Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
ALLIES WILL WIN WAR,
PREDICTION OF GYPSY
Fortune Teller. Who Told Kaiser His
Fortune. Predicts Victory Dur
ing Present Year.
SAYS M WILL KILL HIMSELF
Selma smith HAS Read Hands az
King Edward aud Queen Victoria.
( Informed Emperor He Will Never
Sttain Ambition.

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rhc war VII be over this year. ;he
Germans Viii he beaten. and the
Kaiser MIL die by his own hand"
RIA; WAS the declaration made 10
SIC ~ an old Sypsy woman selma
Snl.tn. known An over the unjted
lSias.icm as a fortune teller and who
odd nc Naiser's fortune many years
Ago.
rwen,y-syycn years a7 $ aso selma
was down IN the Vicinity OF W;ndso!
norcst. where ~ the i.;lc one OF the
N'auderyeides stayed. and 10 prove the
nthenticiiy .! her statement, the old
sypsy woman produced personal let
;e, signed by the gentleman in ques-
e t,on
There wa< hunt meeting" said
Selma, ''or something % the kind GO
ing on, AND there Wa = big assembly
: OF aristocracy, My husband neld the
horse OF Prince Christian while told
the prince his fortune. The Prince OF
Wales was there too
"Did ever tell his fortune? Why
.~eefess my soul, sir, told his fortune
3Ss.very time NC met, and that was pretty
IS often. There vas no need TO read his
hand every time. nor was there any
4 need to consult the cards or the
Mscrystai His fine open face told Inc
III all that / wanted to know He was
81 ono Of the best, and may Coo bless his
81 memory.
q And Queen Victoria, too Wasn't
s. She good 'un sir? Read her hand?
y Why certainly. remember one time
y during one OF the big race meetings
n MAS in bed with baby. could hear
the cheering outside, and | knew what
II vas for. | raised myself on the bed
and saw tho royal position drawn by
+. four real beauties coming along. The
carriage pulled UP quite close to our
caravan. and heard the Queen
speaking
"'Are YOU poor or are You rich? she
said TO some one. Two minutes later
two OF my young children came to me
with golden sovereign each. II was
20 them that tho Queen had spoken"
But what about tho kaiser"' in
Gujrcd Of Selma.
"Ah now. there's a brute for YOU
If YOU like, sir As | was saying.
twcniy.scven years ago at that hunt
meeting IN Windsor forest was hailed
III by ono Of my old patrons.
selma he said. here's another
~ "lcn, for YOU looked into the face OF
a man who appeared TO he about thirty.
OOc arm was shorter than the other.
forget which ono IT was. Blu, when
no heard mc called Selma the gypsy
] fortune teller, me tried 10 hide his short
! arm Sat Tor all that, must say tina,
J. tic seemed 10 have "A very plea SAINT face
Al first no WAS not inclined to enter
into the tun OF having his fortune
told \s a matter Of fact, he declined
ut nrst, but after being chaffed "A grca,
he ~ ed poa b.p III
II cannot remember ALI that ! told
lhs man. whom YOU Will recognize AZ
.hc Kaiser, although at the time | did
not know twas the Kaiser. But | knCw
ihat ] told him one two home
truths which he apparently did not like
"Firs; OF all | told him a few Of the
things that had already occurred in his
career. ana then ! went on 10 the
future.
You like England l said, By, YOU
do not like tho people in it. You can
only mount q horse on one side lie
did not seem TO like this remark, as
inferred from the nasty look that came
into hls face. But there was worse 10
follow. From this mans hand | could
IN sec that lie lad great lust for power
N could also see Il, ha, NJ would never
Get what ho vas ..i-ct ana that fate
would deal very unhindiy with HIM N
Tho end.
II did not ;e.! him this in so many
words - near a can remember.
said You have one .v.a, ambition ir
life. but that ambition YOU viii uevel
attain.
"And he never VIII selma declared
pitching her voice high and striking
violently the lttlc wooden shelf tA.,
cd q q So Il (,