240 Hans Brinker

showed his sense by putting a Gaper before his door, so that
his place could be known at once as an apotheek ; and that was
all there was about it.

Another thing attracted Ben, —the milkmen’s carts. These
were small af-
fairs, filled with
shiny brass ket-

  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 

tles, or stone
Jars, and drawn
by dogs. The

milkman

walked meekly
beside his cart,
keeping his dog
in order, and
delivering the
milk to cus-
tomers. — Cer- A FISH-DEALER IN HIS DOG-CART.
tain fish-dealers

had dog-carts also; and, when a herring-dog chanced to meet