and Ace of Clubs--A letter promising money. Knave of Spades and King of Spades--the winning of a lawsuit. The Nine of Hearts, being the one card left, promises complete success.” Now gather up the cards, shuffle, cut, and deal them out in five packs--one for the lady herself, one for the house, one for “those who do not expect it,” one for “those who do expect it,” and one for “the surprise,” in the first deal, laying one card aside for “consolation.” The rest are then equally distributed among the other five packs, which will four of them contain three cards, whilst the last only consists of two. We will suppose the first packet for the lady herself to be composed of the Ace of Diamonds, the Seven of Clubs, and the Ten of Hearts. The interpretation would run thus: “Ace of Diamonds--a letter will be shortly received--Seven of Clubs--announcing the arrival of a small sum of money--Ten of Hearts--and containing some very joyful tidings.” The second pack, “for the house,” containing the King of Spades, the Nine of Hearts, and the Knave of Spades: “The person consulting the cards will receive a visit--King of Spades--from a lawyer--Nine of Hearts--which will greatly delight--Knave of Spades--a dark, ill-disposed young man.” The third pack, “for those who do not expect it,” composed of the Ace of Spades, the Knave of Hearts, and the Ace of Clubs, would read: “Ace of Spades--pleasure in store for--Knave of Hearts--a gay young bachelor--Ace of Clubs--by means of money; but as the Knave of Hearts is placed between two Aces, it is evident that he runs a great risk of being imprisoned; and from the two cards signifying respectively ‘pleasure’ and ‘money,’ that it will be for having run into debt.” The fourth pack, “for those who do expect it,” containing the Eight of Hearts, the Queen of Clubs, and the Ten of Diamonds: “The Eight of Hearts--the love-affairs of a fair young girl will oblige--the Queen of Clubs--the person consulting the cards--Ten of Diamonds--to take a journey.” The fifth pack, “for the surprise,” consists of the Seven of Spades and the Ten of Spades, meaning: “Seven of Spades--slight trouble--Ten of Spades--caused by some person’s imprisonment--The Card of Consolation--Seven of Diamonds--which will turn out to have been a mere report.” PRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE. The person wishing to try her fortune in this manner (we will suppose her to be a young, fair person, represented by the Eight of Hearts), must well shuffle, and cut with the left hand, the pack of thirty-two cards; after which she must lay aside the topmost and undermost cards, to form the surprise. There will now remain thirty cards, which must be dealt out in three parcels--one to the left, one in the middle, and one to the right.