Show ad W OW ali adventurers C CLUB H HEADLINES E A D L I 1 N E S FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF Fl 1 da A doss dogs premonition by FLOYD GIBBONS famous headline hunter H HELLO ELLO EVERYBODY do animals possess second sight I 1 mean do they the because they are closer to nature receive mysterious advance warnings of evil that fail to touch our less sensitive consciousness sometimes it seems that way A california friend of mine had a pet cat one day a few years ago the cat suddenly jumped on his lap the picture of terror her fur was standing on end and she meowed excitedly and buried her head in her masters coat he cleaned leaned over surprised at her strange ac eions to see what was ile the matter and the next minute over went the chair man and cat in a heap an earthquake had struck that part of the pacific coast and the cat he is convinced received advance warning all of which brings us to adventurer john W herbst of flushing L I 1 john has a dog who acted strangely on a certain day da in april 1933 john has good reason to remember that day the twenty fourth because he lost his right hand in an accident that almost took his life johns dog is a shepherd named pal and what a john was a railroad conductor in those days and balwas paiwas his pal every night john says when he was ready to go to work pal would come to him with his rubber ball and drop it in his masters hand band to be put away in a drawer then pal would shake hands with his master dog go through his tricks t every morning when john returned the dog would be waiting I 1 for him joyously pal would take the morning paper up to the house and then sit up and bark before the drawer until john gave him his bis ball this john says had bad been going on daily for foi years but on the night of april 24 1933 as john kissed his wife and started for work as usual pal was not up to his usual tricks he paid no attention to the ake rebber rubber ball and instead of offering his paw sat glumly re lit W A 0 i 4 1 pal shake hands 1 1 garding his master with downcast looks this was a new one on john and it puzzled him john was puzzled still more when as he started down the stairs the dog took hold of the lei of his overalls and PULLED HIM BACK 1 I patted him on the head john writes and tried to shake hands with him but he be kicked up a fuss of barking and crying and when I 1 pushed him away he again caught hold of my leg johns wife thought it a warning women are more sensitive than men to things bordering on the occult and johns wife was no exception she immediately took pals actions to be a warning and asked her husband to stay home that day but john laughed at the idea and promising to be careful went to work he wishes now he had listened to what he is convinced was a real warning A few hours later john was taking his freight train out of long island city he gave the starting signal to the engineer and swung on board As the cars started to move john heard the sound of a brake scraping and locating the car he climbed aboard and just as he released the set brake fate put a stop to his railroad career lost his hand and almost his life the brake chain snapped john slipped and fell under the train he be saw the wheels coming too late his hand hurt him terribly and the next second be was lying on the roadbed holding the bleeding stump of his bis severed right hand followed Foil owed months in the hospital blood poisoning set in and johns weight went from pounds to 92 back home pal was disconsolate the dog had not been taken to see his master but still he seemed to know the rubber ball lay unheeded on the floor instead he guarded and nursed johns working cap that had been brought to him finally on july I 1 john came home pal was so excited that they had to tie him up for fear that he would hurt his still invalid master after a while they let him go and the do dog surprised every one by his actions instead of jumping all over john he approached pro ached his bis idol gently he sniffed the bandage and licked johns remaining baud band pal now a sober guardian and from that day john says the character of pal changed instead of the playful pal of other days he now became a sober watchdog and nd lookup took up a tireless vigil at his sick masters side no one can touch me to this day john ends it seems as though pal blames himself for letting me go to work that april day and now thinks it his duty to protect me as long as I 1 have only one hand youre right john what an experience and what a dog scientists I 1 suppose would say it is impossible tor for a dog or any animal to give such a warning as pal did they would use a lot of big words proving their contention too maybe right I 1 dont know AU ali I 1 know is THESE THINGS DO HAPPEN 1 copyright service |