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exchange, and brought them back to
their respective owners with a pretty
grace and seriousness which charmed
all who beheld him.

The little Ardennois was a beau-
tiful child, with dark, grave, tender
eyes, and a lovely bloom upon his
face, and fair locks that clustered
to his throat ; and many an artist
sketched the group as it went by him
—the green cart with the brass flag-
ons of Teniers and Mieris and Van
Tal, and the great tawny-colored,
massive dog, with his belled harness
that chimed cheerily as he went, and
the small figure that ran beside him,
which had little white feet in great
wooden shoes, and a soft, grave, in-
nocent, happy face like the little fair
children of Rubens.