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 _resume_ 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, amus.e.m.e.nts.

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 a.s.sociations; 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.

Four Threes--Period of time from six to twelve months; sometimes gain or money returned.

Four Twos--Visitors; two blacks together, disagreeable; two reds, pleasant, and sometimes love-making.

Three Aces--Great good luck.

Three Kings--A new friend or acquaintance who will advance you in life.

Three Queens--Quarrels, disputes, backbiting.

Three Jacks--A lawsuit or treachery.

Three Tens--A rise in social life, but not necessarily happiness with it.

Three Nines--A good removal, unless accompanied by very bad cards.

Three Eights--Love dreams, and longing for the unattainable, but often wishes or desires postponed; in some cases fresh engagements, but a little worry in obtaining them.

Three Sevens--Losses of friendship or property; reversed, you will never recover your goods.

Three Sixes--A very large and brilliant entertainment; if the two black ones come together, disgrace or scandal.

Three Fives--A delightful and happy meeting with absent friends.

Three Fours--Strangers or visitors coming to the house from a journey.

Three Threes--Slight annoyances or vexation caused by malicious tongues.

Three Twos--A good and staunch friend, but one who will grieve you by a queer temper.

Two Aces--Strange news quick and speedy, often good luck; two blacks, a telegram; two reds, a pleasant invitation.

Two Kings--A partnership or friendship.

Two Queens--A good female friend.

Two Jacks--Unpleasantness, sometimes only thoughts of people.

Two Tens--Change of residence or profession.

Two Nines--A good removal, sometimes business projects or doc.u.ments, in many cases relating to a will.

Two Eights--An extraordinary occurrence.

Two Sevens--Sometimes sudden and unexpected; two blacks, great treachery, especially if reversed.

Two Sixes--A good friend; two blacks, a nasty, deceitful person, or a great danger, possibly an accident.

Two Black Fives--Danger from falls, or possibly by water.