Part 6

Three--Time, three to four months.

Two--A good friend, in some cases a slight disappointment.

Spades.

Ace--Spite, death, or worry; sometimes a large town.

King--A lawyer, widower or old man; a very dark man.

Queen--A very dark woman, a widow; a spiteful, malicious woman.

Jack--Thoughts of king or queen.

Ten--At night-time, imprisonment.

Nine (supposed to be a very bad card)--Grief, suffering, malice, and, with other black cards, death.

Eight--Across water, sometimes treachery.

Seven--Poverty, anxiety and annoyance.

Six--Delay, or a bad character.

Five--Temper, anger and quarrels.

Four--Sickness, sometimes a journey caused through sickness.

Three--By the water, or a very short journey across water.

Two--Tears and vexation, sometimes a removal.

The following is a résumé of most of the cards and some curious combinations:

Four Aces--Honors, dignities, rise in society, or money, friendship with the great; but if all four are reversed, the contrary--debt, bankruptcy, ruin and even disgrace, therefore it is to be noticed particularly how they lie before reading the cards.

Four Kings--Great good luck, unexpected advancement, good and unlooked-for fortune.

Four Queens--Society, pleasure, amusements.

Four Jacks--Thoughts of either king or queen of each suit, friendly gathering.

Four Tens--Great gain, legacies, happiness.

Four Nines--Unexpected and sudden news; if two blacks together, not pleasant; if two reds, excellent.

Four Eights--New appointments, sometimes new associations; two black eights together, mourning; two reds, wedding garments.

Four Sevens--Intrigues, scandal, opposition and variance.

Four Sixes--A great surprise or change; two black ones together, vexations; two red ones, good.

Four Fives--A long and beneficial voyage, money, happiness and health; if two blacks are near, vexation first.

Four Fours--A birth; two blacks together, a male; two reds, a female.