Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-05-22

sipate the cloud, took no notice of the
reply, and conented herself with saying,
in careless tone,--"You see that he
will not leave mo even a confossor. -
"No, Madame, you will not have one,
neither you, nor any ono besides. The
last victim TO whom this favor will be
afforded, will bo .....,. ......
He stopped for moment. "Wcll!
who then will be the happy mortal TO
whom this prcrogative will be given"
"Tis the only one which he will have
then retaned--and that will bo the king
of France" ........... t...
"Thc master Of the house rose hastily,
and every ono with him. He walked up
to M. Gazette, and addressed him with
tone of deep emotion:--"My dear
Monsieur Cazollo, this mournful joke
has lasted long enough. You carry it
too lar,--even so far as to deroSaie from
the society in which you are, and from
your own character" Gazette answer
sd not word, and was preparing TO
leave, when Madame dc Gfammon.,
who always sought TO dissipate serious
thought, and TO restore the lost gacty
Of the party, approached him, saying,
"Monsieur The prophet, who has lore.told
US Of our COOL fortune, you have told us
nothing of your own" Hc remained
silent for some time, with downcast
eyes. "Madamc, have you ever read
the seise of Jefusalum in Joscphus"
ayes! who has not read that? But an.
swer as if | had never read it," "WelI,
then, Madame, during the siege, man
for several days went round the ramparts
Of the city, in sight Of the besiogers and
besieged, crying increasingly, with an
ominous and laundering voice, "Woc to
Jerusalem;' and tho seventh time he cri-
ed, "Woe to Jerusa lem, WOO to MYSELF
and at that moment an enormous
stone, proiec ted from one OF tho machines
f Of the besicsing army, struck him. and
destroyed HIM"
"And, after this reply, NJ. Gazette
made his bow and retired.
f "When, for the first time, | read this
astonishing prediction, | thought that i
/ was only a fiction Of La Harpc's, ant
that that celebrated critic wished to dc
- pict tho astonshment which would hav'
J., seized persons distinguished for the'
# rank, their talents, and their fortune, II
several years before the revolution, on
u could have brought before them the eau
ses which were preparing, and the ,lflgh
:. full consequences which would follow,
II The enquiries which | have since made
- and the information have gained, hav
ID induced me 10 change my opinion. ~
r, le Comte A. de Montesqnieu, having a
Ut sured me that Madame de Genl's had r.
tx pcatelly told him that she had olie
off heard this prediction related by Nj.
of La Harpe. begged Of him TO have II
It. goodness to solicit from that lady mo
lie ample details. This is her reply
IN ....... NOVEMBER, 1925.
c. "I think | have somewhere place
Do among my soupenirs, the anecdoto oil
rs Gazette, but | am not sure. | ha
G. heard it related hundred times by A
ie de La Harpc. before tho revolution, al
u! ALWAYS in the same form as | have nj
- with it in print, and as he himself h
as caused it to be printed. This is all tn
10 [ can say, or certify, or authenticate
my ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DE GExLIs
"e '"'I have also seen the son Of M. I
af' zotte, who assured me that his father "
we gifted, in q most remarkable mann
w. with q faculty Of provision, of which
sa, had numberless proofs; one Of tho M
MI remark able Of which was, that on
I'VE turning home on the day on which
ses daughter had succeeded in deliver
lor him from the hands Of the wretches v
AK we're conducting him TO the scafiold,
me- stead of partaking the JOY Of his
Pu' rounding family, he declared that
'ng three days he should be again arres
one and that he should then undergo his I
the and in truth he perished on the 25ll
10 Of Sept, 1902. at the age OF ~"
you "In reference to the above narrat
ses. NJ. Gazette, ir., would not undertak
u.s. affirm that the relation Of La Harpe
lar exact in all its expressions, but had
too the smallest doubt as to the reality
an all the facts.
SAID d'Azir, an inhabitant OF Rennes,
.. me, that thst celebrated physician,
es, ing travelled into Brittany some ,
ke,) before the revolution, had related to
your before his family, the prophecy OF
an zotte, 1t seemed that, notwithstan
will his scepticism, Vicq d'Azir, was ur
about this prediction.
ides. "Lct,er on this subject addressed
fort Mialle by M. do Baron Delamothe
la'IP,", gon: r
dame what know concerning the famou:
men, diction of Gazette mentioned b
thing Harpe. have only on this subjc
y for assure you upon my honor, that l
ways heard Madame la Comtesse dc
,, but harnais many times assert that sh'
take present at this very singular hist
Your fact. She related it always in the
TINS way, and with the accent OF truth
with evidence is fully corroberated b!
'tirely Of La Hatpe. She spoke thus,
what all the persons Of the society in
really she moved, many Of whom still liv
You could equally attest this assertion
# the ".You may make what use you
It SUBJ Of this communication. -
I you, ".Adieu, my good old friend.
Quoted main with inviolahle attachment,
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