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Title: Prince Jan, St. Bernard

Author: Forrestine C. Hooker

Release Date: February 3, 2005 [EBook #14893]

Language: English

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PRINCE JAN
ST. BERNARD

[Illustration: _"'The duty of a St. Bernard is to save lives and be
worthy of his ancestors.'"_]

PRINCE JAN
ST. BERNARD

BY FORRESTINE C. HOOKER

Illustrated by LYNN BOGUE HUNT

DOUBLEDAY & CO., INC.

GARDEN CITY, N.Y.

1946

TO

AN AMERICAN PATRIOT

My father, Brigadier-General Charles L. Cooper, U.S.A., whose life for
fifty-seven years, from May 27, 1862 to September 30, 1919, when he
answered the Last Roll Call, was devoted to the service of his Country
and his Flag.

F.C.H.

CL

1921, DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY,
N.Y.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE HOSPICE DOGS 1
II. THE LAND OF SNOW 14
III. A NEW WORLD 29
IV. THE LAND OF NO SNOW 38
V. JAN LEARNS TO HATE 46
VI. THE POUND 58
VII. HIPPITY-HOP 71
VIII. THE MUZZLE 81
IX. JAN'S JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF MAKE-BELIEVE 94
X. THE HOME OF THE SUNBONNET BABIES 101
XI. PRINCE JAN VISITS SHORTY 114
XII. THE POUNDMASTER'S PROBLEM 125
XIII. THE VOICES OF THE HOSPICE DOGS 140
XIV. A FIRESIDE STORY 157
XV. AN UNFORGOTTEN TRAIL 167
XVI. PRINCE JAN DECIDES 175
XVII. JAN'S REWARD 180

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