We must keep him in the house or chained up . Perhaps some day we may be able to find his owner . If not , we will keep him . I am sure he will soon become contented here . '' Now that man knew dogs . Had Bowser had the chance , he would have done exactly what that man had said . He would have tried to find his way home , and he had n't the least idea in the world in which direction home lay . But he did n't get the chance to try . When he was allowed to run out of doors it was always with some one to watch him . He was petted and babied and made a great deal of , but he knew all the time that he was a prisoner . He knew that if he was to get away at all he would have to sneak away , and somehow there never seemed a chance to do this . He was grateful to these kindly people , but down in his heart was a great longing for Farmer Brown 's boy and home . He always felt this longing just a wee bit stronger when Blacky the Crow passed over and cawed . CHAPTER XXII FARMER BROWN 'S BOY LOOKS IN VAIN Loyalty is priceless and Is neither sold nor bought . Alas , how few who seem to know Its value as they ought . Bowser the Hound . As I have told you , Farmer Brown 's boy had been all about the neighborhood asking at each farmhouse if anything had been seen of Bowser . Of course nothing had been seen of him , and so at last Farmer Brown 's boy felt sure that something dreadful had happened to Bowser in the woods . For several days he tramped through the Green Forest and up through the Old Pasture , looking for signs of Bowser . His heart was heavy , for you know Bowser was quite one of the family .
He visited every place he could think of where he and XXXXX had hunted together .
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