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Show LEGEND OF CENTURIES AGO BMGS HEIR TO SCOTSMAN s Family Has Faith in Ancient Prophesy Proph-esy and Follows Instructions of Witch. Kingskerswell, Devonshire. Eng. Witches or their curses, are still taken seriously by some people here. Recently, the Instructions ot a witch reputed to have been burned at the stake more than 2(H) years ago were followed by an old Scotch family anxious for aii heir. This was revealed by an announcement an-nouncement of the birth of a sou to Capt. and Mrs. David H. Graeme of Alienithveti, Perthshire, at Fludor house, Kingskerswell, South Devonshire. Devon-shire. The announcement con eluded with the strange statement "Dictum of Witch of M nzie." The pictures(iie tale of a simple belief in an old superstition was explained by Captain Graeme. "This is tlie legend of the witch of Monzie," he said. "Some time early In the Eight eenih century a woman reputed to be the witch of Monzie, In pe,-ih shire, was burnt n! the stake. While she was burning she cursed the people peo-ple of Monzie, who had ordered her fate. "At that "moment she saw n Graeme of Inchbrackie. who had come In an endeavor to suve her. ! She was wearing a necklace, and she managed to seize a stone from it in her mouth. She spat the stone at the Graeme, crying out that ns ! long. as the stone was kept in l"l'ii- '. brackie, and a member of the family fam-ily lived there an heir would be born to them. "Some 40 years ago it happened that the property was sold hy tbe family, and the stone, whlch was set in a ring, went to a lawyer's ol-tice ol-tice In Edinburgh. Since thai tune no direct heir has been born. 1 last head of the family, my fathers llrst cousin, died childless a fev years ago. My father Is dead a"u mv brother died without Issue- "Sonie'little time ago I was ante to acquire a small portion ' ",e old property at Aberuthvcn. close to Inchbrackie. on which is n ho"e-Lately ho"e-Lately I was able to obtain possession pos-session of tlie ring. Being 'I'l-tish, 'I'l-tish, I have faith in these legends-1 legends-1 was anxious to have an heir. so I took the stone to AhenlHJ and there buried It under te bouse. -m I "The legend has come true. A sc ( und heir has been bmn to me. , |