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fortunate that she had procured but few berries,) and the anxiety 

 she had suffered thinking of her parents and home, had greatly 

 preyed upon her mind, and her nerves were very much excited. 



As soon as Carlo discovered her he was very much pleased, and 

 to testify his joy he uttered a loud bark. Owing to the excited state 

 of her nerves, she suddenly started on hearing him, lost her balance, 

 and fell into the river. Carlo saw her fall, and with one bound 

 sprang into the water, seized her by the arm, and dragged her upon 

 the shore All this was the work of a moment, and she experienced 

 no injury except a thorough wetting in river water. When she saw 

 the innocent cause of her alarm, she felt that she had indeed found 

 her friend ; and never was there a happier meeting between one of 

 the canine and one of the human species. Carlo appeared as much 

 pleased as herself, and ran around her, frisking his tail to testify his 

 joy at finding his mistress. 



Anna soon reflected that he probably knew the way home, and 

 that if she followed him he would be likely to lead her there. On 

 his part, he seemed to understand her wishes, and would start off a 

 little distance and then return, and gaze up into her face as if to 

 say, " Follow me, and I will soon lead you home." Although she 

 was very weary and weak, she determined to follow him, as the last 

 chance of reaching home. He appeared very much pleased at this, 

 and went forward, selecting the best path for her that he could find 

 in the trackless forest. 



As she was very weak she could make but slow progress, and as 

 it was a long distance for her to travel, she became very weary ; 

 but she urged herself onward, for she felt that life or death depended 

 on her efforts. Thus they proceeded for several miles, and at length 

 they emerged from the forest in sight of her father's residence, just 

 as the sun had set. She proceeded on by the side of Carlo a short 

 distance, but her weary limbs refused to do their service, blindness 

 came over her, and she sunk senseless to the earth. For a moment 

 Carlo stood over her licking her face, as if to recall her ; but finding 

 he could not, he proceeded immediately to the house, where he found 

 Mr. and Mrs. Hudson, who had just returned from searching for 

 Anna, and had given up all hopes of ever seeing her alive. 



He soon succeeded in attracting their attention, and as he was evi- 



