The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-25
Louise Lenormand's Prophecy.
= ROMANCE OF HISTORY.

On tho forth Of December, 1904, a
Sr'au, stoIt -. II, II. long gray over
coat, aaccHde4 Ito dUorsteps of a large
mrblc bullIiug IL Elris.
Jne man raug the bell. and tall,
slender hurnctta opened the door to
him. ijh kissed Ior, despite the re-
slstance Sic offered % his embrace.
iugly." =
"Oh, don't ca. ,uc 80, NV beauty. "
he replied. still keep og Lis arms around
her. "You shall tell me MY fortune
again to-day"
The handsome brunette lisancueed
h RS IF from his arms. H,r cou1ye-
nance assumed somber air.
Sire" sne said, gravely, edo ..
ask me to do that any MORE"
"Why not2"
Ntpoleon Bonaparte," she said. al
most solemnly, "I have bad news for
you."
" Bid news for me, Louise9 You are
Joking. Who can harm met Am not
au-pnwerful2"
"Oh, yes, now-nowf"
AM what is in store for me2'
"Slre, do You want to hear ii p
ct do"
She led him into her boudoir. There
she took from her desk q pack of Curl
GUS cards. She laid four of them on the
table.
These cards, she said, "signify a
name"
"What name 2" he asked.
"B-L-U-C-H-
"Blucher Who is he2'
"He is Prussian general
never heard of him"
She put four more>cards on the table.
"This Gen. Blucher, sir, will bring
about your ruin
Napoleon burst into laughter.
"A Prusslan general should be able
to ruin me, Louise? You are mistaken,
my beauty. j."
ZAP, sire, no! I love. l revere you'll"
She pproached him with q tender.
though sad glance.
"Then let me- warn you. Before me-
I see field of battle, on which Gen.
Blucher will rout your troops, and then I"
- She hesitated.
"And then 2" asked Napoleon, smil-
ingly:
"Then you will be transported to an
island In mid ocean,"
The emperor laughed uproariously.
What has got into you, Louise = he
asked, merrily. ga Prussian general
will rout my troops, and then bring
about my transportation to an island in
mid-ocean2 l never heard such non.
sense. The Prussian army will be ami
hilated by my veterans; it has nothing
but blockheads for generals, and T.
You, sire," she said, "are the
greatest man that ever lived, but you
know my supernatural powers.
"Ah |" interrupted Napoleon, emo
one con frighten me with Prussia Yes,
II You had talked about Austria, Russia
or England >
"Aus ria and Rus ,ia," she said, grave
ly, "your majesty will bring to the
verge of ruin next year."
LIS that true, Louise ?" cried the en-
peror, joyfully.
Perfectly true, your majesty"
He embraced her fervently.
Ii that is true, Louise, your Other
prophecy will fall to tho greund. What
will Prussia do alone against me ?"
She shook her head gloomily.
"The cards say to the contrary, SIRE"
she rejoined.
Napoleon laughed again at her.
1t is we'll known fact that, like all
Corsicans, he was very superstitio1.s
and the wonderful predictions of the
charming fortune teller, Louise Lenor-
mand, which had proved true in every
respect, had made n deep impression
upon him.
Her beauty had caused him to fall in
loue with her, and she, like most of the
beautiful women of the French capitsl
at thaS time, had only been too glad to
receive his homage
He LETT her with the name of Blucher
firm y impre sed upon his mind. His
wonderful memory never forgot any
thing which concerned him personally.
Two years elapsed.
The emperor Of the French had art
fully managed to cause the foolish King
Frederick William III. of Prussia, and
his equally foolish advisers, TO dec.are
war against him.