rascal has an infinite variety
OF ways OF practicing his profession.
and nothing Is achieved In life In so
many different ways as the drawing
together Of pair OF lovers.
II say. mummy" he said when their
daughter was receiving attention from
a desirable parti. you'd better teach
her that fortune telling game you
taught me-"
at Is not necessary" replied the
wife and mother. with dignity.
"Humph! That's about rs intelligi.
bic as your fortune system"