The meanings ascribed to some of the cards being different from those already given, are here stated: Ten of Clubs--A journey or big building. Eight of Clubs--Drink or vexation. Ten of Spades--At night-time. Nine of Spades--Disappointment or sickness. Ten of Diamonds--Money. Seven of Diamonds--Check or paper money; sometimes an article of jewelry. Three Sevens--A loss. Four Tens--A great social rise through powerful friends. Two Jacks--Treachery. Ten of Hearts--An entertainment. Seven of Hearts--Delay or slight anxiety. Seven of Spades--Speedily. Seven of Diamonds and Ace of Spades--News read in the newspaper. Ace of Spades and any Court Card--Photograph. Two Red Tens with Ace of Diamonds--A wedding. Two Black Tens with Ace of Spades--A funeral. Eight and Nine of Clubs--Dinner or supper party. Seven of Clubs--A present. Three Eights--Good business transactions. Three Nines--A removal. Three Tens--A rise, either of money or social. PAST, PRESENT 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. The left-hand pack represents the Past; the middle, the Present; and the one on the right hand, the Future. She must commence with the Past, which we will suppose to contain these ten cards: The king of clubs, ace of spades, jack of diamonds, nine of diamonds, ace of hearts, jack of hearts, queen of hearts, king of spades, jack of clubs, and the king of hearts. She would remark that picture-cards predominating was a favorable sign, also that the presence of three kings proves that powerful persons were interesting themselves in her affairs; the three jacks, however, are supposed to warn her to beware of false friends; the nine of diamonds, some great annoyance overcome by some good and amiable person, represented by the queen of hearts; the two aces, notice of a plot. Taking the cards in the order they lay: "The king of clubs--a frank, open hearted man--ace of spades--fond of gayety and pleasure, is disliked by--jack of diamonds--an unfaithful friend--nine of diamonds--who seeks to injure him. The ace of hearts--a love letter--jack of hearts--from a gay young bachelor to a fair amiable woman--queen of hearts--causes--king of spades--a lawyer to endeavor to injure the clever--jack of clubs--enterprising young man, who is saved from him by--the king of hearts--a good and powerful man. Nevertheless, as the jack of clubs is placed between two similar cards, he has run great risk of being imprisoned through the machinations of his enemy."