No wonder , when Sancho heard a voice he knew , and recognized another face , yet did not meet as kind a welcome as before . `` No , I 'm not coming out till he does . It is Sanch , and I 'm going to take him home to Ben , '' answered Betty , decidedly , as she wet her handkerchief in the rain water to bind up the swollen paw that had travelled many miles to rest in her little hand again . `` You 're crazy , child . That is no more Ben 's dog than I am . '' `` See if it is n't ! '' cried Betty , perfectly unshaken in her faith ; and , recalling the words of command as well as she could , she tried to put Sancho through his little performance , as the surest proof that she was right . The poor fellow did his best , weary and foot-sore though he was ; but when it came to taking his tail in his mouth to waltz , he gave it up , and , dropping down , hid his face in his paws , as he always did when any of his tricks failed . The act was almost pathetic now , for one of the paws was bandaged , and his whole attitude expressed the humiliation of a broken spirit . That touched Thorny , and , quite convinced both of the dog 's sanity and identity , he sprung down from the wall with Ben 's own whistle , which gladdened Sancho 's longing ear as much as the boy 's rough caresses comforted his homesick heart . `` Now , let 's carry him right home , and surprise Ben . Wo n't he be pleased ? '' said Betty , so in earnest that she tried to lift the big brute in spite of his protesting yelps . `` You are a little trump to find him out in spite of all the horrid things that have been done to him . We must have a rope to lead him , for he 's got no collar and no muzzle . He has got friends though , and I 'd like to see any one touch him now . Out of the way , there , boy ! '' Looking as commanding as a drum-major , Thorny cleared a passage , and with one arm about his neck , Betty proudly led her treasure magnanimously ignoring his late foes , and keeping his eye fixed on the faithful friend whose tender little heart had known him in spite of all disguises . `` I found him , sir , '' and the lad who had been most eager for the shooting , stepped forward to claim any reward that might be offered for the now valuable victim . `` I kept him safe till she came , '' added the jailer Jimmy , speaking for himself .
`` I said he was n't mad , '' XXXXX a third , feeling that his discrimination deserved approval .
added am claim cried expressed lead meet pleased recognized whistle