Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-10-26

81 hat IL arrange SAID the fortune
teller, keenly examining all three
Got 70 like a single flower Well
then, which animal do you like best
ans. which do you detest lnost?'
IL like tuo tiger bestl' anawereC
Jean.
"Give Us the tiger = responded
both OF the Others.
at is fierce and bloody be,st !!
said The fortune teller.
"But brave one forsootb !" rel DIN.
ed Jean. II hate your tl;nid tremb-
ling T.
Aud l." said Macmillan.
and !, echoed his friend.
"Iou seem to agree IN your likef
and disIikes T. said the woman, "WilI
YOU have your fortunes told together
or eeparately?'
"On, please yourself. Ne shall he
easily satisfied, not expecting more
than one word in ten to be true
"l.et me gee the palms Of your
hands I" said Madcmoisele Lenor-
maHd.
She looked at each hand, as it was
extended toward the light, and turn.
ed deadly pale.
well, what 10 the matter" asked
Jean, perceiving the marked chang
in her countensncs.
II would rather not tell your for.
tupesr' she replisd. IN sorne agitation
Bah 81 cn--hsve TO fesr--ereak X
out-gjvo us any doom yon please !,
"You have excited onr curiosity,
sad Ma1ltniliAn, and must uow salts.
sy it.
She caught up the cards, shuiued
them huriediy, and then requested
each TO cut with his left hand. She
thep ian through the cards, and be-
came more acitated every moment.
will you hold RE innocent Of wish
ing you Any Sroug?' she asked, in a
low, tremulous tone.
"Oh, certainly
"Yor force me to speak remember!
and | must speak the truth or be 81
lent.
Go on !" said Jean; "why should
vou have more fear than we ?
Still the lortune-tel'er hesitated'
and ran through the cards again.
"The sslle fate repeated !" she nut
tered to herself.
woman, You trihe with our time!
said Msximi!2n.
81 vii DC so no longer, then,' re-
,urnel Madcmoisclla Lano-nand. 81
will speak now, and the truth. Cl.o-
yeus, You WELD terrible power, and
from the pages Of history your names
Will never be erased. For tlms, r,ll-
Ions will nppIsld your svery act
but a fearful future is before you all
You," turning to Jean, will reach
tie summit Of your proudest ambition
and he the master Of lie, your sight
eat wish will be law. and your must
courageous foes will trelahls st the
bare mention Of your name. But IN
the pride Of vour power you will sud
denly be cut Of by the dagger Of ar
assassin, and yet be more worsblped
in your death than your life, with the
Spontaneous voice of a nation to gIoF-
ify and defy the uame you bear. Ion y
turning to Maxilnihan, "sill outllve
your friend, aad in some dagree take
his place in the hearts Of the people;
bue yorr reign will be short, your
friends will suddenly be converted III.
to foes, and, amid the eracrations Of q
furious people, yoG will lii, your hand
against your own lie, yet lift it in
vain, because the Ie9klng acshold must
claim you as a victim. Aud now, y
to the last Of the trio, lit only
remains Tor me to add, that yoEr life
blood will miug'e with tho ]est of
your friends, and your CORY head join
theirs in death | have done"
The three men now exchanged
glsnces, and burst forth in loud
mockiug laugh.
"This is miserable fsrce!' said
Jean, "As if could be honored af-
ter death, and you e1ecrated i
"Sbe ISLANDERS good citoyens, and
should he made to answer for it at the
tribunal !" observed the one whose
fate had been told last.
Bah T. s4oefeI Mauiuli!hn. "why