Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-24
A FELINE PROTECTOR.
He Puts . Brace OF Bold BuxRaAxn
% H0adlon4 Flight

BAoSS "oAACu quietly -tnIOuRn tne
silent streets of Bloomfield, N. J., late
the other night. says the New YorL
Journal. The Bloomfield police force
Of one was asleep on the steps Of the
police headquarters and the merry
burglars had the entire town to them.
selves They walked down Linden av.
enue, with their pockets bristlinR
with jimmies and rafting with skele.
ton keys, till they came to the zinc
house and handsome grounds Of Mr.. N.
b. Adams, one of the society leaders of
the town.
One burglar was stationed near the
front gate to keep sharp lookout for
the Bloomfield police force. The two
other burglars stole through the
grounds to inaudible, slow music, like
burglars in q melodrama. When they
| reached the front porch the cautious
| one flashed dark lantern around the
corners of the house and in the little
poultry yard, the woodshed and the
carriage-house.
al feel relieved" said he, in a fine
whisper; "there is no dog kennel"
This house is just pie" said the
.. other burglar, in delicate whisper.
pie" whispered the first burglar.
''It is an oyster pie, a mince pie and a
George Washington pie, all in one"
Then the jocund burglars made an
end of persilage and went to work
| with professional adroitness and q
right good will. The shutter of one OF
the parlor windows was pried open, the
| window was raised and the cautious
burglar, lifting his eyes to the level OF
the sill, explored the room with his
dark lantern.
The bold burglar climbed through
the window. Then the cautious bur
glar climbed through as softly as q cat
They paused n moment to criticise the
pictures and tapestries by the light OF
their dark lantern nnd cursorily exam
incd the silver ice pitcher to see if il
| was standard metal.
But their business was more i'm
portant than the mere dilettante pur
suit of art and they tip-tocd through
the house. guided by the mellow, gold
en- light of their dark lantern, collect
ing now some rare specimen of the sill
versmith's art and now IN exquisite
vase; finding here a fashionable coat
and there n costly shawl, and cohde
scending at times to pick up n pocket
book which had been loft lying on the
bureau as if of no use to anybody.
The burglars made of their varied
collection two or three neat bundles
which looked us If they might have
come from n dry goods store.
The Adams family were sleeping
TRANQUILITY, but the lynx-eyed family
cat was awake!
"When we sell this" said the bold
Burglar, pointing to the bundles, ''we1
| go to the worlds fair md start a hotel.
~ think Chicago would agree will
my temperament" whispered the eau
tious burglar.
"What quiet night this has"
| He didn't finish the sentence, for n
this moment wild, weird, blood
curdling and appalling yell was heard
The burglars hair stood on end. I
was followed by an, unearthly ant
grcwsomc shricl1. The burglars face
| blanchcd. Then there was sound O
scrambling and of cchoing steps rs
half Il dozen people were running
| downstairs. 1t seemed to the fright
cned burglars as II half tho indignan
citizens of Bloomfield were in the hous
md were about to rush into the room
| bent on vengeance.
Tho burglars dropped their bundles
divcd head-irst through the windoy
and ran panic-stricken for the woods
The wild din was made by tho famil
| cat-a tom cat--who bounded down
stairs ind upstairs with his fur on end
shrielsing and splitting and utterin,
the most frightful yells. He arouse
the entire family. MIR. Adams got II
under the impression that there mus
he dog in the house-he coul
account for the frantic actions of tn
cat on no other hypothesis lie wen
downstairs and found two hundre
dollars worth Of household article
neatly tied up in bundles, just rs tn
burglars had left them.
One of the burglars took ninct
cents from purse and carried it ava
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