Whilst researching in the National Library of Scotland today
I came across this interesting tale:
A Midnight Adventure – A lady and a gentleman were disturbed
in their slumbers one night last week by the very unpleasant noise of a slight
move under the bed. The lady expressed alarm, but her somewhat sleepy caro
sposo said, “Oh it is only one of the dogs,” and, putting his hand down by the
side of the bed, his hand being licked, after a moment the pair were satisfied
and they soon slumbered again peacefully. In the morning, however, they found
that all their money and jewellery had disappeared, and it was clear that the
lick had been the dernier ressort of an ingenious biped
concealed under the bed – Court Journal.
Source: in the Montrose Standard and Angus And Mearns
register, August 26th 1864, Page 3
