Empress of Ireland

[abu nuwas]

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"The Empress of Ireland's cat Emmy, an orange tabby who had never once
missed a voyage, refused to board the ship before its departure on May 28, 1914.
The crew could not coax her aboard, so the Empress departed without her.
It was reported that Emmy watched the ship sail away from Quebec City
sitting on the roof of the shed at Pier 27, which would later serve
as a temporary morgue for the dead pulled from the river after the
Empress went down."
( from wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Ireland )

P.S. There are two orange tabbies in the lot I live with.
One is the most Delphic (term selected with Leanne in mind),
and the other, the horniest (who knows?). However, either
seems a possible explanation.

Strange that anyone would write about the cat -- and two conflicting stories. I would put my money on the cat escaping. But wtf is an orange tabby? A tortoiseshell? Or just an old ginger mog with a stripe or two?