Nowadays the prophets see to it that their miraculous power does not
depart from them for any cause whatsoever until their own palms have
been crossed with enough silver to enable them to retire in comfort.
A certain Fatima who told fortunes on Madison street for years removed
her card from the front window and disappeared altogether. She had
bought a farm up the state, where she is now living and raising fancy
breeds of poultry. There is no mortgage on the farm, and the hens have
grain three times a day.
Just which one of Duncan Campbell's three methods a certain
practitioner uses is not apparent, but he was one of the most noted
and successful fortune tellers, and his men patrons set more store by
what he said than in the promises of the district leaders.