New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-05
The Faithful Doc
+ STORY or DARIRG BUReEARy
BY UNCLE TOBY.

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The Messrs. Herberts kept very extensive ie7gery
establishment in one of our large cities and for the
better security Of their store against fire and other
casualties they employed Of their clerks to sleep
in 1t al ngnB. Inc ldea Of the store being attacked
by robbers was not for moment entertained but IL
for other objects, such security from fire and
the like that young Loring the clerk sept there for
he was not supplied with any weapons to repe an at
tack of thieves Bnt one dark, dreary night he was
awakened by singular noise whicn resenbled that.
which party of burglars might produce in an at-
tempt to enter the building, and, looking towards The
back windows, he soon satisfied himself that one Or
persons endeavoring to enter as quietly as
possible, to effect entrance at that quarter They
had already removed part Of the sash and shutters
with their cunningy devised instruments, and must
have been at work time before he was awakened @
Now young Loring regretted that he had no Fyea -
pom, but not through fear-that not character
lstic OF the young gentleman, but that he might 5.
pepper the rognes little At first he determined to
cry out and arouse the watch, but as they had adj
vanced so far before&he was awake, he thought he
would drive them away by stratagem He slipped
on his clothes quietly. and approaching the spot
where the thieves were busy, he saw the hand OF one
of them passed inside the shutter into the store in
its owners enleavor to guide small handsaw with
which he was cutting an aperture for his body 70 pass
through. ...... ... ..... .. g,'...--
Young Loring felt inclined to chop off the hand
with hatchet that lay hard by but he refraned and
betOught himself Of powerful caustic qitriol and
other penetrating stus that we're used in the testing
of the purity of silver and other metals. One drop
poisonous sore in ten minutes time. He cautiously
dropped little upon the burglars hand and awaited
the result.
':Bill' at length exclaimed the burglar to his COM
rade We got cursed burning on the back of my
hand. It's so sore can hardly work this saw PheWi
how it srnarts! I gnesa I've cut it with the saw.
Hold the dark lantern here @raa sty.5sr--a..n--
|, g Fudge" replied his companion !" change hands
then but don't stop!7' .r -
.Take the saw yourself then! I can't stand this
pain '5'
And while the discounted burglar Withdrew to
Oan over the supposed cut the other took his place
with the saw, and in a moment after received few
drops of the fiery liquid upon the back Of his hand,
and was soon groaning with agony. -ff.
Course this saw! it has cut me, o." groaned the
second thief.
And after sundry oaths being exchanged, until the
first and worst attack Of pain over, they renewed
the attempt to make an entrance. %.r.
The clerk permitted them to go while uninter-
ruptedly, knowing that at any moment he could stop
their efforts by crying out but he hoped to hear some
watchmen passing the front of the store, upon whom
he could call to secure the rOgues and he resolved
wait for this until it would do to wait longer. But
soon the burglars had much enlarged the hole that
they would shortly be able to enter by it themselves.
| Seeing that he must do something to stop them the
clerk crept in the dark closet at side of the
dow. and uttered a low but fierce gro,Ui in imitation
OF dog. Both of the rogues stepped back at this IN
! expected Interruption
! =" Hang it, Bill, there's cursed dog in here did
not know that the Herherts kept one said one to the
other. 'T
"A dog? that's bad. Curse EN- if it was a
man, why, shot of dirk stroke would fix him. but
dog is quite another thing, for if we shoot him he
would be sure to half kill one of us y w
" Bow. WOW, WOW! y cried the clerk with all his
power. as he saw them preparing to resume their
| work.
"Confound the dog y exclaimed both
'Never mind 20 ahead, Bill, and get it onen
now. Ill fix him when we get in
The burglar addressed Bill, thrust his hand in
once more to wrench off the last piece of wood that
obstructed their entrance, when the clerk having
already armed himself with a pair of pincher5,
seized the robbers hand though in vice. ard set
up such an outrageous barking that the whole neigh.
borhood was alarmed.
g For heavens sake Jack, lend me hand here
this cursed animal is biting my hand half off,? said
the burglar to his confederate.
Pull it away-pull it away quick
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Give it jerk said the other
1000 ! can't, murder murder!"
This cry, added to the bellowings of the supposed
dog. soon brought the watch in good earnest. and
the thief, who at liberty to do So run for his life.
The watchnlan's light showed Bill Skies that he
mad been bitten by pair of pinchers.
This is a fact, and occurred in New York city
during the winter of 1871, and Bill Skies served out
his Imprisonment at Blackwells Island.