ANOTHER PROPHECY

Evening Star, Issue 24007, 4 October 1941, Page 3

ANOTHER PROPHECY

WHAT AN ENGLISH GIPSY SAYS ABOUT " THE DURATION " A cutting from' an English paper which has been received by a Dunedin citizen from a soldier in the Middle East to whom it was sent from England is interesting in that it sets forth the story of still another prophecy as to the end of the war, the time stated in this case coinciding with that previously mentioned by other prophets. Let ua hope they will all be proved true prophets. The story, the truth of which is vouched for by the paper publishing it, runs as follows: A certain farmer “ somewhere in England ” and worried about the shortage of farm labour, especially in view of the fact that he had some rather important work under way. In the end he hired a. wandering gipsy to help him out. Desiring to make the man as comfortable as possible the farmer gave him the use of a cabin in thp centre of a nearby field as his living quarters. This appeared to please the son of Romany, but his subsequent actions were somewhat mysterious, for that very night he began to remove the furniture from the cabin and carry it into an adjacent field. From a widow the farmer observed this strange performance and, hurrying out, asked the gipsy why he was taking the furniture out of the cabin. “ Well,” replied the man, “ to-night the German planes will come over and will drop bombs. One of the bombs will fall on the cabin and it would be a great pity to waste such fine furniture.” Sure enough the gipsy’s prophecy was fulfilled: That night the cabin was blown to atoms, while the furniture and the gipsy were safe in the next field. On the following morning the farmer approached the gipsy with no little perturbation. “ Are you 'psychic? ” he asked, and the man replied: “ What is that? ” “ Do you see into the future? ” explained the farmer. “ Oh, a little,” said the gipsy. “ Well, can you tell me when the war will end? ” The man hesitated; “I could, but I do not care to tell you,” he answered, and, asked why, he added “ because it would bo bad news for you.” However, the farmer insisted, and eventually persuaded the gipsy to tell him. This was the answer: “ The war will finish three months after you are dead.” The farmer died a fortnight afterwards; “and that, says the newspaper, “ was one month ago.” The cutting bore no date, but as nearly as can be calculated, the issue of the paper from which it was taken would be that of some date in August. Which means that, according to the gipsy prophet, Hitler will be vanquished during the month of November next.