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through them and went on up to the front, her husband asked me, say, "You want Madam to wait on you?" I said, "Oh, yes, I do." And he says, "Well, give me a quarter." And I gave him a quarter and he give me my horoscope paper. And so when I taken the paper, she was takin' the blindfold off her eyes. She was the most reall[[strikethrough]]-a-[[/strikethrough]]yistic (reallyistic) woman of any kind I've ever heard. Because I stood up there and seen him go among the group with the people, with men, with monies into their pocket and letters and different things, ladies had in their purse and she would read the serial numbers on any letter or any piece of money in your pocket--blindfolded. So when he said, "Here is someone, it's Minnie--" No, he didn't call my name. He say, "Here's someone wants to see you." And she taken the blindfold off. She looked. She say, "Oh, yes, that's Minnie." And, so when I walked up to her, she said, "Minnie, you want to know--" And she looked at me and she jumped back from me. She say, "Oh, what on earth is the matter with you?" And I said, "Madam--" You know, I looked at her and she looked at me. She said, "Something is funny. I can't get it." She said, "When--" And then she looked like she was looking through my chest. She say, "You want to paint." She said, "There's something about art. Are-- You want to paint?" She became disturbed because she couldn't tell me what it was. I said, "No, I have already painted. And I wanted to know the interpretation of what's it--but--" She said, "Hand it here." I say, "I forgot, I haven't got any of it with me. I've got to bring some of it back to you." I say, "I live in the country and