“You _are_ a man as _has_ seen a great deal of difflety _and_
trouble—I would not go _to_ say you ’ave been through too much
difflety _and_ trouble, still you ’ave seen difflety _and_
trouble. If you had been a luckier man _in_ your past life you
_would_ not ’ave seen _so_ much difflety and trouble, still you
_’ave_ seen difflety _and_ trouble—I ’ope you will not see so
much difflety _and_ trouble _in_ the future—Life: you _will_ live
long; you will live _to_ be 69 years of _hage and will_ die of a
lingering disease—you _will_ be sick for a long time, and _will_
not suffer much difflety and trouble—sixty-nine years of _hage_
you _will_ live to be—Death: don’t think _of_ death; that is
_too_ far hoff a you _to_ think of—but you _will_ die when you
_are_ 69 years of hage, and you _may_ ’ope to go right hup to
’eaven, for you _will_ ’ave no more difflety and trouble
then—Money: you _will_ ’ave money, and you _will_ ’ave plenty of
money, but you must not look for money until _you_ ’ave reached
your middle _hage_—a distant Hinglish relative of yours _will_
leave you money, but you _will_ ’ave difflety _and_ trouble in
getting it; do not hexpect _to_ get _this_ money without
difflety, no do not cherish _such_ a ’ope—hit _will_ be _in_ the
’ands of a man who wont hanswer your letters nor take notice of
your happlications, you _will_ ’ave _to_ cross the hocean
yourself; this money _will_ be a good deal of money _and_ will
make _you_ ’appy for the rest _of_ your days—Business: you _will_
thrive in business, you _will_ never be hunfortunate in business,
you _will_ ’ave luck in business, you will always _do_ a good
business, may hexpect to make money _by_ large speculations in
business; difflety _and_ trouble in business you _will_ not
know—Great Troubles: you need not hexpect to ’ave many great
troubles _for_ you will not; you ’ave ’ad your great troubles
_in_ your hearly days—Sickness: you _will_ never see no sickness,
’ave no fear of sickness for you _will_ not see none; sickness,
do not care for it and make your mind _heasy_—Friends: you ’ave
_got_ many friends, both ’ere and helsewhere, your friends _will_
be ’appy and you will be ’appy, there will be no difflety _and_
trouble between you, you ’ave ’ad trouble with your friends, but
you face brighter days, be ’appy—Wives: you _will_ ’ave _but_ one
wife; in the third month _from_ now you _will_ ’ear from ’er, you
_will_ get a letter from ’er, and in the fourth month you _will_
be married—she is not particularly ’andsome, nor she _is_ not
specially hugly, she ’as got blue heyes and brown ’air, _is_
partickler fond of ’ome and is now heighteen years of
hage—’Appiness: you _will_ be the ’appiest people in _all_ the
land, you can’t himagine the ’appiness you _will_ ’ave—Children:
you _will_ ’ave three children, after you are married you _will_
see no more difflety _and_ trouble; you _will_ die _in_ a foreign
land across the hocean but you _will_ die ’appy. ’Ope for
’appiness and ’ave _no_ huneasiness.”
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