Prince Jan, St. Bernard

into a beautiful young lady, but she loved Jan

kfast was ready, there was no one sitting in the rocker where Jan expected to find his ma

, he trotted through the hallway and up the wide stairs, following the sound of murmuring voices in Mr. Pixley's room. Through the

Corey of London," one of the men spoke t

New York, while we are on our way from here," added the se

ather can stand th

e for Dr. Corey to come to California after

er's arms, while Mrs. Pixley, whose own face was wet with tears, tried to comfort her. After awhile they began talking in low tones, and Jan edged between their closely-drawn chairs, wishing very hard that he could understand what it all meant. He would have been as much worried as they wer

Elizabeth's room, and clothes were carried from closets and packed into the empty trunks. Ever

ing to pet him, then suddenly she turned to her

e hard on Jan, and an additional care for us, dear. Then, we may have to go to London as soon as

an's mistress, "but I would feel better if old John and

lied Mrs. Pixley. "They know how fond we are o

one could help loving him!" exclaimed Elizabeth, catching the dog's long, silky ear

o the automobile where Mrs. Pixley was arranging pillows. Elizabeth came slowly down the steps of the po

an! I'll com

th the tip of his tongue. He watched the automobile turn among the orange trees that bordered the winding driveway and waite

to sight. Then he saw his dear mistress look back at him, her hand

s answered her "good-bye" call. Then t

arted screaming over his head, fearing he would steal the fish they hoped to catch and eat. Cooled by the water, he returned to the front porch and stretched out where he could

ied, shaking the broom over his he

ne away, had been his friend. Whenever the family was absent at night Jan had kept her company in

d into the woman's angry face, t

eth comes home," he thought as he

another place where people still used horses. John had been Jan's loyal friend. The new man, William Leavitt, had not made friends with Jan,

spot under the old family ca

he shoute

he garden, where many trees made dense shadows. There was a spot under a low-hanging pepper tree where Jan dug into the cool, moist e

way, but stood a short distance off, watching the man fill up the hole under the tree. As the man finished the

trembling, he huddled down. His heart thumped and again he suffered from the fear of things he did

thought, "everything will be right again, an

n shut, made him feverish, but he kept hidden all day, suffering from thirst rather than risk further ill-

rawled to the back of the house for food and water, which were always put there at sunset for hi

looked out at the ocean, over which the moon shone silvery bright, the water sparkled, but he knew he could not drink salt water, and even to look at it now made him more thirsty. At last, unable to resist any longer, he went to the beach and lapped the stinging wa

n it on warm nights, and there was a water trough that always had water in it, for Elizabeth still rode ho

thinking of nothing else, he rushed to the trough where cool, sparkling water flowed from the faucet. William was

at!" he heard

fast across his back, each cut making him shrink, but he kept on drinking until his terrible thirst had been quenched. Then he dropped his paws from the edge of the trough

building. The dog looked at him, then at William, ready to fight th

one mad, Shorty?" as

saw that the man was afraid of him for some

Shorty. "Why didn't you let him alone, anyho

leys such fools over this one. We all had to stand around and wait on that dog as if he w

holding out a hand and saying,

ered him. With a final growl of defiance Jan left the stable, but he carried with him a

at night. If he passed one of the servants, he growled and braced himself stiffly, while his hair rose in a ridge along his bac

onstantly and the fleas nearly drove him mad. Day and night, he bit and scratched, tearing out tufts of matted hair until raw, bleeding spots made his body a mass of sores. Each day he

are lost," he thought as he lay in the dark. "If William were lost

wanted to help every one, became a savage beast, ready to fight all people and