The Delta independent., 1893-10-18
A FELINE PROTECTOR.
He Puts Drace of Bold Burglars
to Ioadlong Flight.
rhey Were Having Things All Their Own
Way Until Tommy Reused the Fam
ily with ~ Hair-lsaisinE
Racket.

A little cotcric of professional bur-
glars walked quietly through the
,he other night, says the New York
Journal. The Bloomfield police force
If 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-
,nue, with their pockets bristling
yith jimmics and rattling with slzele-
lon keys. till they came to the fine
aouse 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 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.
81 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
9Pier whispered the first burglar.
SIT is an oyster pic, mince pie and 3
George Washington pie, all in one."
Then the jocund burglars made an
end of persiflage 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 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 it
was standard metal.
But their business was more inn
portant than the mere dilettante pur-
suit of art and they tip-toed through
the house, guided by the mellow, gold
en- light of their dark lantern, collect
ing now some rare specimen Of the sill,
verslnith's art and now IN exquisite
vase; finding here fashionable coat
and there costly shawl, and conde-
scending at times to pick up pocket
book which ~ been left lying on the
bureau as if oYno use to anybody.
The burglars made of their varied
collection two or three neat bundles,
which looked Us If they might have
come from dry goods store.
The Adams family were sleeping
TRANQUILITY, but the lynx-eyed family
cat was awake!
"When VIC sell this" said the bold
burglar, pointing to the bundles, wei
go to the worlds fair and start hotel. "
81 think Chicago would agree with
my temperament" whispered the eau
tious burglar.
What quiet night this has"
He didn't finish the sentence, for at
this moment wild, weird, blood
curdling and appalling yell was heard.
The burglars hair stood on end. 1t
was followed by an unearthly and
grewso.ae shriek. The burglars faces
blcnched. Then there was u sound Of
scrambling and Of echoing steps as II
half Q dozen people were running
cCsvEStalrS. III SeeIL1eO 70 VIC lHlBht-
,ned burglars Us II half the indignant
citizens of Bloomfield were in the house
aad were about TO rush into the room
bent on vengeance.
The burglars dropped their bundles,
dived headrfrst through the window
and ran panic-striclen for the woods.
The wild din was made by the family
cnt-a tom cat-who bounded down.
stairs and upstairs with his fur on end,
shriclsiIg and splitting and uttering
the most frightfui yells. He aroused
the entire family. Mr.. Adams got up
under the impression that there must
be q dog in the house-he could
account for the frantic actions Of the
cat on no other hypothesis. He went
downstairs and found two hundred
dollars worth OF household articles
neatly tied up in bundles, just US the
burglars had left them,
Ono Of the burglars took ninety
cents from purse and carried it away
with him. 1t is believed that the three
burglars had to walk back to New
Yo.,s, as ninety cents would be in
sufficient to pay their carfare.
As the reese saved Rome, SO the tom
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