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would return in a few weeks, and that the best of care 

 would be given to his little pet while he was away. Jumbo 

 could not be reconciled, and after his master left refused 

 to eat. Everything possible was done to comfort him. 

 Something of his master's a coat, a shoe, or hat was 

 given him each day, beside which he would lie and moan. 



Very touching were the efforts he made to swallow a 

 few bits of food, when told he must eat; but day after 

 day he became thinner, until a letter was sent to Massa- 

 chusetts, telling the master to return at once, or the little 

 dog would not live. 



And when Burbank came Jumbo almost died of joy. 

 Although he had been told of his master's coming, the 

 shock was almost more than the little wasted frame could 

 bear; but he was carefully nursed, and in a short time 

 he was again the happy little Jumbo, with his usual good, 

 dog appetite. 



After a while Jumbo's days were numbered and he 

 closed his eyes. Very tenderly was 1 the little body wrapped 

 in his blanket and placed in the earth in the shade of a 

 beautiful palm tree near the master's home. 



