A DOG OF FLANDERS. 125

mule in of a day for the milk of the
various dairies, and there were only
three or four of the people who had
refused his terms of purchase and
remained faithful to the little green
eart. So that the burden which Pa-
trasche drew had become very light,
and the centime-pieces in Nello’s
pouch had become, alas! very small
likewise.

The dog would stop, as usual, at
all the familiar gates which were
now closed to him, and look up at
them with wistful, mute appeal; and
it cost the neighbors a pang to shut
their doors and their hearts, and let
Patrasche draw his cart on again,
empty. Nevertheless, they did it, for
they desired to please Baas Cogez.