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THE NORMAL RECORD. suaded Arthur to stay with him that night, so we four women were left alone at the house. However, we did not feel afraid as we had often been left alone before. The boys wou'd not have been much protection anyway for Dick was, I think, the most cowardly boy of his age that I knew, which fact probably accounted for his wishing Arthur to stay at the cabin. We spent the evening playing authors,' checkers, and other games. About nine o'clock the boys bade us good night and went down to the cabin. As we were all rather tired we retired soon after and. in a very short time, were soon in a deep slumber. The next thing ] remember is being shaken by Lucy who was sitting up in bed and entreating me to wake up. I am a very sound sleeper and it was some seconds before I was wholly aroused. When I was fairly awake, and saw that both Mrs. Ferris and Mary were in the room, I sprang to my feet and wanted to know what was the trouble. They told me that Mary had heard some one trying to get in the front window and they thought it must be a burglar. Just then we heard a strange noise down stairs as if somebody were ripping open a screen. •'What in the world shall we do?" said Lucy. "Well, we will just have to go and see what it is," said her mother. So we started, but just as we got to the stairs there came that sound again, rip! rip! rip! Back we went to the bedroom. "We must do something," said Mrs. Ferris. "Let us go down to the cabin and get the boys. ' There seemed to be nothing else to do, so fearfully, and as silently as possible we started down theback stairs which led to the kitchen. I had snatched a broom as we went through the hall and when we got to the kitchen Lucy picked up another, Mary took the long poker and Mrs. Ferris seized a stick from the wood-box. Thus fully armed we started for the cabin. To add to our terror, the two dogs, probably aroused as we passed their kennel, started after us and barked so loudly that the boys were awake before we got to the cabin. They were astonished to see us and as soon as we could get our breath to tell them the trouble, they started to get ready to go to the house. Arthur took a rifle which was in the cabin, while Dick took a stick. Poor little Dick was shivering with fright and did not care much about going to the house, but neither would he stay at the cabin alone, so putting on a brave front he went with the rest of us. In a few moments we were at the house again and creeping silently around to the front. We all expected to see a burglar in the act of climbing through the window, if he were not already in the house, robbing us of all our valuables. However when we came in sight of the sitting room windows, there was no sign of a burglar; the screens were all whole, and nothing seemed to have been disturbed. But we could hear a faint sound inside the house, and creeping in the back door we made our way to the front. The peculiar noise become more distinct and seemed to issue from the sitting room. The door of this room was . closed and it was some moments before anyone could get up enough courage to open it. We all stood in readiness with our rifle, poker, and sticks, while Mrs. Ferris opened the door. There was a loud scream, and out rushed the burglar, none other than a big black cat. At first we could not see the cat very well and only saw some dark object rush from the room. Such a jumping and yelling as there was. The cat continued to run up and down the hall, and after we had gotten over our surprise, Arthur let it out the front door. We looked into the room to make sure there was nobody there, and then as there seemed to be nothing else to do, we burst into laughter. The strange noise that we heard must have been caufed by the cat scratching against the door in her efforts to get out. We all went back to bed, and now that the fright was over, I fell into a slumber, which, however, was somewhat troubled by visious of burglars, cats, broomsticks and pokers. A jolly young chemistry tough, While mixing a compound of stuff, Drodped a match in the vial and after a while They found his front teeth and one cuff.—Ex.
Object Description
Title | The Normal Record. February 1902 |
Original Date | 1902-02 |
Description | The Record. Published by the Associated Students of Chico State College. |
Creator | Chico State College |
Location of Original | Archives |
Call Number | LD723 C57 |
Digital Collection | The Record: Chico State Yearbook Collection |
Digital Repository | Meriam Library, California State University, Chico. |
Description-Abstract | The Record served as both a student magazine and a commencement program for Chico Normal School. In the year 1902 it was published every month - except the Summer months of July and August. |
Date Digital | 2013 |
Language | eng |
Rights | For information on the use of the images in this collection contact the Special Collections Department at 530.898-6342 or email: specialcollections@csuchico.edu |
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Filename | index.cpd |
Description
Title | 1902_02_NormalRecord.008 |
Original Date | 1902-02 |
OCR- Transcript | THE NORMAL RECORD. suaded Arthur to stay with him that night, so we four women were left alone at the house. However, we did not feel afraid as we had often been left alone before. The boys wou'd not have been much protection anyway for Dick was, I think, the most cowardly boy of his age that I knew, which fact probably accounted for his wishing Arthur to stay at the cabin. We spent the evening playing authors,' checkers, and other games. About nine o'clock the boys bade us good night and went down to the cabin. As we were all rather tired we retired soon after and. in a very short time, were soon in a deep slumber. The next thing ] remember is being shaken by Lucy who was sitting up in bed and entreating me to wake up. I am a very sound sleeper and it was some seconds before I was wholly aroused. When I was fairly awake, and saw that both Mrs. Ferris and Mary were in the room, I sprang to my feet and wanted to know what was the trouble. They told me that Mary had heard some one trying to get in the front window and they thought it must be a burglar. Just then we heard a strange noise down stairs as if somebody were ripping open a screen. •'What in the world shall we do?" said Lucy. "Well, we will just have to go and see what it is," said her mother. So we started, but just as we got to the stairs there came that sound again, rip! rip! rip! Back we went to the bedroom. "We must do something," said Mrs. Ferris. "Let us go down to the cabin and get the boys. ' There seemed to be nothing else to do, so fearfully, and as silently as possible we started down theback stairs which led to the kitchen. I had snatched a broom as we went through the hall and when we got to the kitchen Lucy picked up another, Mary took the long poker and Mrs. Ferris seized a stick from the wood-box. Thus fully armed we started for the cabin. To add to our terror, the two dogs, probably aroused as we passed their kennel, started after us and barked so loudly that the boys were awake before we got to the cabin. They were astonished to see us and as soon as we could get our breath to tell them the trouble, they started to get ready to go to the house. Arthur took a rifle which was in the cabin, while Dick took a stick. Poor little Dick was shivering with fright and did not care much about going to the house, but neither would he stay at the cabin alone, so putting on a brave front he went with the rest of us. In a few moments we were at the house again and creeping silently around to the front. We all expected to see a burglar in the act of climbing through the window, if he were not already in the house, robbing us of all our valuables. However when we came in sight of the sitting room windows, there was no sign of a burglar; the screens were all whole, and nothing seemed to have been disturbed. But we could hear a faint sound inside the house, and creeping in the back door we made our way to the front. The peculiar noise become more distinct and seemed to issue from the sitting room. The door of this room was . closed and it was some moments before anyone could get up enough courage to open it. We all stood in readiness with our rifle, poker, and sticks, while Mrs. Ferris opened the door. There was a loud scream, and out rushed the burglar, none other than a big black cat. At first we could not see the cat very well and only saw some dark object rush from the room. Such a jumping and yelling as there was. The cat continued to run up and down the hall, and after we had gotten over our surprise, Arthur let it out the front door. We looked into the room to make sure there was nobody there, and then as there seemed to be nothing else to do, we burst into laughter. The strange noise that we heard must have been caufed by the cat scratching against the door in her efforts to get out. We all went back to bed, and now that the fright was over, I fell into a slumber, which, however, was somewhat troubled by visious of burglars, cats, broomsticks and pokers. A jolly young chemistry tough, While mixing a compound of stuff, Drodped a match in the vial and after a while They found his front teeth and one cuff.—Ex. |