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Show mmmmmmmmmmmmmm JIESPONDKI) TO LOVE rinnon biab mam friends WITH UONILV CHILD. Shared Fd and Btil with Bey, nd Hfua t Htrm Him Cempanlen-hlp Cempanlen-hlp Blted for Many Daye Defore Uietovery Cam. About two hiin.lti I ! ago a rich UnA powerful iMililnti an named Ixf Ial4 w duke (it Ih- iiriitlncv of Utf 'ulna. any the uillh American Tlw itnkr wa fond nf animal, and amiwg hi" savage i' a gtewt Imr named Marco Thin bar w laniard In a rough hm In a corner of hl royal Waaler's lurk II waa sup-idled sup-idled with the leai of food by lh l.tiT of (he nnlHMta and nn tat HTaalone he M M mt by a LlK hln ami tnadti to daiirw fur Inn eiuiisemrnt of l)ukn liold'a friends Marco flerr. mi, I when hi J.WHI1K lila shaggy hrt.ll imt of th diiir nf hla hill and allowed hU white llesdh In an ugly anart m ono dared In Ikii near hint, fur on likiw of hi paw 'oiKild havo knocked a man aenseles, and those while tenth at hla were very kin li, , On cold winter night Marco, hav Ing swallowed hla nipper In a liw gulpa, shsmtiled back to thn furthest corner nf hla hut ami curlol himself ni to sleep II was iMt at thn "fall Ing off" ilnl when hn heard a aoiind Ul hla door lie atari! up, and what kImiiiM he am but a small liny, hon-'idn! hon-'idn! flrat on (nn foot and then on lb ulnar, shivering with cold Th ptMr , "hlld waa homelea. had lo.t hla war In tho dukn'a forest and hail run Into , lhr licar'a hut for shelter Marco did nut know who Ihl n comer might he, bu ha waa mi iiirpriwd that ho ( Inrgnt In growl Then a strange thing happened. Thn bojr ran ovor In Marm and peered ' .Into hla shaggy faoe. rrylnn In glee. ' Why. yon arn thn duke'a funny limr (hat I aaw dancing th other day Wnn't you bn my frland' I nd you xi much " Th linar Marco did not ! mnderatand what th Ixiy aald, but he understood he kind hand that stroked I hla head That hand meant "I love ' you," and Marco had never been loved ', dn all hla rough, henrlsh life at least, not alnc thn daya bfnr he had been ? raught In the ih-ep fore!, a frightened liaby, acroamlng fur hla mother Bo now a great anawerlng hive Klled hla heart. He allowrl th little lad to II down bealde Mm, warmed by hla furry riiat, then together thy alept through t tho night In Ih morning the boy ' went away, but eainn hack to hla new . I friend In thn erenlng Thla happened kj fur several ilaya Maroo ahared till J food with hla rlaltnr and they liecarao U great cronte. y Ono day thn kccixir waa aiirprlaed tn i eeo that Marco left hla aupiwr tin- M lo feed the other anlmula, ho atayel fM tn watch thn bear, which aat In tbu door patlontly waiting for hla boy. Thn keeper offered to take away thn food, lint hn received auch n fierce look that n aet It down again and hid behind a tree tn what would happen neit In it moment, to hi horror, a child ran tip to the benr, mid, when the keeper tried to anatch til in out of ti.ii m' way. the boy threw hl nrma about hla faithful friend and In a twinkling they ItnUtied the wait , Ing aiipwr together Duku Leopold waa brought to tho hut to aee tbla wonderful pair and Mwn the atory nf the leiy and thn War aprcad Ibrnughoiit tho land. Dnlco lyipold gate order that thn poor child ahould be brought In hla lialaco tit bn eduealnil and cared for |