bear, the Duke
offered Michel a place in his household.

The little Savoyard did not hesitate to accept, and presently found
himself in what seemed like paradise, after the miseries he had been
enduring.

Clothed in fine raiment and faring sumptuously every day, he soon
developed into a handsome lad. His spirit grew with his body. He took
an ardent interest in the sports and martial exercises of his
companions, and in due time he became the most expert of them all in
the use of bow and sword and lance.

Withal, remaining modest in manner, respectful to his superiors, and
devoted to the Duke, he rapidly rose in the latter's service through
the grades of squire, knight and count, until he came to be the second
person in the realm, and the founder of a family enjoying large
possessions and great influence.

Nor was he ungrateful to the animal which had befriended him in his
extremity. So long as Mascot lived he visited him constantly. Their
friendship never cooled, and when the one-time beggar was entitled to
choose a crest for himself, he gave orders that it should be a big
black bear in an iron cage.

LORIMER AND CHALMERS, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.

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