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Here, after a score of years had elapsed, the faithful 

 hound was true to his master, his friend, bis companion 

 of early day*. In the revolution of tinu he had not 

 been carried away, but lived to greet his master. His 

 strength was gone, his eyes fast growing dim ; he 

 could not bound to meet him, as in days of yore ; but 

 the love-light still shone in his eyes, and he long- 

 crawl and liek the feet of his longabsent friend. 



The constancy and affection of the dog has been a 

 theme of inspiration to Buhver, Scott, Byron and oth- 

 ers. The noble hound Itoswal, the companion c: 9 

 Kenneth, is thus eloquently spoken of: 



to As he bore to the earth Conrad, Marquis of Mon- 

 serrat, traitor to Cosur de Leon, the noble, faithful 

 Roswal had not forgotten that night upon the mound 

 beneath the standard of Kngland ; neither had he for* 

 gotten the traitor who, in the darkness, while a cloud 

 shutout the tell-tale light of the moon, bore away the 

 ensign, and left him weltering in his blood ; he remem- 

 bered all this when called u|on to protect his master's 

 honor, as well as his king, and using the Intel* 



licence riven him by the same Power that gave us fa* 

 cilitiea above the beasts, he did what man could not 

 detected and brought to justice the one guilty from out 

 an army." 



Cooper in his novels shows his love for the dog, 

 when he makes him a companion of Deerslayc 

 years, following his master through valley* and glens 

 and along the Hudson. "Natty "and his faithful 

 friend eventually drift across the Mississippi and Mis* 

 . i>. and both find their graves in Nebraska, 

 The sad bereavement of the hunter is touchingly pen- 

 ciled in .," and although old in years, the 



