The New York herald., 1921-04-01
THORCATCHESSHIP
DESPITE VAMPIRE
Aristocratic Terrier Attacked
by Winsome Feline Whose
Friendship He Resents.
LURED FROM OCEAN HOME
Kind Mariner Uses Tugb0at to
Restore Dog and Happiness
to the Oscar Ii.

Thor is a Scotch terrier and deports
himself with the dignity befitting his
undoubted high position as the prop
erty, guardian and protector of Capt.
AXel Schmidt of the Scandinavian
American liner Oscar II.-once the
peace ship-but he has no use what
ever for cats. He considers them use
less and unnecessary nuisances, to be
abated whenever an opportunity oc-
ours, and he permits none TO live
aboard the ship. So yesterday when
he saw dim gray shape stink up the
sangplank and hurry across the deck
Thor snorted in high disapproval and
gave chase, knowing by instinct that
the gray object was cat.
But Thor lost his quarry and he wan
dered around in high dudgeon for some
time before he heard a faint meow from
beneath canvas hatch cover. He
shifted about the cover for time and
finally pushed it aside with his nose, to
discover a big gray cat sitting COM
placently on her launches, licking her
paws and then rubbing her face with
them, and all the time purring and
meowing gently in the consciousness or
handsome countenance being well
washed. Thor gave one look and
growled hoarse warning. The only
result was a look of disgust from the
cat, which continued making 1er toilet.
Amazed and indignant, Thor stretched
forth an inquiring paw, and the cat
promptly smote him in the face, and then
climbed upon the dogs back and
scratched and clawed Until Thor had TO
lie down and roll over 10 get I'D OF his
foe. Then the cat took TO her g,ecis and
fed down the gangplank with archcd
back and splitting and pulling and
meowing at every step. Thor went after
her. He had been insulted and injured.
and il was his Arm intention to wipe
out the insult with blood. 1t never oc-
Cured to him that Capt. Schmidt was
getting ready to blow the whistle that
told the world the Oscar II. was about
to leave for Copenhagen.
Dogs. even such an aristocrat as
Thor, mean nothing TO longshoreman.
and the gangplank was hoisted, the
whistle was blown and the Oscar moved
into the river, with Thor still pursuing
the cat down the dock. But after sew
eral blocks Thor decided that the game
wasn't worth the candle He turned and
went back 10 find the ship gone. Well.
Thor is only dog. out he just sat right
down on the wharf and began to weep.
because he had never before been away
from Capt. Schmidt since the captain
rescued him from sumo wreckage in the
North Sea during the war. He cried for
a long time. and finally some one told
Capt. Lassen that a fool dog was sitting
on the end OF the pier bowling like a
banshee and trying TO bite everybody
that went near him.
So Capt. Lassen went to see. He
recognized Thor, and Thor recognized
him as a kind and gentle man who
pats a dog on the head and calls him
"old fellow" He stopped crying. be-
cause he felt sure that Capt. Lassen
would so something for him. And Capt.
Lassen did lie ordered one OF the
lines tugboats. and he boarded the tug
with Thor. and they set of down the
river in pursuit OF the Oscar III. They
reached the big liner, a rope was low
cred and tied under Thor's forelegs, and
the hosting Of the dog began. But half
way UP Thor made such fuss that
they had TO lower him again, although
no one knew why.
But Thor knew why. He wanted 10
lick Capt Lassen's hand. Il was the
only way he could say thank you