The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19


tleman in question.
There was a hunt meeting" said
Selma, cor something Of the kind go
ing on, and there was big assembly
of ar4stocracy. My husband held the
the horse of Prince Christian while ]
told the Prince his fortune. The
Prince of Wales was there too.
ibid 1 ever tell his fortune? Why,
bless my soul, sir, told his fortune
'every time we met, and that was
briefly often. There was no need to
read his hand every time, nor was
there any need to consult the cards
or the crystal. His fine open face
told me all that wanted to know. He
was one of the best, and may God
bless his memory.
"And Queen Victoria, too. Wasn't
she a good 'un, sir? Read her hand?
Why, certainly. I remember one
time during one Of the big race meet
ings 1 was in bed with baby. l
could hear the cheering outside, and
knew what it was for. I raised myself
an the bed and saw the Royalartia-
~ drawn by four real big beauties
coming along. The carriage pulled
up quite close to our caravan, and l
heard the Queen speaking.
"Are you poor or are you rich! y
she said to someone. Two minutes
later two of my young children came
to me with a golden sovereign each.
1t was to them that the Quen had
spoken"
What Selma Told the Kaiser
But what of the Kaiser?" 1 in
quired of Selma.
"Ah, now, there's brute for you
If you like it, sir. AS 1 was saying
twenty-seven years ago at that hum
meeting in Windsor Forest 1 was
hailed yone Of my old patrons.
Selma he said, here's another
client for you I looked into the
face of a man who appeared to be
about thirty. One arm was shorter
than the other. forget which one
was. But when he heard me called
Selma, the gypsy fortune-teller, HI
tried to hide his short arm. But fol
all that I must say that he seemed
to have a very pleas face. At frs
he was not inclined to enter into the
fun of having his fortune told. AS
matter of fact, he declined at first
but after being chaffed great dea
he allowed me to read his hand.
ct cannot remember all that tolC
this man, whom you will recognise
as the Kaiser, although at the time
did not know it was the Kaiser. Blu
I know that 1 told him one or tw'
home truths which he APPARENTLY dit
not like.
First of all told him a few O
the things had already occurred in hi
career, and then 1 went on to the fu
ture.
"'You like England said, 'bu
YOU do not like the people in it. Yo'
can only mount a horse on one side
He did not seem to like this remarb
as 1 inferred from the nasty look tina
came into his face. But there wa
worse to follow. From this man
hand 1 could see a great lust 70
power. 1 could also see that he woul
never get what he was after and tina
fate would deal very unkindly wit
him in the end.
81 did not tell him this in so man
words AS near as I can remember
said. You have one great an
bition in life, but that ambition 20
will never attain
"And he never will" Selma de-
clared, pitching her voice high an
striking violently the little woode
shelf that served as a dining-tabl
and dresser in her little caravan.
when 1 had told him about tn
great ambition that he would nevt
attain, the mani nearly said gentl'
man-snatched away his hand ar
called me food.
Its nothing but a lot of rubbish
he declared and walked away.
"But what 1 say is this" went {
the gypsy, "If 1 was only telling hi
a. lot of rubbish, why didn't he emf
the Joke like all the real gentlemt
standing round instead of going {
in a temper? Ny opinion is tn
what 1 was telling him touched
tender spot in his conscience, and
more than anyone else knew he
near to the truth I had come.
you mark my words" the old gy
sy proceeded eloquently; you j.
see if they don't come true"
But what was the great ambtt
of the Kaiser's?" interpolated.
War to End This Year and Kaise
to Take His Life.
'Ah, that don't pretend TO kno
sir At least, I didn't suspect it
the time, but having lived to see WI
1 have seen 1 can only come to
conclusion that even in those far
days the young Kaiser was plotti
to win a world empire. He was
deep 'un, and no error. But if e'
the Kaiser hoped to rule England h
wake up one morning to find Il
he's made a fool of himself. Neitl
he nor any of his Iuns will ever IL
on these shores except as prisone
You mark what I am telling you,
Selma is no witch, but she is
fool"
And how do you know all thi
i've been telling fortunes on
road for 10 years For generate
INV ancestors have done the sal
There are lots of people who look
a gipsies as a queer race. They
gard us as uncanny people. Perh
they are right. haven't been 10
ing into a crystal or reading the ca
70 come TO the conclusions that