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Show .J J . 1 1CI fr _ I Adventurers ' CI Club Club'Too b bi i M xa a 0 0"Too 'Too Too "Too " ' Much illuch Courage " " ' By FLOYD rLOYD PLOYD GIBBONSramous GIBBONSramous GIBBONS GIBBONSFamous Famous ramous Headline eadhne Hunter . COMETIMES Or.IETlr.ICS OrIETlr.ICS OrIETlrICS OMETIMES Or.IETlr.ICSIt's OMETIMESit's . . : it's its ' a fine thing thmg , boys and S SOr.IETlr.ICS SOMETIMES girls , to have one of ofthose ofthose of- of ofthose * - ' those cast-iron cast iron - , copperplatednel copperplatednet copper-plated copper plated - - nel net ncivous vous votes systems that don't dont don'tget don'tget don'tget dontget ' get all allm allin in m a jitter fitter the minute something somet1ung happens . , Steeplejacks SteepleJad.s SteepleJads . . have them-and them and them - and so ha\ ha hay ha\e ha e hae \ e a structural ironwork ironworl-- ironworl ironwork- ironworkers ironworlers - . - ers who spendmost spend most of their working workmg day twenty stories above abovethe abovethe abovethe the street , balanced on a ten-inch ten inch ten-111ch 111ch - - iron beam , playing baseball baseballwith baseballwith wIth wIthred red hot rivets ' I'v Iv ' , ah\ ah ahays altisays \ ays sort ofenvIed of envied birds like thit th'lt thlt that ' for fortheIr fortheir fortheir theIr courage courageAnd And again , . at times , ' I've Ive ' been gild ghd glad I don't dont ' have nerves nerveslike nerveslike IJke like theirs . After all , our ner\cs ner cs nerves nen \ cs are about the best warn warn- warning warning . - ing mg happensto signals we have-and have and have - - and y 5011 ou know what usually happens to the guy who wbo doesn't doesnt ' pay any attention aUcnbon to the slgns signs signs.Take signsTake . Take the case of Bill Woods , for Instance-Wlll1am Instance Wlll1am instance-William William instance - William H Woods of ofBrooklyn ofBrooklyn ofBrooklyn Brooklyn , N Y . B1llIsn't B1llIsnt Bill isn't isnt ' an ironworker , but he's hes ' got an ironwork ironwork- ironworker's ironworker's . - er's ers ' nerve Put him hlm in m a burning building bUlldmg , and my guess is that thathe thathe thathe he wouldn't wouldnt ' begin begm to get excited about it until untll the fire actually be- be began began be began - gan creeping creepmg up his hlS coat tails talls ' I'm Im ' ) judging Judgmg udgmg him now from the way wayhe wayhe wayhe he acted in m that restaurant in m Brooklyn on April Apnl 30 , 1934This 1934This 1934 1934This This Adventure Starts Witha With a Cup of Coffee Coffee.It's Coffee.Its CoffeeIts . It's Its ' quite a story , . boys and glrls-a glrls a girls-a girls girls - a story that starts out with wlth a awalkmg awalking awalking walkmg walking tour through the streets of Brooklyn Bill B1l1 and his fnend friend friendChailey , Challey Chailey Young , had been taking an evening evenmg stroll , and eleven eleveno'clock eleveno'clock eleveno'clock elevenoclock o'clock oclock ' found them at Boro Hall park Chailey Challey suggested that they theydrop theydrop drop into mto a cafetena cafete1l3 cafeteria for a cup of coffee before they hit h1t the hay hayBlll hayBill hayBill Blll Bill agreed , and they crossed the streetThcy streetThey street streetThey They Thcy went into mto the cifeteria cLeeterla cafeteria , . took their checks from the themachine themachine machIne at the door and went over to the long counter counter.They counterThey . They ordered coffee , . and the counterman turned to get It it.But itBut . But no sooner had he turned than he swung : back towardthe toward towardthe towardthe the door and said : "What's Whats " ' the matter over there there"That's thereThats ? " That's Thats ' the first intimation mtImatIon Bill Blll and Charley had that anything anythingwas anythingwas anythingwas was wrong They looked m in the direction m in which whlch the counterman countermanwas was staring starmg Several men were scuffling scufflmg over near the door dObr . Then Thensuddenly , suddenly from the center of that milling mlllmg group came the sound of ofa ofa ofa a shotBedlam shot ' Bedlam Breaks Loose in Cafeteria Cafetena Following Shots . "In In " the moment that immediately unmedlately followed , " says Bill B1ll , "no no " one onestIrred onestirred onestirred stIrred Everyone in the place had stopped eating eatmg and all eyes eyeswere eyeswere eyeswere were turned toward the door . . That moment of indecision mdeclslOn didn'tr didn'tJl didn't didnt didn'tThe ' r --Jl Jl - - I JlI f fa a ; . J Jli li lio liIII o . III , l l lI lN lr / ii/i ii i / I N r I yl ylThe The Man Fell Over Backwards and Was Still ShIl . last long , . however , for suddenly another shot rang out , loud and anddeafening anddeafening deafenmg deafening in m that enclosed space . No one knew what had happened happenedbut , but you couldn't couldnt ' mistake mlstake that sound " . At that second shot , bedlam broke loose in the cafe cafe- cafetena cafeteria cafetena - tena teria . Women screamed . Men jumped op up from their seats seats.Tables seatsTables . Tables were overturned . Everyone thought of just one thmg thing thinand ? , and that was getting gettmg under cover . Everyone was runningabout running runningabout runningabout about m in frantic haste to get a door between them and that thatrevolvereveryone thatrevolvereveryone thatrevolver revolver-everyone revolver everyone - everyone , that is , but B Bill l Woods . In all the hulla hulla- hullabaloo hullabaloo hullabaloo - baloo he alone kept his IDS head . And it nearly cost him hnn bun IDS his IDSllle hislife hislife llle life . BIUlooked Bill looked around for Charley . He was gone-eVldently gone eVldently gone-evidently evidently gone - - evidently into mto a amllhng amilling amilling mllhng milling crowd of people who had run toward the back of the cafe cafe- cafeterm cafeteria cafeteria - - teria term and were trying trymg to crowd into mto the washrooms . Those who whoweren't whoweren't whoweren't whowerent weren't werent ' there were crawling on their hands and knees , . trying trymg to toget toget toget get under a table Bill noticed that and decided deClded to get under cover coverhunself coverhimself coverhimself hunself himself . . There was a radiator with wlth a screened grill m in front of lum hug lumand hugand himand and he dropped down behind that . . There followed a brief sllence silence sllencepunctuated silencepunctuated silencepunctuated punctuated only by the sounds of struggling strugghng men , then another shot shotreverberated shotreverberated shotreverberated reverberated through the room . That was when Bill's Bills ' ' curiosity and andhIS andhis andhis hIS nerve got the better of his common sense . He stood up to take takea a look . Bill Made a Fine Target for the tbe Man With the Gun . Over by the door . , a man , gun in m hand , was standing standmg , back up upagamst upagainst upagainst agamst against the cashier's cashiers ' counter , while half a dozen younger men trIed trIedI trIedto triedto triedto I to wrestle the gun away from ! him urn . "One One " of the younger men , " says saysBIll saysBill saysBill BIll , "picked picked " up a heavy sugar container contamer and hit Jut the older man over overthe overthe overthe the head . I saw the glass break and the sugar scatter over the floorbut floor , . but the man with wlth the gun seemed mvmcible mvmclble invincible . , They couldn't couldnt ' beat bun hug hugdown bundown mmdown down . They were too many for him rum m in the end , though , and finally finallyhe finallyhe finallyhe he fell behind be1und the cashier's cashiers cashler's cashlers ' desk And then , . thinking thmkmg all nll danger was waspast waspast waspast past , I walked over to the counter . " . " ' Bill Blll walked over until he was within Wlthm ten feet of the fallen fallenman fallenman fallenman man when , to his amazement , the man started to sit up up.The upThe . The gun , still shIl m 10 in his Ills hand , rose until it pointed straight at atBill's atBill's atBill's atBills Bill's Bills ' midriff mldrLfl . Too late , Bill began to wish he'd hed ' lecn been one of ofthose ofthose ofthose those nervous individuals mdIvIduals who bad had taken refuge in the thewashroom thewashroom thewashroom washroom . He stood petrmed-afrald petrmed afrald petrified-afraid petrified afraid petrified - afraid to move . . He drew m in a deep breath breathand breathand breathand and waited walted to feel the bullet bite into mto his us ! flesh . , At that distance , the theman theman theman man on the floor couldn't couldnt ' miss . Timely Arrival of Copper Saves Bill's Bills ' ' Life . Then , the only thing thmg that could save Bill's Bills BM's BMs ' l life e happened happened.Through happenedThrough . , Through the restaurant door came a police sergeant with wlth a drawn drawnpIstol drawnpistol drawnpistol pIstol . He got the situation sItuabon at a glance , . took deliberate dehberate aim nun at the theman theman theman man with the gun , . and shot him 111m through the stomach . That was the theend theend theend end . , The man tell fell over backwards and was stilL st1lL sti1L A red . circle of ofblood ofblood ofblood blood slowly widened beneath ! him urn . More policemen pol1ccmen came . They began asking askmg qnestioos.The qnestioosThe questiovs questions . The cashier of the restaurant had bad been creased over one oneear oneear oneear ear by a bullet , and one young man , shot through the theshoulder theshoulder theshoulder shoulder , was leaning leanmg against the counter , trying trymg to staunch staunchthe staunchthe staunchthe the flow of blood . They told the story . , The man with wlth the gun , they said , . had boen been boendrunk beendrunk boondrunk drunk . He had walked over to a table and accused another man of oflaughIng oflaughing oflaughing laughIng at him hun . An argument started and the drunk drew a gun gunThat gunThat gunThat That was when Old Lady Adventure stepped m in and started shakmg shaking shakingup shakmgup up thrill cocktaI1s-one cocktaI1s one cocktails-one cocktails cocktails - - one for everybody m in the house , and a deady deadly deadyone deadlyone deadlyone } one for the man with wlth the gunWNU gunWNU gun gunWNU . . -WNU WNU @ ( } - -WNU WNU --WNU - - - Service |