The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-25
NEW JOAN OF ARC
FRENCH CHILD CLAIs1s TO BE sue
CIcssoR. A.
She declares That Martyr Maiden
Meets Her Under Trees and
Talks to Her OF Mysterious

Paris, April 24.--Jeanne dare Is APP
pearing to a little girl ten years OF age
and dwelling at orrony. So at least
the child says, as there has naturally
been no witness of the fact. A cor
respondent or The Petit Parisien" In
terested in this strange tale has been
to the place to see the small maiden,
and he describes her as a pretty, in
telligent child. utterly free from any
sort OF training which might infuse
weird fancies into her brain. This is
her story: "one day In July she was
looking after goat In field near her
grandparents dwelling when suddenly
she beheld fash in an old elm tree,
on a branch of which human form
was perched, as she noticed when the
light had died away, and of she ran
in panic to the house. II was only
when she had been pressed with ques-
lions that she related her adventure.
saw the strange figure again, an ex-
Pile. who laughed at her story. When.
about a week afterwards, she plucked
up courage to returK to the spot, she
saw the strange figure again, and ex-
perience which has been repeated any
number of times.
when I first saw the dame" she
told the writer, II was in terrible
fright. and my heart beats violently
WueHcNGE see ucTf again
Does the dame speak to your
he asked. Eyes. This Is what she told
me last year during her second app
partition; Suzanne, a great war is
coming to be followed by cholera, yell
Jaw fever. black fever, and infectious
flies. Rome. Messina, and all that
neighborhood win be swallowed up.
Suzanne. I order you to go and bless
the French nag and the weapons of
war"
That is all she says to you2"-"Yes
sir; she often repeats 1t. have seen
her fifteen times since the beginning
of the year"
Have you questioned the lady?'-
"Yess~I have asked her, Who are your
and she has answered, am Jeanne d.
arc. martyr She goes away after fve
minutes in flash, as she has come.
It is generally about half-past three in
the afternoon that / see her."
"And how is JENNIE d arc dressed Pr
"She Is in armor resembling lead. Her
hair Is parted in the middle, and falls
holds sword, with the point in the
air, and a crown which looks as II it
was made of the teeth of saw. and a
branch Of laurel"
s "And she never speaks to you about
anything e1se?" Yes! but have not
understood"
what is her voice like" was the
final question: Like that of child
rem, shrill," replied the girl. lone
would say that she sings"
The writer visited the elm, but only
saw nerched on the famous branch a
little bird. which seemed to look mock
ingly at him. He ADDS that little Suz-
ammo Is quite natural. and like other
children, and that she describes her
experiences In the simplest and most
unaffected style
But he reminds his readers that II
was in that district that the Maid of
Orleans was captured. that the country
people still retain all sorts of tradi-
tions about her, so the child must have
heard many a thrilling tale about her.
and be more or less familiar with old
prints In which she is portrayed.
From this to some freak OF fancy the
step would not be far. And this is
the practical explanation accepted even
in that rural region. and It Is certain
iy endorsed here.