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most things。 Just think if I were trailing about now with those two little 

ones�察�with nothing to look back to but a schnapps´drinking husband who 

beat   me� �Ah�察 �well�察 �well� �things   are best   as   they  are。  I   don't   know that   I 

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                   A DOG OF FLANDERS 



                                         by OUIDA 

     Nello and Patrasche were left all alone in the world。 

     They were friends in a friendship closer than brotherhood。 Nello was a 

little Ardennois�察�Patrasche was a big Fleming。 They were both of the same 

age by length of years�察�yet one was still young�察�and the other was already 

old。  They   had   dwelt   together   almost   all   their   days�察  �both   were   orphaned 

and   destitute�察  �and   owed   their   lives   to   the   same   hand。   It   had   been   the 

beginning of the tie between them��their first bond of sympathy��and it 

had strengthened day by day�察�and had grown with their growth�察�firm and 

indissoluble�察�until they loved one another very greatly。 

     Their home was a little hut on the edge of a little villagea Flemish 

village   a   league   from   Antwerp�察  �set   amidst   flat   breadths   of   pasture   and 

corn´lands�察�with long lines of poplars and of alders bending in the breeze 

on the edge of the great canal which ran through it。 It had about a score of 

houses   and   homesteads�察  �with   shutters   of   bright   green   or   sky   blue�察  �and 

roofs rose red or black and white�察�and walls whitewashed until they shone 

in the sun like snow。 In the centre of the village stood a windmill�察�placed 

on   a   little   moss´grown   slope�察  �it   was   a   landmark   to   all   the   level   country 

round。 It had once been painted scarlet�察�sails and all�察�but that had been in 

its infancy�察�half a century or more earlier�察�when it had ground wheat for 

the soldiers of Napoleon�察�and it was now a ruddy brown�察�tanned by wind 

and weather。  It went   queerly by  fits   and starts�察 �as though   rheumatic   and 

stiff in the joints from age�察�but it served the whole neighborhood�察�which 

would   have   thought   it   almost   as   impious   to   carry   grain   elsewhere   as   to 

attend any other religious service than the mass that was performed at the 

altar   of   the   little   old   gray   church�察  �with   its   conical   steeple�察  �which   stood 

opposite to it�察�and whose single bell rang morning�察�noon�察�and night with 

that strange�察�subdued�察�hollow sadness which every bell that hangs in the 

Low Countries seems to gain as an integral part of its melody。 

     Within   sound   of   the   little   melancholy   clock   almost   from   their   birth 

upward�察�they had dwelt together�察�Nello and Patrasche�察�in the little hut on 

the edge of the village�察�with the cathedral spire of Antwerp rising in the 



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northeast�察  �beyond   the   great   green   plain   of   seeding   grass   and   spreading 

corn that stretched away from them like a tideless�察�changeless sea。 It was 

the hut of a very old man�察�of a very poor man of old Jehan Daas�察�who in 

his   time   had   been    a  soldier�察 �and   who    remembered       the  wars   that  had 

trampled      the  country    as  oxen    tread   down    the  furrows�察   �and    who   had 

brought from his service nothing except a wound�察�which had made him a 

cripple。 

     When   old   Jehan   Daas   had   reached   his   full   eighty�察  �his   daughter   had 

died in the Ardennes�察�hard by Stavelot�察�and had left him in legacy her two´ 

year´old   son。   The   old   man   could   ill   contrive   to   support   himself�察  �but   he 

took    up   the   additional    burden    uncomplainingly�察      �and   it  soon    became 

welcome and precious to him。 Little Nello�察�which was but a pet diminutive 

for Nicolas�察�throve with him�察�and the old man and the little child lived in 

the poor little hut contentedly。 

     It was a very humble little mud hut indeed�察�but it was clean and white 

as   a   sea´shell�察  �and   stood   in   a   small   plot   of   garden   ground   that   yielded 

beans and herbs and pumpkins。 They were very poor�察�terribly poor�察�many 

a day they had nothing at all to eat。 They never by any chance had enough�察�

to have   had   enough to eat   would have been   to have   reached   paradise   at 

once。 But the old man was very gentle and good to the boy�察�and the boy 

was a beautiful�察�innocent�察�truthful�察�tender´ natured creature�察�and they were 

happy on a crust and a few leaves of cabbage�察�and asked no more of earth 

or heavensave indeed that Patrasche should be always with them�察�since 

without Patrasche where would they have been�拭�

     For Patrasche was their alpha and omega�察�their treasury and granary�察�

their store of gold and wand of wealth�察�their bread´winner and minister�察�

their only friend and comforter。 Patrasche dead or gone from them�察�they 

must have laid themselves down and died likewise。 Patrasche was body�察�

brains�察�hands�察�head�察�and feet to both of them�察�Patrasche was their very life�察�

their very soul。 For Jehan Daas was old and a cripple�察�and Nello was but a 

child�察�and Patrasche was their dog。 

     A dog of Flandersyellow of hide�察�large of head and limb�察�with wolf´ 

like ears that stood erect�察�and legs bowed and feet widened in the muscular 

development   wrought in his breed   by  many  generations   of hard   service。 



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Patrasche came of a race which had toiled hard and cruelly from sire to 

son   in   Flanders   many   a   centuryslaves   of   slaves�察  �dogs   of   the   people�察�

beasts   of   the   shafts   and   the   harness�察  �creatures   that   lived   straining   their 

sinews in the gall of the cart�察�and died breaking their hearts on the flints of 

the streets。 

     Patrasche had been born of parents who had labored hard all their days 

over   the   sharp´set   stones   of   the   various   cities   and   the   long�察  �shadowless�察�

weary roads of the two Flanders and of Brabant。 He had been born to no 

other heritage than those of pain and of toil。 He had been fed on curses and 

baptized with blows。 Why not�拭�It was a Christian country�察�and Patrasche 

was but a dog。 Before he was fully grown he had known the bitter gall of 

the cart and the collar。 Before he had entered his thirteenth month he had 

become the property of a hardware dealer�察�who was accustomed to wander 

over the land north and south�察�from the blue sea to the green mountains。 

They sold him for a small price�察�because he was so young。 

     This man was a drunkard and a brute。 The life of Patrasche was a life 

of hell。 To deal the tortures of hell on the animal creation is a way which 

the Christians have of showing their belief in it。 His purchaser was a sullen�察�

ill´living�察�brutal Brabantois�察�who heaped his cart full with pots and pans 

and flagons and buckets�察�and other wares of crockery and brass and   tin�察�

and   left   Patrasche   to   draw   the   load   as   best   he   might�察  �while   he   himself 

lounged idly by the side in fat and sluggish ease�察�smoking his black pipe 

and stopping at every wineshop or cafe on the road。 

     Happily for Patrasche�察�or unhappily�察�he was very strong�察�he came of an 

iron race�察�long born and bred to such cruel travail�察�so that he did not die�察�

but managed to drag on a wretched existence under the brutal burdens�察�the 

scarifying   lashes�察  �the   hunger�察  �the   thirst�察  �the   blows�察  �the   curses�察  �and   the 

exhaustion which are the only wages with which the Flemings repay the 

most patient and laborious of all their four´footed victims。 One day�察�after 

two years of this long and deadly agony�察�Patrasche was going on as usual 

along   one   of   the   straight�察  �dusty�察  �unlovely   roads   that   lead   to   the   city   of 

Rubens。 It was full midsummer�察�and very warm。 His cart was very heavy�察�

piled high with goods in metal and in earthenware。 His owner sauntered 

on   without   noticing   him   otherwise   than   by   the   crack   of   the   whip   as   it 



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curled round his quivering loins。 The Brabantois had paused to drink beer 

himself at every wayside house�察�but he had forbidden Patrasche to stop a 

moment for a draught from the canal。 Going along thus�察�in the full sun�察�on 

a   scorching   highway�察  �having   eaten   
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