Prince Jan, St. Bernard

red was satisfied when a lady in a handsome

gs for many weeks. The lady patted the dog, spoke to it gently, then she rose from her chair and the captain

able to find homes for all the other dogs, too. I will tell my friends about them.

feed them a week, but I manage the rest of it from my salary. It makes me happy to see their gratitude, for

e wrinkled hand. The smile on the old man's face went deep into Jan's heart as the poundmaster, lifting the dog's head, looked into Jan's eyes, saying, "It's a pretty

had found a home and some one to love it. And on those days the poundmaster went around wi

ray is eve

not drive

tle and

l never,

iend than o

o inviting that the dog could not resist swimming far out, barking and snapping at floating kelp. It was much later than usual when he reached t

top of this cliff overlooking the ocean. The pound was not far away, and there were several other bungalows a little distance apa

him pause and look at the thick brush near him. There was nothing to be seen, but Jan's ears listened sharply while his sensitive

ade him sick and weak when he tried to breathe. His paws clawed in his attempts to tear the sack from his head, so that he could breathe and fight, but his legs grew limp, a noise sounded inside his ears, something seemed to be hammering at the top of hi

er and something hurt his nose terribly. His paws clawed at the thing that hurt. It was made of wire that cut deeply in

e floor until he could stand the pain no longer. When he staggered to his feet, he found a rope held him, but when he tried to chew

his mouth. That is the way a dog sweats, and Prince Jan's mouth was clamped together by the muzzle. He could not hear any noise in the room, so he lay down and kept

as too strong and he fell with a thud to the floor, where he panted heavily. A flash of light almost blinded him, but he saw William and snarled defiance. Another man was in the ro

ard the dog, Jan st

d the length of the rope. But William's hatred outbalanced his caution, and he lifted his foot to give the dog a ki

an. "The worse you treat that dog t

to kill him now. We're taking a bi

e other man shrugged his shoulders. "Let your

the chloroform. Go on, finis

William. "You just said that because you kne

hat he'll sell for a thousand dollars as soon as he is over the Canadia

dog before we get there, if

t him fixed,"

h him," persisted William, "

stop picking on the dog, I'll have no trouble with him. I never k

get the money for him, and I'll look out for the machine and sell that. But you've got

Shorty faced each other. The dog's muscles were ta

at last, as though sure that Jan understood the words. "I

horty, who reached out his hand. Jan's tail waved, then he felt fingers run lightly along his shoulders, fumble at the buckle of the muzzle and the cruel thing fell to the floor. Before the dog la

he places where the strap had cut deeply. Then when J

the skin. It did not hurt, so the dog submitted quietly. A sponge and bucket of dark liquid

efore he gets back," but this time

eat stunt, Shorty! The poundmaster wouldn

the ocean could be heard. Jan did not know the place. He had never been away from the noise of the surf since living in Califo

it the road lively at night and camp in the day. There's just one thing you've got to remember. If I see you getting stuck on that do

hine and motion the dog to jump. He obeyed and curled on

hoping he could get back home some way. Once in a while he lifted his head as a flash of light showed another automobile

er he had been allowed to drink at the creek. William loafed while Shorty made coffee and cooked a meal, which t

igs, as Shorty, with a boyish smile, stretched on the ground beside him. A hand touched one of Jan's ears and pulled it gently,

aces during the day, so that no one could see them. The muzzle was never taken again from Jan's nose, for William watched constantly and repeated his warnings severa

se to which he had been accustomed. Shorty noticed the dog's restlessness and leaned down. His fingers slipped under the strap and wires, then touched the buckle at the side of the head. Jan squirmed near

brightly. Shorty did not see William turn, but a brutal fist struck full force against

faster and faster. There was a crash. Jan whirled over and over through the air and as he struck the ground he heard a man's scream of pain. He did not know whether it was Shorty or William who cried out, but he did know tha