GREYHOUNDS AND THEIR MASTERS 231 



poor little thing was terribly weak from her long fast, and 

 the nights and days she had passed on the rock, and Joys, 

 who carried her home, feared that it was too late to bring 

 her back to life. But the careful nursing of himself and 

 his wife has done wonders, and she is as strong as ever 

 she was. 



How she -ever got to that ledge, or what has become 

 of her mistress, is still a mystery, and perhaps it always 

 will be. Whether the hat was blown over the cliff, and 

 the poor lady, trying to catch it, overbalanced herself 

 and was carried out to sea, while the hat remained stuck 

 on the rocks, and was followed by the dog, nobody knows, 

 and most likely never will. But the dog has become 

 quite a famous person, and several offers have been made 

 to buy her from her kind hosts, so that she is quite sure 

 to be petted as a heroine to the end of her days. 



