Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-10-06
A NIGHT OF TERROR.

| The following items appeared in the So
siety column Of ,he morning paper Of Man
itou Springs, Colo, on July >:
| ''Mr and Mr-. Harvey .. Trumbull and
daughters are sojourning at tbe MInning
| cottage for the season"
Mrs. Taylor OF Pueblo and her aunt,
Mrs. Tunnciff OF Kansas Iity, are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Trumbull."
BY the middle of the month this gay par
| ty became familiar with the beauties Of the
| surrounding country. Manitou, shielded
from every rough wind, lies nestled among
the mountains like babe in its cradle.
The hangings Of its cradle are in green
and white
Mr.. Trumbull as bookkeeper for the
Hiawatha club Sc
When the financial crisis came, he was
ordered TO drat all the firms money from
The bank and deposit il in the safe OF the
clubhouse This necessitated his sleeping
on "A cot beside the safe with enough am
munit on 90 hold fort.
This unhappy maneuver made the ladies
at the cottage very uneey. Like a flock
Of sheep, each had drawn from the bank her
sccount.
That every burglar in Colorado knew
each home TO be "A small bank, and that
they would he invaded, was fact no one
had the courage 20 refute With no man
h the house, each woman considered IL her
duty TO keep her nerve In a convenient
place for immediate use
Ii would have been well had they further
initiated their money matters and tucked
their nerves under the ash pan.
But Caroline Katherine, the elder daugh-
ter Of Mr.. Trumhull, posed as a brilliant
exception 10 the rest.
why need she be afrsidi" asserted little
Trot Trumbul a. she aud her brother fed
across the hall one morning at . o'clock
from a phantom thief. IF she'd Just throw
her name at "A man. IL would mash him like
a club"
forgot to mention that the cottage was
q double house, and the other half was
empty.
Caroline Katherine slept in the rear room
next TO the EN- ply half of the house. There
was great closet in her room, with win
dow opening upon the porch. Thus the
window OF the closet and the side door Of
the empty house were adjacent Every few
nights the scene was repeated OF Trot and
Mrs. Trumbull fleeing in their robes de mutt
TO the protecting care Of the two old ladies,
or vice versa.
Invariably they would shake Caroline
Katherine and lin syllable fire" announce,
''Some one is in the house sure this timer
And she AS invariably settled herself for
sleep with the remark, at Is nothing,
nothing at all"
But somehow on the night Of July 10
her brave assertion did not produce the
usual sleep
After lying quietly for about two bours
she was suddenly startled by a step on the
porch, quickly followed by what seemed a
knock on a panel OF her closet door. AL
though paralyzed with fear, happy
thought flashed across her mind
When the Others had been prowling
around at half after !, Mrs Taylor spied
the bolt on this very closet and had said
as she slipped it into place, why not lock
thisi"
Knowing the intruder would have tho
door TO break before reaching her, Caroline
Katherine deliberately put on one shoe to
the accompaniment Of two knocks. When
she had the other shoe on and started across
the room as fast as her trembling limbs
would permit she heard sound as Of somA
one bracing himself and giving mighty
shove.
In another minute she was I'm the next
room waking the old ladies with: God
bless you for locking that door Bless youi
Bless your
AS she struck a match mans voice out
side was heard to call "Pardr Then all
was still.
Mrs. Trumbull and Trot Immediately ap-
peared and added their conjectures as to
how many burglars there were, could they
be armed, etc
Old lady Tunniclif took the lamp and
| led them forth To battle-that is, they all
marched in single file iuto the rear room
and looked at the closet door, then hastily
retreated to the music Of Trot falling over
| q chair.
At which all the ladies gave a loud
| "Hushl" IA though the hero of the night
were n corpse.
| At this point Mrs Taylor was seized with
an attack of asthma. She crept back into
bed, and sitting bolstered by pillows
wheezed and coughed enough TO wake the
dead. Caroline Katherine took her chair
and placed 1t In the doorway OF the two
rooms, declaring she would not take her
eyes off that closet door.
ut Is just h. II past g." said Mrs. Trum.
bull from the loot Of the bed. They have
s--u around for two hours"
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