Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-26
PROPHECY IS FULFILLED.
STRANGE STORY OF ADVENTURE
OF KING HAAKON AND BEAU
TIFUL PIANIST.
PEEP INTO The FUTURE.
Woman Foretells Prince Would Be King
Although No One Had Thought
of Him For Throne.

Among the many weird prophecies that
have been uttered with regard to kings
and princes. the following one about
King Haalon, which is current in Scan
dinayia, may not be equally well known
elsewhere:
In 1890 Haakon, then Prince Charles
of Denmark, was cruising in the Mcdl-
terranean on the corvette Heimdal.
Sees Beautiful Fortune Teller.
The corvette put into the port of Nal
aga and the prince and his chum. Her
debred, went ashore with the other ca
diets. The bOatSWain, who had Knocked
about all the ports in the Meditcrranean,
had told the young men that IN Il care
Ill the Gale Carmen there was beau
tiful fortune teller, Dolores de lSia, of
great reputation. In the evening they,
of course, all met ut this particular cafe,
and Prince Charles asked Dolores to tell
his fortune.
The palmist took his hand, and scanned
the lines attent.yely. Suddenly she drew
back, and in Il trembling voice said:
But who might YOU be, young gentle
MANI
"Oh. I'm the same as my comrades
here, Il Danish naval cadet"
'Show me your hand again. Perhaps
there is Il mistake. Come into the corner
yonder. under the lamp"
Prince Becomes Pale.
There the prophecies spoke to the
prince in a low tone, so that the others
could not hear. Presently the young
man returned to his friends. He was
deathly pale. No one ventured to ask
him what had happened.
\ month later. when the cruise was
over and Heimdal was entering Co
penhagen harbOr, Prince Charles gave
his friend Herdebred Il sealed envelope,
and made him promise to keep it intact
until he should claim it again. In the
event of the princes death Herdebred
was to break the seals and read the
contents.
Therein is noted down word for word
what Dolores de Isla told me. 1t is, of
course, all nonsense. But still. betwiXt
heaven and earth there are mysteries
hypnOtism, for instance-which the wise
have not yet fathOmed.'
On the envelope was written: Malaga,
1S90.-Carl."
Explanation of the Riddle
Ten years later, in July. 1900. uerde-
bred met the prince on the Strand bOule-
ward at Copenhagen The greeting of
the two friends was an affectlonata one.
Come and lunch with me. My wife
and | will be alone. And bring that
envelope. You shall hear the eXplana-
ton of the riddle
When Princess Maud had retired, and
the two men were smoking their cigars
aud drinking their coffee, Prince Carl
asked Hcrdebred to open the fateful en-
velO0e.
You will never know the torment that
those words of the Malaga palmlst have
caused me- Fortunately they were all
rubbish Read for yourself"
Herdebred read:
You will have a throne; you will
change your name without changing
your language.
''You can now understand why | was
50 upset" said the prince "by pro-
phecy made to me, Il mere lad, far from
my country.
Feared for His Brother.
'You know how / love my brother.
No one in the world is dearer to me.
Just think, his death alone could cause
the fufillmcnt Of the prophecy. For ten
years. every time my brother Christian
was ailing, ! was n prey to Unspeakable
anguish. The words of the fortune teller
would recur to me and the image Of my
dead brother rise up before me.
AT length, when my brother married
my fears began to be dissipated; and
now that a son and heir (the little Prince
Frederick is born to him ! can laugh
at the lies Of Donna Dolores de Isa."
Prophesy Is Fulfilled.
Five years later, Prince Carl Of Den
mark became Haakon VII.