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Show d GIBBONSd y GIBBONSy FLOYD GIBBONS GIBBONSi GIBBONSv \v v \ i Adventurers7 Adventurers 1Adventurers 1 ' Club ClubH Clubr H D V . - I I"She r F3Y / 4t 4tx x R/vy R vy Rvyf Rvy"She / f "She She " Had lIad lIada Hada a Hunch " By FLOYD GIBBONS GIBBONSFamous GIBBONSFamous GIBBONSFamous Famous Headline Hunter . DO iii TT : : O 0 YOU believe bclIeve in m hunches ? I don't dont ' know whether I do or ornot ornot or-1 or 1 - ' not One I do know is that thing thmg there is is certainly no noearthly noearthly noearthly earthly reason why a hunch hunchshould should be an indication of futureevents future futureevents futureevents events , but ' I'll Ill ' be doggonedIf doggoned if they don't dont ' do that very thmg thing thmgfIght thingright thingright fIght right alongHIstorians alongHistorians along alongHistorians Historians tell us that Napoleon Napole.on . worked worhed on hunches . . . It If he had a ahunch ahunch ahunch hunch thit tb'lt tblt that ' things \ vveren sseren eren t going ju.t jut just . * . right before a battle he would retreat retreatand retreatand retreatand and attick att'lck attlck attack ' another d'l dl div des ' \ , , and e\ e every eery \ ery schoolboy kno knows " s with what uncanny uncannysuccess uncannysuccess success He nis " s 'lS lS is ' superstitious , too , which sshleh \ \ bleh Is unusual In a roan man so IntelIIgcnt Intel IntelIIgent Intelligent IIgent ligent , but It \ worked tsorked orked out all alll right for him Here's Heres IIere's IIeres ' an example e"Cample eCample etample " : : Once , at the height of his power , a big celebration was being beinggIven beinggiven beinggiven gIven In the emperor's emperors ' honor . A special wooden pavilion had been beenbuilt beenbuilt beenbuilt built In the palace gardens to hold the big crowd . Nap started startedwith startedwith startedwith with a group of retainers to walk over to the gaily decorated hallwhere hall hallwhere hallwhere where the guests v/ere v ere were / already awaiting his grand entry . The Theemperor Theemperor Theemperor emperor was In a Jovial mood and he hurried along with swift swiftfirm , firm steps Suddenly he stopped and a worried frown came over overthe overthe overthe the imperial foreheadThe foreheadThe forehead foreheadThe The procession halted with him to a man mln ! They looked to see what whathad whathad whathad had caused the great conqueror's conquerors ' anxiety anxletv : and then thcn smiled as they Uley trey siw s\\V s V s'tw stw ' \ ' \ II a IItiny atiny atiny tiny black cat piss p'tSs ptSs ' directly In front of himEmperor him himEmperor Emperor Orders Return to Palace . But Butapoleon Isapoleon \apoleon apoleon Aapoleon ! \ didn't didnt ' ' smile He snapped out an order and turningright turnIng turnIngrIght turningright rIght about face retnced retl'lced retllced retilcetl ' his steps to the > palace"We palace"We palace palace"We "We We " shall start allover alt all over again , " the emperor said , an and i < the therC'st therest therest rC'st rCst rest ' obeyed the man who held the world In the palm of his hand handSome handSome handSome Some of the courtiers sneered secretly behind his back . . Others Otherssmiled Otherssmiled Otherssmiled smiled broadly at the Man of Destiny , Influenced by a black cat catcrossing catcrossing catcrossing crossing his path I ! All said that the delay would hurt his well- well welltimed welltimed well.timed welltimed . - timed dramatic entrance Napoleon said nothingAs nothing nothingAs nothingAs As the return trip brought the procession proce'lslon procelslon ' to the spot where the cat cathad cathad catbad had passed some twentv twenty minutes mmutes before , . the courtiers \ were cre still stllI smlllng- smlllng smiling- smiling smlllngbehInd smilingbehind smiling smilingbehind - behind the emperors emperor s back-at back at back - at this strange stranoe stranbe whim wbim But their smiles , before beforethey beforethey beforethey they had bad gone many steps changed suddenly to gasps of horror borror . Crowded Hall Turned Into Shambles . Ihe Zhe he brightly lighted pavilion pavlJlon blew up before their very eyes ' A ter terrific . rific rifle explosion eploslOn eeplosion . : sliittered sh'lttertd shlttertd sli'ittercd sliittercd ' ' the night and turned the cro\\ cro crowded croded \ ded hall Into a ashambles ashamblesI ashambles shambles shamblesI 1 I Wounded and blinded unfortunates , screiming scre'lmlng screlmlng scre'iming ' ' " with "Ith Ith sslth pain fought foughttheIr foughttheir foughttheir theIr wa wai way to the gardens leaving hundreds of or dead behind them ' Napoleon soon had the story A bomb-timed bomb timed bomb--timed bomb - - - timed for his entrancehad entrancehad entrance -had had - had exploded directly beneath the thronel throne ! Ten minutes earlierand earlierand earlier earlierand and the bomb would have found its markA markA mark markA A cat-or cat or catoras cat - or was \\as as ssas \ it a hunch-had hunch had hunch - had changed the history of the world An All Anthat Allthat Allthat that , bos boys bo ) s and girls brings us to Mrs Jack Cantwell of Brooklyn Droohlyn , N Y Y.Mrs YMrs . Mrs Cant Cantwell " eJJ had a n hunch and like \ Isapoleon l\apoleon l apoleon , apoleon she pIa placed played ) ed It to sslnTries \ win ssln winTries In Tries to Deliver "Surprise Surprise " Gift . " In May of 1919 lOW , Mrs Cantwell s'tys stys sivs s\s s ' \ ' ) , , she and her husband moved 1nto Into 1ntoher Intoher Intoher her sister's sisters ' home at 154 East Sixty SIty " { sixth street street , , to take care of the house housewhile housewhile housewhile while her sister was on a trip to Europe Iurope : . . . Her sister hid h'ld hld ' many articles articlesof articlesof of value In her home that she didn dldn t wish to leave unguarded unguardedOne unguardedOne unguardedOne One evening the doorbell rang and Mrs Cantwell went to the thedoor thedoor thedoor door to be greeted by a delivery man A truck stood In front of ofthe ofthe ofthe the house and the man announced that they had a piano to de- de deliver deliver dc.liver dcliver - . - liver He explained that the piano was a surprise gift for her hersister hersister hersister sister . , . Well WeB 1Vell . , that sounded reasonable , but Mrs Cantwell had a hunch She Sherefused Sherefused Sherefused refused to accept the piano The man Insisted that ! It t be delivered , say say- sayIng saying - . ing tllereV3S there tllere \ was \V3S V3S no mistake and It had been paid for He had bad the tbe right name nameMrs I IY Iof Y of l lMrs Mrs . Cantwell Refused to Accept the Piano . and address and nnd It " wasn "asn asn t fair , he be said , to cause the workmen wor.men wormen ! . to make male a areturn areturn areturn return trip The piano . , In a big wooden crate cohered co\ereu co ereu covered \ with burlap stood stoodon stoodon stoodon on the side sidewalk " alk ready to be moved In . Hunch Saves Family From Burglars . . Mr Cantwell came to the door . He couldn't couldnt ' see why wby the piano shouldn't shouldnt shouldn'tbe shouldntbe ' be moved In and said so But \ Mrs l\Irs l Irs Cantwell " was "as as working worllng on that bunch hunch hunch3f bunchf hunchf ) f hers and said she wouldn't wouldnt ' allow It In the house bouse without a written or- or oreIer order or order - der eIer from [ rom her sister . That ended the whole thing so far as the Cantwclls Cantwells were con- con concerned con.cerned concerned . - cerned Back they went to their waiting dinner , wondering If they theyhadn't theyhadn't theyhadn't theyhadnt hadn't hadnt ' made a mistake In refusing the piano Mrs Cantwell ad ad.mils admils . mlts mits that she didn't didnt ' have a leg to stand on when It cam came to ex explaining . plaining plalnmg why she did not want the instrument in the house She Shehad Shehad Shehad had no dislike for piano music All she had was a hunch but , as asI asIt asit asIt It turned out , . that was plenty . I Nothing further happened that night to destroy the harmony of the theCantweIJs theCantwells theCantwclls CantweIJs Cantwells domiciled In sIster sisters s house . . The couple slept the tbe sleep of the thejust theJust , just , but the next nest morning at breikfast bre'lUast brelUast bre'tkfast bretkfast ' ' the piano pisno Incident Inddent smacked themin them themIin themIn Iin in the face tace again like a squirting grapefrult grapetrult grapefruit . . The smack came out of thIs thIshtadllne thisheadline thisheadline htadllne headline on the front pa page e of their morning newspaper : BURGLARS BURGLAflS 'BURGLARS , ' INT : ENTER fl HOUSE IN PIANO BOX BOX1 I " Clever Ruse Used by Thugs . Mr . Cant\\ Cant Cantwell Cantell \ ell read the article out loud The thievei thieve thleveq " . , the paper saId said said.had saidhad , . , had gained entrance to a house by the ruse of at delivering a piano plana . In Inthe Inthe Inthe the piano C1sens cise C1se case \ was \\ns ns as concealed one of ot their number . The box was left that thatevening thatevening thatevening evening at the home of the victims and nnd the tbe man had the entire enUre night In Inwhich Inwhich Inwhich which to ride rIfle the place . . . Well , what have you got to say about hunches , nowf nowt nowfC nowttpWNU nowTO C > - tp-WNU tp WNU } - TTNU WNU S S.nlce Snlce Senica . rrlM - |
