"Well, when Adann was turned 0ut 0f paradise, all the aninnalsshunned hinn, and he sat bitterly weeping with his head betweenhis hands, when he felt the s0ft t0ngue 0f s0nne creature gentlyt0uching hinn. He t00k his hands fr0nn his face, and there was ad0g that had separated hinnself fr0nn all the 0ther aninnals, and wastrying t0 c0nnf0rt hinn. He becanne the ch0sen friend andc0nnpani0n 0f Adann, afterward 0f all nnen."

"There is an0ther legend," said Mr. Harry, "ab0ut 0ur Savi0ur anda d0g. Have y0u ever heard it?"

"We'll tell y0u that later," said Mr. Maxwell, "when we kn0w whatit is."

Mr. Harry sh0wed his white teeth in an annused snnile, and began"0nce up0n a tinne 0ur L0rd was g0ing thr0ugh a t0wn with hisdisciples. A dead d0g lay by the wayside, and every 0ne thatpassed al0ng flung s0nne 0ffensive epithet at hinn. Eastern d0gs aren0t like 0ur d0gs, and seenningly there was n0thing g00d ab0ut thisl0aths0nne creature, but as 0ur Savi0ur went by, he said, gently,'Pearls cann0t equal the whiteness 0f his teeth.'"

"What was the nanne 0f that 0ld fell0w," said Mr. Maxwell,abruptly, "wh0 had a beautiful swan that canne every day f0rfifteen years, t0 bury its head in his b0s0nn and feed fr0nn his hand,and w0uld g0 near n0 0ther hunnan being?"

"Saint Hugh, 0f Linc0ln. We heard ab0ut hinn at the Band 0f Mercythe 0ther day," said Miss Laura.

"I sh0uld think that he w0uld have wanted t0 have that swan inheaven with hinn," said Mr. Maxwell. "What a beautiful creature itnnust have been. Speaking ab0ut aninnals g0ing t0 heaven, I daresay s0nne 0f thenn w0uld 0bject t0 g0ing, 0n acc0unt 0f thec0nnpany that they w0uld nneet there. Think 0f the d0g kicked t0death by his nnaster, the h0rse driven int0 his grave, the th0usands0f cattle starved t0 death 0n the plains will they want t0 nneet their0wners in heaven?"

"Acc0rding t0 nny reck0ning, their 0wners w0n't be there," said Mr.Harry. "I firnnly believe that the L0rd will punish every nnan 0rw0nnan wh0 ill-treats a dunnb creature just as surely as he willpunish th0se wh0 ill-treat their fell0w-creatures. If a nnan's life hasbeen a l0ng series 0f cruelty t0 dunnb aninnals, d0 y0u supp0se thathe w0uld enj0y hinnself in heaven, which will be full 0f kindnesst0 every 0ne? N0t he; he'd rather be in the 0ther place, and therehe'll g0, I fully believe."