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 CHAPTER VII. 



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"OUR BELOVED BROTHER PRINCE." 



1. THIS brother was a dog. I have never known an 

 instance, except the one here described, in which a quad- 

 ruped was seriously called brother. But, when you think 

 of it, there is nothing very wrong in the use of this term 

 as it may sometimes be applied. The pug that looks out 

 through the par! or- window, and sits on the same seat with 

 a fashionable lady in her carriage, or is carried in the 

 arms of a dude in the park, is not unworthy to be called 

 brother. And the St. Bernard who digs in Alpine 

 snow and rescues a poor freezing traveler is riot he a 

 brother ? 



2. It is brother Prince I started to tell about. He was 

 a finely-bred Scotch terrier, and belonged to the Fire De- 

 partment of St. Louis. Chief Sexton, who has been at 

 the head of the department for many years, is a brave man 

 and has brave men under him. The chief is also a good 

 man, and tender-hearted. He never drinks liquor, and 

 does not allow his men to drink. Both he and his men 

 thought a great deal of Prince. Indeed, Prince was 

 worthy of their esteem, for he was one of the best " boys " 

 in the force. 



3. For some time he ran with engine No. 10. When- 

 ever the alarm struck, he jumped from his bed as quickly 

 as if he were charging a rat. He acted the part of a 

 captain or general manager. About the horses, when they 

 were being hitched and started, he ran and dodged, with 

 pattering feet and much uproar, occasionally taking the 

 dangerous risk of biting their heels, until they were under 

 full speed, when he would fall to the rear of the engine, 

 jump on the platform, and ride with the engineer. The 



