The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-12-25
AFTER THE BURGLAR
WENT THREE HEROIC MEN IN
THE DEAD OF NIGHT.
Ready to Sacrifice Their Lives In De-
fense Of Their Property, They
Advanced on the Marauder
the House Cat.

II was night Deep, dark night. al
over Reno, including the home Of Tom
Ramsey. The darkness in the rooms
Of the Ramsey home was so dense II
could have been discovered by a bar
keepers convention Tom Ramsey
discovered II as soon as he got home
but he went to bed just the same, and
enjoying the possession Of a clear con
science, he went TO sleep without loss
OF time or anything else. Topl didn't
sleep long, however, Notwithstanding
the clearness OF his conscience. and
when no awoke Il was with the wel-de.
fined thought that there was some
thing unusual doing In the house.
Cautiously and with stealth he arose
and, securing hts trusty automatic
from the refrigerator. and wrapping
his cllnging klmono about his shapely
form, he sailed forth from the bed
room into the darkness, now freightod
with lurking, mysterious danger, into
the rooms beyond First. he awak-
ened his son in low, tense tones, bade
him arise without noise, and arm him.
self, because there was an anarchist
In the basement preparing to blow the
house up, or something like that, and,
anyway, It was necessary to get a
move on.
Mr. Ramsey Jr., climbed promptly
out of bed, and arming himself with a
miners candlestick of the latest and
most deadly pattern, followed his war
like father forth to the fray
There was a roomer upstairs, and he,
TOO, was served with notice TO come
forth and do battle in defense OF the
house of Ramsey, and hastily drawing
his trousers from the place between
the mattresses, whore he kept them
to keep the ereases from going away
while he slept, he was soon member
of tho now fully assembled army.
Hist" came from Ramsey, In low
vibrating tones which made the hair
on the back of the roomer's neck turn
its ends upward aud his toes curl In
eagerncss to be moving (away from
the scene of the threatened carnage)
and In his heart he considered the
question whether or not It would not
be best to desert, then and there and
SO avoid taking the life OF the man
lurking somewhere In the gloom, al
unknowing, waiting for an awful death
The son of Ramsey and the roomei
followed the lead of the grizzled vet
eran. guided by the soft. almost In
audible froufrou of his silk kimono
From room to room the sleuths moved
as silently as the shadows they woulC
have cast IL there had been any light
and poked around the corner OF ever,
I door lamb in advance OF the party was
the trusty automatic and the deadl!
eandlestiek. and ever and anon cam,
the threatening chatter of the teeth o
the roomer. who longed for the fral
/ and CORY glory which was sure TO fol
low the onset
Theer was nothing doing in the an
archist or dynamiier line above stairs
and then the party silently deploye,
on to the floor below, where Il wat
not kept long waiting
Suddenly, and with appalling noise
from a far corner OF the room oam'
the sound Of the enemy There wa
a spitting-thadding sound followed b.
the crash of a heavy weight striking
something with great force. foll0we,
IN turn by a slighier sound from vari
GUS parts OF the room, and the daunt
less three were just on the point o
opening fire in an attempt to sci
their lives as dearly as possible. whei
the roomer and the younger Ramsey
were startled and somewhat relieved
TO hear the voice Of the older Ramse.
reverherating IN clarion tones "Oh
fudge. It's only cat
Silently. and with the gravity be
coming the release from the necessity
OF shrddise human blood. the roomer
Ramsey. and Ramsey junior returne,
TO the slumber regions above. thinking
Of the goodness of providence in spar
ing them from the necessity Of blood
shed Reno Evening Gazette