The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1893-09-08
A FELINE PROTECTOR
He Puts a Brnco OF Bold Burglars
to Hoadlong Flight
They Wore Having Things All Their Owr
Way until Tommy Roused tho Pam
nv with a Hair; Raising
Racket.

A little coterie Of professional bur
glars walked Quietly through the
silent streets OF bloomfield, n. j., late
the other night, says the New York
Journal The Bloomfield police force
OF ono 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 bristling
with jimmies and rafting with slSelo-
ton keys, till they came To the fine
house and handsome grounds of Mr.. n
II. Adams, one Of the society leaders of
the town.
One burglar was stationed near the
front gate to keep u sharp lookout for
the bloomfield police force The two
other burglars stole through the
grounds TO inaudible, slow music, like
burglars in 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
II feel relieved" said he, In fine
whisper; there is no dog kennel"
This house is just pie" said the
other burglar, in a delicate whisper.
"Piel' whispered the first burglar.
sit is an oyster pic, a minee pie and a
George Washington pie, all in one"
Then the jocuud burglars made an
end OF persiilage and went 10 work
with professional adroitnoss and a
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 10 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 cat.
They paused a moment to criticise the
pictures and tapestries by the light OF
their dark lantern and cursorily exam
ined the silver ice pitcher To see If IL
was standard metal
But THAR business was moro i'm
portant than the nero dilcttante pur-
suit OF art and they tip-tood through
the house, guided by the mellow, gold
en- light Of their dark lantern, collect
ing now some rare specimen of the sill
versmiths art and now an exquisite
vase; finding here fashionable coat
I and there costly shawl, and condo
scending at times 70 pick up pocket
/ book which had been left lying on the
bureau as II of no use to anybody.
The burglars made OF their varied
4 collection two or three neat bundles,
which looked as il they might have
come from a.dry goods store.
The Adams family were sleeping
TRANQUILITY, but the lynx-eyed family
cat was awale
u when we sell this" said the bold
burglar, pointing 10 the bundles, well
60 70 the worlds fair rand start hotel
II think Chicago would agree will
my temperament" whispered the eau
tious burglar.
What a quiet night this has"
lie didn't finish the sentence, for a
this moment wild, weird, blood
curdling and appalling yell was heard
The burglar,' hair stood on end, i
was followed by an unearthly ant
grewsome shrieb The burglars face,
blanched. Then there was a sound O
scrambiing and Of echoing steps as !
half a dozen people were running
downstairs. IL seemed 10 the fright
ened burglars as II half the indignan
citizens Of Bloomfield were in the hous'
} and were about 10 rush into the room
; bent ON vengeance.
The burglars dropped their bundles
Owed head-iirst through the window
and ran panic-strioken for the woods
The wild din was made ny the famil,
cat-a tom cat-who bounded down
stairs and upstairs with his fur on end
shrieking and splitting and utterint
the most frightful yclls. He arouse'
the entire family. Mr. Adams got NJ
under the impression that there mus
be 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 as tn
burglars had left them.
enc Of the burglars took ninet
cents from purse and carried IL ava
with hinL II Is believed that the tire
burglars had 10 walk back 10 NeN
York, Ms ninety cents would be In
sufficient TO pay their earfare.
As the geese saved Rome, so the tor
! cat saved the Adams mansion.