The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-10-25
THE FAITHFUL DOG.
STORY OF DARING BURGLARY.
BY UNCLE TOBY.

siye jewelry establishment in one Of oul
large cities, and for the better security o
their store against fire and other casualties
they employed one Of their clerks to sleep
in il at night. The idea ofthe stores being
attacked by robbers was not for momen,
entertained, but it was for other objects,
such as security from fire, and the like, tina,
young Loring, the clerk, slept there, for be
was not supplied with any weapons 10 ropel
an attack Of thieves. But one dark, dreary
night he was awakened by singular noise
which resembled that which party ol
burglars might produce in mn attempt to
enter the building, and looking towards the
back windows, he soon satisfied himself
that one or more persons were endeavoring
as quietly as possible, to effect an entrance
at that quarter. They had already re.
moved part Of the sash and shutters with
their cunningly devised Instruments, ind
must have been at work some time before
he was awakened.
Now young Loring regretted that he had
no weapon, bu, not through tear-,hat was
not characteristic of,he young gentleman
but that he might pepper the rogues lit
tie. AT FIRST he determined to cry out and
arouse the watch but as they had advanced
SO far before he was awake, he thought be
would drive them off BY stratagem! He
slipped on his clothes quietly, and approach.
| ing the spot where the thieves were busy,
he saw The hand Of one Of them passed in.
side Of the shutter into the store. in its own.
cr's endeavors to guide small hand saw
with which, he was cutting an aperture fol
his body TO pass through.
AaIng Loring felt inclined to chop off the
hand with small Ratchet that lay hard by
but he reirained, and be,hougbt himself q
powerful preparation Of = caustic vitro
and other penetrating sluns that were usee
in the testing Of the purity of silver and
other metals. Que drop Of this woad en-,
instantly into the flesh and produce a
poisonous sore in ten minutes time. He
cautiously dropped little upon the bur.
glars hand, and awaited the result.
4 Bill al last exclaimed the burglar Il
his comrade, I've got cursed burning or
the back Of my hand It's so sore | car
hardly work this saw Phew how it smarls
] goess I've cut it with the saw. Hold thu
dark lantern here
Fudge. replied his companion, chang
hands then, but don't STOP
take the saw yourself, then! can''
stand this pain"
And while the discounted burglar with
drew to groan over the supposed cut, the
other took his place with the saw, and in |
moment after received few drops Of th'
fiery liquid upon the back Of his hand, an'
was son grooming with agony.
Curse this saw! II has cut me too!
groaned The second thief.
And after sundry oaihs mutually eX
changed, until the FIRST and worst attack o
pain was over, they renewed the attemp
TO make an entrance.
The clerk permitted them to go on I
wh'e unin,errupted!y, knowing that at any
moment he could stop their efforts by crying
out. but he hoped to hear some watchmel
passing the front of the store, upon whom
lie could call TO secure the rogues, and h
resolved 10 wait for this until it would do 4
wait no longer. But soon the burglars hat
so much enlarged the hole that they woule
shortly be able to enter by it themselves.
Seeing that he mus, do something TO stoI
them. the clerk crept in the dark close n
one side OF the window, and uttered low
bnt fierce groul. in in,imation Of dog
Both Of the rognes stepped back at this IN
expected interruption.
Hang il. Bill, there's a cursed dog i,
there. didn't know that the Herbert
keptone,' said one to the other.
| "A dog? lha,'s bad. Curse 'em, il it wa!
n man, why shot or a dirk stroke would
fix him; but dog is another thing, for j
VIC shot him he "a be sure TO half kill one 0
nsr
Bow, WOW, wowr cried the clerk, with
all his power, ms he saw them preparing L
resume their work.
.Confound the dog exclaimed both.
Never mind; 90 head, Bill, and get i
open, now. I'll fix him when we get in
The burglar addressed as Bill. thrust hi
band in once more to wrench Oft tho last
piece Of wood that INSTRUCTED their en-
| tTduGts WueU tue
armed himself with a large pair Of pincers
seized the robbers hand Ms though ina vice
and set up such an outrageous barking thai
the whole neighborhood was alarmed
'For heavens sake, Jack. lend us hand
here; this cursed animal is biting my hand
off said the burglar to his confederate.
Pail it awny-pull il away quick
Icant.'
sGive j, ajerk! said the other.
90 O! can't! murder, murder!'
This cry, added to the believing Of the
supposed dog, soon brought the watch in
good earnest, and the thief, who was a,
liberty to do so, ran for his life.
Tho wa,chman showed Bill Skies that he
had been bitten By a pair Of pincers.
This is fact, and occurred in New York