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