The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-03-02
A MUCH SURPRISED CAT.
h Exciting Results of Setting OA
Burglar Alarm.

The Exciting Results of Setting Ok
Burglar Alarm.
A big six-toed cat which belongs to
Jackson & Co., the furriers on Ire
mont street, set off their automatic
burglar alarm last night and created
no end of disturbance there. Pussy
is Of a shy and gentle disposition, and
has never courted publicity, and the
attention which her actions drew to her
last night has probably made her re-
solve never to go near a burglar alarm
again.
Since the day of her birth she has
never been outside the store. In the
daytime she sits about in the store
and shames the rich furS with the
gloss of her own skin; and in the night
she prowls about, upstairs and down,
in Il tireless search for rodents, for
she is q skillful ratter, and takes great
pride in keeping the store free from
these vermin.
1t was this providing last night whick
was the cause Of her publicity. AT
ter everybody had gone home, and the
store was dark. she went her rounds
without event until at about II o'clock
she happened to go down the cellar
stairs. If she had gone down as she
us, ally did, one step at a time, all
would have been we'll, but she prob
ably thought she saw a rat, and, be-
ing in a hurry, jumped for some dis
lance, alighting on n of the bottom
steps. Never, never again will pussy
do such a thing. The three bottom
steps of the stairs are arranged to set
off the burglar alarm when any con-
siderable weight is put upon them,
and the impetus of her jump was suf-
icient to achieve this result. In an
instant the whole store was filled with
the binding glare Of the electric lights,
| turned on by the alarm, and the great
gong over the door was changing out
it's harsh warning.
The first persons On the scene saw
the store brilliantly lighted on the in.
side and a temporarily insane cat tear,
ing about from floor to counter, and
from countsr to shelves, in a vain en-.
deavor to get away from the fierce
glare and the hideouS noise. People
gathered like magic. Theaters were
| just out, and the streets were more
crowded than at any time after {
o'clock. Clear up as far as West street
the noise Of the gong could be dis
tinctly heard, and all the policemen or
duty anywhere in the vicinity came
rushing toward the store, followed by
the people from the theaters and the
omnipresent crowd which seems tt
spring out Of the ground when any
thing happens at night. In a few mo
ments more another gong was hear'
and the patrol wagon came up IRE
mont street with th3 horses On til
run, and two more pair ,lr,en hangin:
to the seats. PatrOlman Burns, IF ID
vision 2, Don had the door open, an,
the crowd prepared to see a number o
desperate men dragged forth. A dill
gent search for the burglars began an
the store was ransacked from top
bottom, but without result; and tn
policemen wer finally forced to tn
conclusion that sit was the cat" P;
trclman Burns stopped the alarm an
turned off the electric lights, but b
could not quiet poor pussy's n ,rves.
When seen at the store this morning
the cats eyes were as big as saucer
and she had evidently not nearly r
covered from her exp erience of la
night.-Boston Transcript.