SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE TELLINGS
tain one or
more
for a third time
This
of the six cards of Fate.
—
the six cards are
if
within a total of nine cards (or fewer) the
If in twelve,
successful.
over twelve, the reply
is
is
now gathered
the result
is
Wish
in the negative.
If
repeated
together
will
doubtful
95
;
prove
but if
under nine,
then the fewer the cards, the quicker and more decisive
the result.
The following is the record of an actual test and will
show how it works The type card was the King of Clubs,
as a dark man was the enquirer. The first three cards
tiu-ned up were the King of Diamonds, Ace of Spades,
and King of Clubs these were retained on the table, as
they include both an Ace and the type card. The second
set were the King of Spades, Queen of Spades, and Ten
of Diamonds
these were discarded as useless. The third
set were the Ten of Hearts, the Six of Diamonds, and the
King of Hearts, and were also discarded. The fourth set
were the Seven of Spades, the Eight of Spades, and the
Ace of Diamonds, and were kept. The fifth set contained
the Nine of Diamonds, Eight of Clubs, and Ace of Clubs,
and of course were retained. The sixth set were the Jack
of Clubs, Ten of Spades, and Ace of Hearts, and were
:
—
—
left
on the table
first
;
while the seventh set completed the
deal, as it contained the
Jack of Spades, Nine of
Hearts, and Five of Clubs.
The remainder
of the
pack,
therefore,
was added to
the discarded heap, and the fifteen cards, face upwards,
on the table, were gathered together, well shuffled, and
again dealt in sets of three, with the following result
came the Ace of Spades, Nine of Hearts, and Jack
Spades
then the Ten of Spades, Ace of Hearts, and
Nine of Diamonds. These were followed by the King of
Diamonds, Five of Clubs, and Jack of Clubs, and of course,
First
of
;
these three cards were at once discarded to the satisfaction