If victorious over this supernatural antagonist, the omen was victory in all future undertakings.

"De lawyer say dat in one sense er de word de ole 'oman is my wife, an' in anudder sense er de word she ain't my wife.

After such startling luck they could not fail, and an omen of continued good fortune was the fact they had encountered the trail of Black Rifle.

The first omen of success that he met was a broken mug; digging still deeper, he turns up a house tile, quite new and entire.

"Ole 'oman," he exclaimed, "here 's dat wood you tol' me ter fetch in!

"Little 'ill omen,' as he called you, is it your fault that once fate, once honor, once gratitude to a woman have kept me from my love?