The herald., 1917-07-05

70 lc ,Ay n,>, preserved: uuy can
even see the v.1 fireplace. where the
Ta~cAor c"oh prepared her delicious
creole coucoc,luu~.
Local tradition has it that il was
yu-u- Jo~,IAiLr'S cG~r"m To- daily h"-
take hers II. accompanied 10y faithful
old negro "mammy' go "a certain pool
un d.. property ,o indulge in IL hath IN
'Ar r,|rr~aa- waters ut "a l.miId riNu-
let. This 'H@u-y.' named Luphrnia,
Was @n cid tmilt slave, and WAS gen
orally credited a. being prophecies
If Iu mean order. II seems u have
been her custom To- allow herself 70 "a
into sort uf rance. and 10 then re-
veal future happenings. Josephine,
brought up with all the ideas and su-
pcrstitiuEs of the creole child, which
from its birth aSsimilatcs all sorts or
African folklore, due to its constant
association with negro slaves and serv-
itors, wus far from SOOTHING at her
nurses revelations and constantly
lived in the hope that she also might
some day be- the subject of EupEemia's
prophecies.
Prophecy OF Euphemia.
II seems that Euphcmia, however, N"
matter how easily she revealed the flu
ture of other people, seems To have
possessed a strange reticenCe about
JoSephincs fate. And IL was not until
the beautiful young creole had reached
the age Of fifteen years that the old
NANNY" could bc made to speak on
this subject. One day, while seated
/ under the shade Of u giant mango
/ tree. near the pool where Josephine
took her daily bath. guarded by her
faithful Scryant-thc visitor to La
Pugcrie is still shown the gigantic
tree and the shaded pool where these
events took plaCc-Euphcmia's eyes
! took on the fur-away look that always
/ preceded her prophecies, and she
/ spoke:
You will he married TO man OF
/ fair complexion. intended TO be the
| husband Of another of your family.
! The young lady whose place you are
] Culltu III III Will nol I'VE IOHS. lOuT
star promises you two marriages.
/ Your first husband will be q man born
/ In Martinique, but he will reside In
Europe and wear a sword he will en-
! JOY some moments of good fortune. A
sad legal proceeding will separate you
from him, and, after many great
troubles which are to befall the king
! dom of the Franks. he will perish trag-
| ically and leave you a widow with two
helpless children. Your second hus-
| band Will be Of an olive complexion, of
European birth; without fortune, yet
he will become famous; he will fill the
world with his glory. and will subject
great many nations To his power
/ You will then become an eminent wOm-
/ an and possess Il supreme dignity; but
many people will forget your kind
nesSeS. After having astonishcd the
. world, you will die miserabIy. The
country in which what | foretell will
happen forms a part of Celtic Gaul;
and more than once, in the midst of
! your prosperity, you will regret the
happy and the peaceful life you led
in the colony. AT the moment you
shall quit IL (but not foreyer) d prod
ICY will appear In the air-tnis will be
the first harbinger OF your astonishing
destiny"
How true this prophecy became is,
Of course. well known.
The third Napoleon, son Of HOrtensU
! L
grandson of Josephine. made some few
efforts during his turbulent reign TO
preserve the memory of the Tascher
family. He had Il tombstone erected
In the church of the small village of
Trois Islets to pcrpetuate the memory
Of Madame Tascher, his great grand
mother.