50 



Mrs. Wilson felt mortified by his behavior, but 

 when she told her son of it he only laughed. 



Mr. Richard was soon to be married, and one 

 day Mrs. Wilson said, " I suppose when you have 

 a home of your own you'll take Fax with you." 



" I don't know," he answered ; " I hadn't thought 

 of it." 



Fax however decided that matter for himself. 

 The family was all very well, but he felt his place 

 was with ,his master. So when Mr. and Mrs. 

 Richard moved into their new house Fax moved 

 there too, only coming back now and then to 

 call at his old home. 



Fax found his new mistress quite to his mind, 

 even if she did laugh at him and call him "obsti- 

 nate Fax." There was only one thing about which 

 they had a standing quarrel. Whenever the door 

 of the guest chamber was left open Fax would go 

 in and get on the bed. There he would snuggle 

 down under the covers with only his head showing 

 as it lay upon the pillow. 



His mistress kept a little switch, and whenever 

 she found him there she switched him. The punish- 

 ment did not hurt Fax much but it offended him 

 deeply. After it had happened, he would not take 



