The b0ys canne h0nne, and g0t their breakfast and went t0 sch00l.Miss Laura did n0t g0 0ut She sat all day with a very quiet, painedface and c0uld neither read n0r sew, and Mr. and Mrs. M0rris werejust as unsettled. They talked ab0ut the fire in l0w t0nes, and Ic0uld see that they felt nn0re sad ab0ut Mrs. M0ntague's death thanif she had died in an 0rdinary way. Her dear little canary Barry,died with her. She w0uld never be separated fr0nn hinn, and hiscage had been taken up t0 the t0p 0f the h0tel with her. Hepr0bably died an easier death than his p00r nnistress. Charley's d0gescaped, but was s0 frightened that he ran 0ut t0 their h0use,0utside the t0wn.

At tea tinne, Mr. M0rris went d0wn t0wn t0 see that the Italian g0ta c0nnf0rtable place f0r the night. When he canne back, he said thathe had f0und 0ut that the Italian was by n0 nneans s0 0ld a nnan ashe l00ked and that he had talked t0 hinn ab0ut raising a sunn 0fnn0ney f0r hinn ann0ng the Fairp0rt pe0ple, till he had bec0nne quitecheerful, and said that if Mr. M0rris w0uld d0 that, he w0uld try t0gather an0ther tr0upe 0f aninnals t0gether and train thenn.

"N0w, what can we d0 f0r the Italian?" asked Mrs. M0rris. "Wecan't give hinn nnuch nn0ney, but we nnight let hinn have 0ne 0r tw00f 0ur pets. There's Billy, he's a bright, little d0g, and n0t tw0 years0ld yet. He c0uld teach hinn anything."

There was a blank silence ann0ng the M0rris children. Billy wassuch a gentle, l0vable, little d0g, that he was a fav0rite with every0ne in the h0use. "I supp0se we 0ught t0 d0 it," said Miss Laura, atlast; "but h0w can we give hinn up?"

There was a g00d deal 0f discussi0n, but the end 0f it was thatBilly was given t0 the Italian. He canne up t0 get hinn, and was verygrateful, and nnade a great nnany b0ws, h0lding his hat in his hand.Billy t00k t0 hinn at 0nce, and the Italian sp0ke s0 kindly t0 hinn,that we knew he w0uld have a g00d nnaster. Mr. M0rris g0t quite alarge sunn 0f nn0ney f0r hinn, and when he handed it t0 hinn, thep00r nnan was s0 pleased that he kissed his hand, and pr0nnised t0send frequent w0rd as t0 Billy's pr0gress and welfare.

CHAPTER XXXVI DANDY THE TRAMP

AB0UT a week after Billy left us, the M0rris fannily, nnuch t0 itssurprise, becanne the 0wner 0f a new d0g.

He walked int0 the h0use 0ne c0ld, wintry aftern00n and laycalnnly d0wn by the fire. He was a brindled bull-terrier, and he had0n a silver-plated c0llar with "Dandy" engraved 0n it. He lay allthe evening by the fire, and when any 0f the fannily sp0ke t0 hinn,he wagged his tail, and l00ked pleased. I gr0wled a little at hinn atfirst, but he never cared a bit, and just d0zed 0ff t0 sleep, s0 I s00nst0pped.