CHARACTER IN HANDWRITING

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1927, 24 August 1888, Page 3

CHARACTER IN HANDWRITING

(l Chicago Tribuue " ' Oh, nncle,' said the dear, vlvaolons girl, ' I've got something I want to tell yon !' • All right, Isabel, all right ; go ahead and tell it,' and be beamed on his nleoe a fatherly gaze. ' It's about you* charaoter ; I know it just as well as If I had known 70a a long time, and here this Is the first day I ever saw yon 1' • Oh, I suppose your fathor— — ' 'No ; no one over told mo a word, I read it m yonr handwriting. Yoa know I have learned to read character m writing, and so I read yours and know it perfectly.' 1 Indeed 1' lOh yoa. Isn't It nioe ? Yes, yon Bee I got a couple of your business letters to papa down at the offioe, and yoa character was jast as clear lo me as oould ba Your down strokes indicate groat force and deoislon and your capitals are large, which show lofty imaginations. Then all the way through yoar writing I could deteot great benevolenoe sad love of doing good.' < Er-um,' said the old man as he rubbed his head. • Well I 1 ' Then yonr Bs and F's and B'a show great fancy and love of the beautiful ; and the deoided full stop indicates that you have no fioklenees about yon, and the line of writing inclines up slightly, which meant Icftloees of aim and a high purpose In life.' • Hah ! Anything more V ' Oh yes, your Mb and W'a readily tell that you have a fine poetloal and artistic feeling, and your D's and S's nre exaotly like those of the most oelebrated musicians; then I should judge that you were endowed with reverenoe and the love of troth, and also had excellent judgment and a well balanced mind.'