136 A DOG OF FLANDERS.

will not wait to be kicked out: let us

”

go.
Patrasche had no will but his, and

they went sadly, side by side, out
from the little place which was so
dear to them both, and in which
every humble, homely thing was to
them precious and beloved. Pa-
trasche drooped his head wearily as he
passed by his own green cart : it was
no longer his — it had to go with the
rest to pay the rent, and his brass
harness lay idle and glittering onthe
snow. The dog could have lain
down beside it and died for very
heart sickness as he went; but whilst
the lad lived and needed him Pa-
trasche would not yield and give
way.