The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
A FELINE PROTECTOR.
He Puts q Brace Of Bold Burglars
to Headlon0 Flight
They Were Having Things All Their Own
way Until Tommy Reused the Fam
uy With . 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 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 bristling
with jimmies and rattling with skele-
ton keys. till they came to the fine
house and handsome grounds of Mr.. N.
y. Adams, one of the society leaders Of
the town.
One burglar was stationed near the
front gate to keep a 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.
Il feel relieved" said he, in fine
whisper; there is no dog kennel"
''This house is just pie" said tho
other burglar, in delicate whisper.
''Piel" whispered the first burglar.
''It is an oyster pie, a mince pie and q
George Washington pie. all in one"
Then the jocund burglars made an
end of persifiage and went to work
with professional adroitness and
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 a cat.
They paused moment to criticise the
pictures and tapestries by the light Of
their dark lantern and curxorily exam
med the silver ice pitcher to see il it
was standard metal
But their business was more i'm
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
art and now an exquisite
vase; finding here fashionable coat
and there costly shawl, and conde-
scending at times to pick up pocket
book which had been left 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 as If they might have
come from a dry goods store.
The Adams family were sleeping
TRANQUILITY, but the lynx-eyed family
cat was awakel
when we sell this" said the bold
burglar, pointing TO the bundles, well
go to the worlds fair and start hotel"
Il think Chicago would agree with
my temperament" whispered the eau
tious burglar.
What quiet night this has"
He didn't finish the sentence, for 1T
this moment wild, weird, blood
curdling and appalling yell was heard.
The burglars hair stood on end. 1t
was followed by an unearthly and
grewsome shrek. The burglars faces
blanched. Then there was sound Of
and of echoing steps as il
half dozen people were running
It seemed TO the fright
,ned burglars as if half the indignant
citizens of Bloomfield were in the house
md were about to rush into the room
oent on vengeance.
The burglars dropped their bundles.
lived ,head-frst through the window
Ind ran panic-stricken for the woods
The wild din was made BY the family
.at-a tom cat-who bounded down
,tairs and upstairs with his fur on end.
and splitting and uttering
he most frightful yells- He aroused
he entire family. Mr.. Adams got mp
,nder the impression that there must
be a dog in the house-he could
recount for the frantic actions Of the
at on no other hypothesis He went
downstairs and found two hundred
lollars' worth of household articles
neatly tied up in bundles, jus: as the
burglars had left them
Cne of the burglars took ninety
.ents from purse and carried II away
With him. II is believed that the three
burglars had TO walk back to Ns~
fork, as ninety ceuts would be in {
10 pay their carfare-
As the geese sa.ed Rome. so the tom
IL. Al