Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1911 — TELLING HIS FORTUNE [ARTICLE]

TELLING HIS FORTUNE

AMATEUR SEERESS PICTURES MR. WINSCOMB’B FUTURE WIFE. Description Does Not Tally WlthOne - Given Hint a Week Ago by Another Lady and Coolness ■ Results. ... "Have you ever had your fortune told, Mr. Winscomb?” “Yes. A lady told my fortune only about a week ago.” “.What did she tell you was going to happen to you?" -~ "O, yes, really, I’m awfully interested. You know I tell fortunes—a little —myself. Suppose I tell yours and then you can ftecide whether there’s anything in it or not.* J “Very well. Go ahead.” “I shall have to look at your hand." “Here it is.” “Well, let me see. O, you have an awfully interesting hand. Yqu are going to live a long, long time.” “She told me the same thing.” “And you are going to be —not terribly rich—but fairly wealthy.” “The same thing she told me.” “You have a very strong will. Did the other lady tell you that?” - “Yes.” "And you possess artistic tastes and would have been a successful actor if you had gone upon the .stage.” “You’re getting it just about as she did.” - / “And —and —yes —you are going to be married within a year.” | “Exactly what she told me. Can you see anything about the lady’s personal appearance?” I "She will be about medium else,' with brownish hair 'and beautiful hazel eyes, and —and —” 1 “Go on.-Tjlease.” •*O, I —l-rdon’t believe I can see any morel" “Please look again. Do I know her now?” “Yes. You have known her for several weeks.” “Am I near her at present?" ~ “Yes—l—think so.” "Very near her?” “Why_ w hat do you mean by very near?” ‘ ■ *:: “It’s curious. My fortune as you tell it and as the other lady told IL i» the same up to a certain point. You see she Is rather tall and has blue eyes and lightish hair, so her description of my future wife was not the ■same as you describe her. And there’s another thing. She told me ‘I had known my future wife several months. You say several weeks. You see I’ve known the other lady a good deal longer than I’ve known you. By the way, what beautiful hazel eyes you have. They are hazel, aren’t they?" "Do you believe In fortune-telling?” “I’m afraid I’m a little skeptical still." “Dear me, how late it’s getting.” “You don’t call ten o’clock late, do you?” "Sometimes. But I don’t suppose I should if I were tall and had blue eyes and lightish hair.” When she had slammed the door behind him she switched off the porchlight, earnestly hoping he might lall down the front steps and break his collar-bone.