| Show LEO LEOS 18 DEATH PREDICTED A story atory has hai been circulating recent ly in the arese which whether true vr or dot hardly to la calculated to add years to the life of the he present bead of the roman catholic church it la Is said aid that in 1878 when leo XIII no ae ended the papal throne a certain monk prophesied that be was wai to reign twenty year yean the popes pope s health at that time was wai considered delicate and it was wae not generally expected that he be would roald reach the age assigned to him aby the mcak years yean have passed by however and there are now only some Bome left jett of the twenty years yean and althe he prediction Is IB again being remembered it le Is said laid that ten years ago a at was wai made to find out whether the bonk believed in his hia own word A telegram was wae sent bent to the stating that pope leo was waa dead it caused great alarm among the worthy athens fat ber but the monk calmly declared he corsage a fraud because the pope abad ten years yeara more to live it cannot be very pleasant to his bia lio liness to bear such auch stories relating lug to ito his allotted term of life unless he to III exceptionally well fortified the it flue rices of gesO it is atte possible that the were mere repetition dathe of the alleged prediction can under mine dalue his bu health to eboh a degree as to make the he twentieth year ot of his reign the last of his hie life |
