The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-09-08
CONSIDERATION IN i FLAT.
All Caused BY Cat Getting s,nck

All Caused BY . Cat Getting Stuck
u Fly Paper.
Wild excitement reigned in n
apartment house on the south side
last week and the fiat dwellsrs have
yet completely recovered. This is
how it NIL came about, says the Chi
scago Chronicle:
There is q sportively-inclined young
married man living in this particular
house. His wife, like the majority OF
brides, was making a visit to her
mother and the bereayed husband was
not exactly wearing the willow, nor
WAS her absence causing him any too
much sorrow. Late o IN this particular
evening ne was making his way
rather ~unsteadily up the stairs and
had just passed one of the fiat doors
when he heard a suspicious sound.
The gas burned dimly in the hall, and
to his acute, strained ears, the shut
fling tread of a person inside was
plainly audible.
The man listened with his ear Close
to the door. The people who lived in
the fiat he knew were away for the
summer and whoever was inside was
not there with good intent. To think,
with him, was to act, and the gentle
mani VI lhS dAiStChuy SdlG WhANSN
slowly down stairs again, hanging on
to the banister In order that no false
step should betray his presence.
The %janitor was also a maj Of nc
ton. He hurried to the nearest tele-
phone while the young married man.,
armed with the janitor's revolver.
took up his Place at the door of the
fiat from which came the suspicious
sounds. 1t seemed to him that the
jnnitOr would never return. The min
utes dragged themselves slowly past,
while the shutting became louder, and
the occasional fall of a coal scuttle or
the crash of breaking crockery sent
nervous chills down the sentry's
spine.
Finally the ianitor came, and with
him a force of police in a patrol
wagon. Quietly the blue coats sur
rounded the house, cutting OFF every
way Of escape, and the lieutenant and
two men approached the door. There
was no response to their loud rap-
pings, so the janitor went in search of
his keys. The door was opened and y
scene of devastation presented itself.
Bric-a-brac was dashed to pieces, the
remains of vases and costly china lit
tered the carpet. Chairs were over
turned and the artificial palm that
had been the envy of visitors was torn
to shreds. The policemen were aghast.
Never had they seen such wanton de-
%struction of property, and they o
dered with what sort of men they had
to cope.
With pistols drawn the three gal
liant guardians of the peace passed
from room to room. At last, as they
had about given up the search in the
belief that the burglar had escaped,
there was a shout of triumph from,
the j%anitor, who had been working on
his own account. The s%earchers
started for the kitchen, from which
the laughter wa coming and there
they saw the j%anitor with a black cat
cornered neal the kitchen range. Both
of the animals front paws were firm.
~ stuck to a sheet of sticky fly paper,
While one of it's other paws was as
firmly fastened to another sheet. In
its efforts to get free the cat had
dashed against the furniture and the
shutting sound was made by the pa
per us it dragged across the thick car.
pet in&the cats quick and frantic
fight.
The police went back to the sta.
ton, the janitor, after putting the cat
out, went to bed and the young hus.
band started for another drink. Thu
flat dwelIers with one accord said the
Young husband was n hlanked fool.
and silence settled over the neighbor-
hood.