: Her parents, although billionaires, were ultra-superstitious and
: were active in the American Psychic movement. While still a
: baby; Marguerite was blamed by a gypsy for the tragic February
: 19th, 1884 tornado outbreak that killed 800 people from Canada
: to the Gulf Coast.
: Her grandfather whisked her away to his plantation in the Boer Republic of Orange Free State in what is now South Africa. This was to save Marguerite's life.
: She was taught to shoot revolver, rifle, and automatic. Her skill
: with firearms was such that she killed thirty Xhosa raiders in one battle alone. On another occasion, she personally executed
: an Arab slave raiding band's ENTIRE royal family as an example to those who raided the black Zulu Tribesmen; who were her loyal
: friends and frequent hunting companions.
: A private tutor was her schooling. In 1896, a U.S. law court declared her natural parents to be criminally insane and ordered that Marguerite alone be given her parents' vast fortune. Her parents died in a private mental facility in 1907.
: Marguerite proved to be a whiz at financial stocks. She also
: set up free modern medical clinics for the local poor of all races-as well as giving Mausers and auto-pistols to the poor
: locals so that they could better defend themselves against outlaws of all kinds.
: Amidst this happy life came the Boer War of 1899-1902. Marguerite
: had just married a local Afrikaner, Willem DeBoer, when a band of renegade English settlers attacked her grandfather's plantation.
: Her husband and family were slaughtered and the plantation was torched. Bad mistake. Her wealth was intact. With it, her vengeance against the British Empire was wrought. Her activities
: here included the dynamiting of a troop train that killed 1200
: British regulars of the elite "Black Watch" unit.
: Marguerite even put a contract out on Queen Victoria's life. Only
: her 1901 death prevented Her Majesy's assassination.
: In 1902, the Boers surrendered. Marguerite simply shot a British messenger and stole his motorcycle and rode it to German Southwest Africa; where she allied herself with General Lettow Von Vorbeck.
: Her plan was simple: A superwar with Germany and the United States vs. the Allies. To that end she played a double role: using her vast fortune; she establihed free medical clinics all over the British, Russian, Japanese, and French Empires. She also monitored, with Hans Dressler posing as her husband, the colonial
: military activities of these empires and reported them to German Intelligence.
: But the Kaiser's stupidity caused war to erupt prematurely in 1914. Marguerite was an adept spy and terrorist... However, the Easter Uprising of 1916 in Ireland back-fired badly. Hans Dressler
: escaped by hopping a frieghter to then neutral Spain where he caught a train to Switzerland and then back to Germany. He transferred to the German Flying Corps where he served as a fighter pilot until the war ended. He then joined a secret German faction in the Azores dedicated to a new Reich.
: Marguerite, meanwhile, moved to the neutral America. When the U.S.
: entered WWI; she raised money for the war effort and won much praise for fighting for veterans' medical benefits.
: Marguerite paid off the British with $500 million to avoid prosecution for her various misdeeds. The cash-strapped U.K. accepted.
: On December 5th, 1918, Marguerite was granted a full pardon.
: To rebuild her fortune-still very vast-Marguerite joined the Challenger-Summerlee expidition to find a "Lost World"...
: Well, what do you think?
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