sitting down beside his dog, opened the Bible and read

long--and, for the first time,

earnestly

--the story of

Christ's love for sinful man. He at last fell asleep over

the book, and when he awakened felt so much refreshed

in body and mind that he determined to attempt to

pursue his journey.

He had not proceeded far when he came upon a

colony of prairie-dogs. Upon this occasion he was little