The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
HAAKoN AND THE sEEREss.
How Her Forecast of Ills Future Was
 Fulfilled.

bTo1n tne BaI1fnore bun Among the many weird prophecies that have been uttered with regard to kings and princes the following one about King Haal1on of Norway Is current in Scandi- navia:
 In 1890 Haalxon, then Prince Charles of Denmark, was cruising In the Mediter- ranean on the corvette Hemidal as a member of the senior class of the naval school.
 The corvette put into the port of Mala- ga, and the prince and his chum, Count Herdebred, went ashore with the other cadets.
 The boatswain, who had knocked about all the ports in the Mediterranean, had told the young men that In a cafe in the Calle Carmen there was a beautiful fortune teller. Dolores dc Isla, of great rep1tatlon. In the evening they, of course all met at this particular cafe, and Prince Charles Cwho, according to the strict orders of the king his grandfather, was in no way distingushable from his brother oadets) went up to Dolores and asked her to tell his fortune.
 The palmist took his hand and scanned the lines attentively. Suddenly she drew back. and in a trembling voice said: "But who might you be. young gentleman?"
 "Oh, Pm the same as my comrades here, Danish naval cadet"
 Show me your hand again. Perhaps there Is a mistake. Come into the corner wonder, under the lamp"
 There the prophecies spoke to the prince in a low tone, so that the others could not hear Presently the young man re- turned to his friends. He was deathly pale. No one ventured to ask him what had happened, and almost immediately he got up and left the cafe.
 A month later, when the cruise was over and the Hemidal was entering Copenha- gen harbor, Prince Charles gaves his friend Herdegred a sealed envelope and made him promise to keep 1t intact until he should claim It again. In the event of the prince's death Herdebred was to break the seals and read tho contents.
 'Therein,' he said. "is noted word for word what Dolores de Isla told me. It is, of coursey all nonsene. But still, be- twixt heaven and earth there are myste- ries-hypnotism, for instance--which the wise have not yet fathomed."
 On the envelope was written: Malaga, 1S9o-Carl."
 Ten years later, in July, 1900, Herde- bred. who had been up and down the world many times in the interval, met the prince on the Strand boulevard, at Copenhagen. The greeting of the two friends was an affectionate one.
 Come and lunch with me. My wife and I will be alone. And bring that en- velope You shall hear the explanation of the riddle"
 When Princess Maud had retired and the two men were smoking their cigars and drinking their coffee Prince Carl asked Herdebred to open the fateful en- velope.
 You will never know the torment that those words of the Malaga palmist have caused me. Fortunately they were all rubbish Read for yourself"
 Herdebred read:
 | You will have a throne; you will language" --.a,
 You can now understand why I was so upset" said the prince, ''by prophe- sy made to me, mere lad far from my country, by woman who had not the slightest idea who I was.
 You know how I love my brother. No one in the world is dearer to me. Just think, his death alone could cause the fulfillment of the prophecy. For ten years every time my brother Christian was all ing I was a prey to unspeakable an- guish. The words of that fortune teller would recur to me, and the image of my dead brother rise up before me. It was ten years nightmare.
 At length, when by brother married, my fears began to be dissipated: and now that a son and heir, the little Prince Frederick. Is born to him I can laugh at the lies of Dono Dolores de Isla.
 Five years. later, on November. IS, 1905, Prince Carl of Denmark became Haakon VII. of Norway. changing his name with out changing his language!