Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-02-26
AFTER THE BURGLAR
WENT THREE HEROIC MEN IN
THE DEAD OF NIGHT.
Ready to Sacrifice Their Lives In De-
Tense of Their Property, They
Advanced on the Marauder
the House Cat.

1t was night. Deep. dark night, all
yer Reno, including the home OF Tom
Ramsey. The darkness in the rooms
of the Ramsey home was so dense 1t
could nave been discovered by n bar.
keepers convention. Tom Ramsey
discovered II as soon as he got home.
but he wen to bed just b same. and,
enjoying the possession Of a clear con-
science. he went to sleep without loss
of time or anything else. Tom didn't
sleep long. however, Notwithstanding
the clearness OF his conscience, and
when he awoke II was with the well-de-
fined thought that there was some
thing unusual doing in the house.
Cautiously and with stealth he arose
and. securing his trusty automatic
from the refrigerator, and wrapping
his ~cllnging kimono about his shapely
form. he sailed forth from the bed
room into the darkness. 10Y freighted
with lurking. mysterious danger. into
the rooms beyond. First, he awak-
ened his Sol In low, tense tones. bade
him arise without noise. and arm him.
self. because there was M anarchist
in the basement preparing to blow the
house up, or something like that. and.
any way. il was necessary 10 get a
move on.
Mr.. Ramsey. Jr.. climbed promptly
out OF bed. and arming himself with a
miners candlCstIcIt OF the latest and
most deadly pattern. followed his war.
like father forth TO the fray.
There was a roomcr upstairs. and he.
too. was served with a notice TO come
forth m do battle in defense OF the
house OF Ramsey, IL hastily drawing
his trousers from the place between
the mattresses, where he Kept them
to keep the crcascs from going away
while he slept. he was soon a member
OF the now fully assembled army.
Hist" came from Ramsey. In low.
vibrating tones which made the hair
on the back of the r%ooIncr's neck turn
its ends upward and hi: toes curl In
eaSerness tn be moving (away from
the scene OF the threatened carnaGe),
and In his heart he considered the
question whether or not IL would not
be best to desert. then and there, and
so avoid taking the life OF the man
lurking somewhere in the gloom, all
u~nknowing. waiting for an awful death.
The sol OF Ramsey and III" roomer
followed the lead OF the grizzlcd vet.
eran. guided by the soft. almost in
audible froufTou OF his silk klmono.
From room to room the sleuths moved
az silently as the shadows they would
have cast II there had been any light,
and pokcd around the corner OF every
door-jamb in advance OF the party was
the trusty automatic and the deadly
candlestick. and evcr and anon Caiuo
the threatening chatter OF the teeth OF
the roomer, who longcd for the fray
and CORY glory which was sure to fol.
low the onset.
Theer was nothing doing IN the an,
archist or dynamitcr line above stairs.
and then the party silently dcployed
on to the floor below. where II was
not Kept long waiting.
Suddenly, and with appalling noise
from n far corner of the room came
the sound OF the enomy There was
a spitting-thudding sourd. followed by
the crash Of a heavy weight striking
something with great force. followed
in turf by a slighter sound from vari
Gus parts OF the Don and the daunt'
less three were just on the point OF
opening fire in an attempt to sell
their lives as dearly as possible, when
the roomer and the younger Ramsey
were startled and somewhat relieved
to hear the voice Of the older Ramsey
rcverbcrating In clarion tones: oh
fudge. it's only Il cat"
Silently. and with the gravity be
coming the release from the necessity
of shedding hum"u biHod. the roomcr
Ramsey, and Ramsey junior returned
to the slumber regions above. thinking
OF the goodness OF providence In spar
ing them from the necessity OF blood
shcd.-Reno Evening Gazette.