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