Show I r Trained rained Skunks Guard Hermit If 5 li p Recluse Achieves Privacy Dogs and Live Wires Vires Fail M Cal Cat S Sept pt 8 8 A A co company com coin L A AURORA AURORA pony pany of ot trained sl skunks skunks form form forma aL a L L bOdyguard for for Joe Martin Martl a a. w wealthy althY r recluse cluse living near near h here re whose fame as s a i hermit ermit has made him the victim of ot curi seekers and whose reputation tation for wealth has several several sev sev- sev- sev e eral ral times drawn robbers to his cave The skunks trained by Martin after months of ot painful experience have ve proved more efficient than Russian wolfhounds or electrical burglar alarm d devices both of ot which Martin has has has' tried and discarded HIs attempts to use wolfhounds was I f foiled oiled when tourists wishing to see Bee Martin believing he could cure autointoxication auto auto- i intoxication and housemaids housemaid's knee e fed I the dogs wolf meat and went to the c cave ave unmolested Burglars cut Martins MarUn's burglar alarm wires and ransacked the cave several times Umes t before Joe thought of ot training s skunks The results have ha satisfied Martin Two weeks ago two suspicious characters characters char char- a were seen riding toward Joes Joe's c cave ave I A few hours later they crawled back I into nto town leaving a trail which even I the village sleuths could not fail faU to I f follow ollow I Lock us up they wept at at th the Jail I door I The turnkey managed to lock tock th the thedoor he e door before he fainted The men wandered around the th th e streets seeking relief The city wain was wa s in an uproar of ot smell until a posse drove the men to a a. river out of town where they were ordered to bur bury their clothes and take a bath Citizens contributed contributed contributed con con- a i gallon nf f perfume which th the themen themen e men used before tb they y were taken back to Jail jan Since then Martin has bas lived lived a peace r ful life lite with his skunks No tourists trou trouble l his waking mediations mediations me me- a and d his sleep is unbroken b by y marauders marauder |