CH. III.] Come-by-Chance s Friend. 47 



there is a rat in, there is one without any 

 doubt ; if she says there is not, it is no good 

 running a ferret through the hole. Should I 

 be alone, with no one to look out for the 

 ferret when it comes out on the other side of 

 a bank, Chance without a word being said to 

 her will get over and look out, and directly 

 the ferret appears will come back to me and 

 give a wriggle, looking in the direction of the 

 ferret, and then I know I must get over and 

 pick it up. 



She has one peculiarity. When she 

 followed George Adams home, seven years 

 ago, she was shy and scared ; but, as it was 

 a cold night, George, being a kind-hearted 

 fellow, invited her to step indoors, an invita- 

 tion she accepted in a frightened sort of way. 

 On the hearth sat a little girl of three years 

 old, eating her supper, and Chance, doubtless 

 feeling very hungry, came and sat down in 

 front of her and watched her with a wistful 



