Sit on this chair, and thus be near
The girl your heart doth hold most dear
And if thy love is all sincere,
To her, this night appear! appear!
You must then get into bed backwards, and sleep in your night-gown without any shift. You will probably dream of seeing an agreeable young man, in which case your marriage within that year is certain. If you do not dream of a man, you will never marry. You should be alone in trying this charm, for if you speak to any one, or any one in the room speaks, it breaks it at once.
[FORTUNE-TELLING WITH A PACK OF EUCHRE CARDS.]
Take a pack of thirty two cards, such as is used for the game of Euchre. Each one of these cards has its own particular signification. But when taken in connection with other cards its signification is termed conditional.