baby to him, and if you are willing to
let him go back there, I will take him back to the Hospice myself. But,
won't you miss him?"

"It would make me as happy as it would make him, to know he was back
there again," answered the old man eagerly, as he stooped over and
caressed the dog's head.

Jan, in his sleep, recognized the touch and swished his tail lightly,
but he did not open his eyes, and he never knew what the doctor and the
captain had been talking about that evening.

But when it was known in the little town that the doctor was planning to
take Prince Jan back to the Hospice, and those who had been saved from
the ship heard the story of the dog, every one wanted to help. The
newspaper printed the story of Prince Jan and his ancestors, and then
people kept coming to see him, and most of them brought money for the
trip back to the Hospice.

A beautiful collar of silver was made for him, and on it were engraved
the words,

A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE FROM THE NINETY-TWO PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES WERE
SAVED BY PRINCE JAN, WHEN ALL HOPE WAS LOST.

With this collar was a purse of money sufficient to pay Jan's passage
home, and a nice sum left over to give to the monks who cared for the
dogs at the Hospice.

But the biggest surprise of all came when Captain Smith found that he,
too, was to make the trip to the Hospice with the doctor and Prince Jan.

The old man wrote a letter to his daughter, explaining everything and
saying he would come to her as soon as he and the doctor could get
back.

Jan did not know what all the excitement in the little home meant, but
every one patted him or spoke kindly, and the old captain's eyes were
shining all the time, as he trotted about the rooms, whistling.

Chapter XV

AN UNFORGOTTEN TRAIL

Once again Jan went on a big boat, but he did not worry this time,
because his friends were with him. Hippity-Hop and Cheepsie had been
left with the doctor's wife until the captain should return for them.

The voyage was followed by travelling in a train, and each day of the
whole journey the doctor and captain visited Jan. When he was on the
train, his friends took him out of the car a number of times, so he
could stretch his legs and run about on the ground while the train
waited at a station. It did not take Jan long to understand that if he
did not get back in the car he would be left behind. So he watched very
carefully and at the first call of the captain or the docto