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A Big Cat Drove The Burglars.

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1We have known a very small cat to
drive q very large dog out of the store
and have heard of a burglar being
driven away by dropping cat on his
head when he was trying to get in a
window, but never read of case be-
fore like this.---Editor.
A Denver correspondent of the "St.
Louis Globe Democrat" writes as
follOws:---
An old lady living alone in a large
and dreary house in the western sub.
urbs of this city has just told the
neighbOrs of all attempt to burglarise
her house, and the marvellous manner
in which the attempt was thwarted.
She Is we'll known to have consider
able money, as the income from her
property exceeds her expenses; and as
she has horror of banks, it is the
general impression that she keeps the
the money about the house. She is
quite alone, except for a servant
woman who comes in the morning
and does the work, returning to her
home at night. She is always follow.
ed by an enormous cat, brindle and
white, rejoicing in the name of Dot.
He weighs at least sixteen pounds,
and attracts great deal of attention
on account of his size, but allows no
one TO touch him but his mistress.
On several occasions when the dogs
have strayed into the premises Dot
has attacted them and sent them
bowling and bleeding from the place.
Last "Wednesday night" she says
81 wasn't feeling well and went To
bed as soon as the servant left. l sleep
upstairs in the south room. Before
going to bed went all around below
stairs and fastened every door and
window, just as always do: Dot
was sleeping on my bed, just as he al
ways has done all his life. In the
night was awakened by sudden
motion he made, and found when |
put my hand on him that he had rails
ed his mead and was listening, tremb-
ling all over, he was so nervous. L
thought he heard rat, and was about
to go TO sleep again when he sprang to
his feet and stood beside me, growing
very low. Then I listened and dis
tinctly heard footsteps creeping up the
stairs. l was so frightened that a
smothering sensation came over me.
IL all the yeals l have lived there
alone such a thing had never happened.
could hear the footsteps come up TO
the top of the stairs, and then hand
went feeling along the wall for the
door of my room. Directly he found
the door, and then the hand went feel
ing for the latch, and having found
it, turned it and the door opened. |
knew we'll enough what was going
on, but I could not move or even
scream. T just lay there as though L
were dead. heard the feet begin to
move across the floor toward my bed (,
and soon he was touching the bed.
Just at that moment Dot made an aw-
ful leap, and | am sure he must have
landed square on that mans head, for
of all the wild yells that ever came
from mortals throat that was worse.
Dick! Dick come an help; the
DEVILS got mep he screamed, and
ran for the door. Dot jumped off,. but
the man must have been blinded with
blood, for he missed his footing at the
top and fell down the whole flight OF
stairs. At the bottom Dot pounced on
him again, and when his comrade ran
to his assistance Dot gave him taste,
and I heard him swear that the whole
top of his head was torn off. They
went out by the cellar window. l
don't know how they found out how
everything in the house was situated,
and don't believe they will try 1t
again.