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Show CAT IN JOILE BIDES ON THE BACK OF DOG THAT SAVED IT. Shepherd Rescues the Feline from the River nnd Thereafter the Pair Become ' Friends. .McKeever. N. Y. William North has nu Angora cat that has struck up Mich a friendship Tor his shepherd dog that he rides on his back wherever Ik .oes leedii with him, nnd over btinuhcs' up life bones lie has burled mid carried them to him. The odd pari It la that the cat was tr.e dog't ii'.voin enemy until a few weeks ago when ho r.alhuiily tuvod htm from 1 roviiing. 'i Jit- cat, which r'orlos In the name 1 ..Ue, wj.q lulling from a log In a fur r.lzed river not tar rrom tho house when the log broke loose from 'the brnk anil llouted out Into the stream ltni, the dog. had boon hunting for a lid, cow, and whs on bin way home tncn ho wac attracted by the crle? ol ns enemy, Mike. For a few momtnti ho Ko?r.iod to enjoy, tho cat's discomfiture, discom-fiture, hut suddenly Mr. North saw hln. nil' down the river n few rods nnfi lump In above a scries of falls. The moment bo str.nck water Tom si run' out diagonally across stream and lay In the path or the lloat.ng log Ar It passed he grabbed tho cat by the scruff of tho neck and swam with him to fhore. Then ho stuck his noso in he air, shook tho cold water from his shaggy hair, nnd trotted homo The cat followed, nnd that night began be-gan a series of diplomatic endeavors to gain Tom's nfTeetlons. First ho declined de-clined to steal his dinner; then he brought his hero n fat mouse; then, flnnlly, when he refused to moro than wlgglo the end ot his tall, he dug up ono of his hones and lugged It to him. This net of servitude won Trim's. heart, and tho next day Mlko was allowed al-lowed to follow him nbout nt a respectful re-spectful distance By the end of a week both animals woro eating from the samo dish, and nt tho expiration ot a fortnight Mr. North was surprised to obsctvo Mlko riding about the farm 011 ttto shepherd's back. Ho has spent mont of his time m tho "saddlo" over since, and If nny othor dog offers Mike insult ho is likely to pay dearly for his folly. While the disputes aro in progress Mlko will tako the nearest tree and remain In safety until the b?tte Is over. Mr. North objected to taking Mlko o.'onf. to tho village and to the cream-cry cream-cry mornings, but Tom sulked, and the result was that Mlko mado th tilps on his back. Ho now goes for tho cows with tho dog, rides him to th Ki 1st mill, and, In fnct, is constantly with him. Onco, when Tom got in a fight with a thieving fox, Mlko provod n valiant nld, nnd between the two Itoynard was killed. |