A DOG OF FLANDERS. 85

red mill upon the slope. What his
offence was he did not know: he
supposed he had in some manner
angered Baas Cogez by taking the
portrait of Alois in the meadow; and
when the child, who loved him, would
run to him and nestle her hand in
his, he would smile at her very sadly,
and say with a tender concern for
her before himself, “ Nay, Alois, do
not anger your father. He thinks
that I make you idle, dear, and he is
not pleased that you should be with
me. He is a good man, and loves
you well: we will not anger him,
Alois.”

But it was with a sad heart that he
said it, and the earth did not look
so bright to him as it had used to do