Where Mèdor, the spaniel, is spoken of still.

His eyes gleamed with knowledge; was true to the core,

He carried the basket to market or store;

The crack of the shotgun he loved to obey,

And thousands of ducks he brought home in his day.

At the bee-ranch in the canyon where romancers jog,

Poor Mèdor lies buried, that faithful old dog;

Around him wild-flowers will bloom in the spring,

And sweet trilling warblers forever will sing.

CHAPTER XI
MOLLY A HEROINE