' TIO A DOG OF FLANDERS.

tioning faith which had been taught
him in the little gray chapel amongst
the willows and the poplar-trees.
The winter was very sharp already.
That night, after they reached the
hut, snow fell; and fell for very many
days after that, so that the paths
and the divisions in the fields were
all obliterated, and all the smaller
streams were frozen over, and the
cold was intense upon the plains.
Then, indeed, it became hard work
to go round for the milk while the
world was all dark, and carry it
through the darkness to the silent
town. Hard work, especially for
Patrasche, for the passage of the
years, that were only bringing Nello
a stronger youth, were bringing him