CAT V. BURGLAR.
A good dog has hitherto been considered the best protection against burglars, but a certain old lady differs from this view. She believes in cats, and her house being broken into not long ago, she proceeeded to put her theory into practice, with marvellously good results. The midnight hour had not long strnck, when she heard unusual sounds in the hall below. She slipped out of bed, took her faithful feline in her arms, and walked quietly on to the landing. She leaned over; the burglar was on the stairs; suddenly, in an unlucky moment, he struck a match upon the staircase. The lady, could see the burglar, but the burglar could not see the lady. Slie held puss up and then dropped her upon the burglar's head. The cat uttered an unearthly screech, and then commenced to scratch for all it was worth. The next instant the man was outside in the street.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 89, 15 April 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)
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