. Pierrot, dog of Belgium . to hammer at hisribs. Heedless of pain and weariness, hedashed blindly on, around the bend in theroad, up the little lane, to the place wherehome had been. Pierrot stopped in a panic of bewilder-ment. The tile-roofed house was gone andonly blackened timbers remained. Hesniffed about among the ruins for a time,greatly troubled, and then circled aroundtoward the outbuildings. They, too, weregone, but nearby was a little shack that hedid not remember. Night was coming on again, and Pierrotwas feeling very weary and forlorn and hope-less. Was this, then, the empty end o
. Pierrot, dog of Belgium . to hammer at hisribs. Heedless of pain and weariness, hedashed blindly on, around the bend in theroad, up the little lane, to the place wherehome had been. Pierrot stopped in a panic of bewilder-ment. The tile-roofed house was gone andonly blackened timbers remained. Hesniffed about among the ruins for a time,greatly troubled, and then circled aroundtoward the outbuildings. They, too, weregone, but nearby was a little shack that hedid not remember. Night was coming on again, and Pierrotwas feeling very weary and forlorn and hope-less. Was this, then, the empty end of hislong, painful quest? Where was the prettylittle home and the comfortable cow barnand the people he used to love? Had allvanished into thin air? Pierrot dragged himself disconsolately overto the strange little shack and sniffed at PIERROT, DOG OF BELGIUM 93 the crack under the door. Something in thescent drove him into a sudden frenzy of ex-citement. He began to scratch vigorouslyand gave voice to one short, sharp VI After the Belgian soldier had marchedaway with Pierrot, hard times fell upon thelittle dairy farm of the Van Huyks. Soonthe Germans came and drove off their oneheifer, and there was no more milk or butterfor them. They also took all of the wheatand most of the rye that was in the was still a little wheat in the field thatGranpere had not had time to bring all turned out and gleaned every grainof this and Mere Marie hid it under the floorof the house together with what little hadbeen left in the barn. All of their chickenswere taken, too, and there was not much leftfor them to eat. The Germans were notrough with them and gave them a paper inpayment for the things they had taken, butthis would not buy food. 94 PIERROT, DOG OF BELGIUM 95 Mere Marie, fearing the German soldiers,kept Henri and Lisa closely indoors, and sheherself seldom went far from home. Onlyold Granpere went out and got the news andcame back walking very proudly but with
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