El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-11

you shuffles the cards and you cut
/ them three times. according to di-
! rections- She lays them down one
Z by one very slowly. very solemnly,
/ considering each card by itself and
I in relation to its neighbors.
! see a dark man. a very dark
mar" she enunciates Increasingly
/ DO you recognize him."
''N-n-not y-y-yet." you reply, your
emotions nicely balanced between
eternal hope and something akin to
nervousness.
Il see him and a very blonde man.
They viii cause you some trouble
They are Jealous OF one another. very
Jealous" she reeictes glibly-
Lacking In Detail.
You'd like a little more detailed
description Of these fascinating men
who are Jealous. very Jealous. Of one
another. but she regards you sternly
desires. and proceeds without deigh-
ing to answer.
You spend twenty-five minutes lis
tending to your fortune" as revealed
for a moment by the all-knowing
cards, the cards which never lie"
You learn that there Is to be a
death; that you are very much inter
ested in a medium" dark man who
is OF has been married and has a
small son You make a mental note
OF the son and listen while she tells
you that he Is a very good man. never
viii be rich but is good" and
steady and a fine catch" He
sounds interesting even though not
really exciting and you are just on
the point OF asking his name and
where he may be located when she
pauses in pleased beenevolence to an
nounce that YOU viii s'Eet your wish"
What wish2 Why the wish you
wished when you cut the cards"
You hadn't been told to make
wish and you regret It deeply mas
much as you might have wished Cor
a million dollars or something and
mourn the omission but decide 70
remember that the next time and
make the wish whether you're told 10
or not
A Real Discovery.
You are also told that your lungs
are weak. which comes as a distinct
shock. inasmuch as your apparent
health and strength and size had al
ways been something OF an en-
barrassment to your old-fashion7d
mother and a real worry, from Tin
ancial standpoint. at least, 10 your
You also learn that things are go
ing TO be better from now on" and
that 1921 IS going to be a wonderful
building year all over the world
chair thinking that this is the cruI
Of the whole thing. but she goes
right on without saying whether it's
to be a Queen Anne cottage OF
Colonial mansion and you are asked
If you know James. Henry, william
Joseph, Mary, Emma or Ruth You
hate TO admit that you don't know
anyone by any OF those names, for II
seems to indicate a woeful lack OF
friends on your part. but for the life
Of YOU. you can't remember q single
acquaintance with any OF these names
II develops that they aren't really i'm
portaut. however, and you are asked
II You remember your grandfather,
the one with a beard You don't and
never did. having never seen either
OF your grandfathers, and are re
lfevsd to find that this. too, really
doesn't matter and that she can't hear
what he IS saying anyway
Discovers FuvOrite Color
For the nineteenth time. you hear
that your future IS really good very
good. and you gather from the repeti-
ton that your dollar is desired, so
you lay It on the table, where Il re-
mains as long as you are IN the
house. with q truly regal disregard
for mere lucre-
Come this way the sssress tells
you. and you do but remember just
in time the parked parasoL
Purple IS your favorite color, isn
it2- you are asked
wei. sort o." you reply foolishly,
making feeble efforts to catch her
eye with your own and keep Il from
wandering to your purple hat ana
purple handbag.
s'Y'know, I kinda felt it." she re
marks eonversationally- Yes, I could
Of sworn that you like purple
You musingly ponder as you home
ward plod your weary way whether
there is really something in It" or
not and decide that there really Is
a dollar every half hour, at least