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<h1>PIERROT, DOG OF BELGIUM</h1>
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<p class="caption">A BELGIAN CARBINEER CAME VERY HURRIEDLY ONE MORNING AND
LED PIERROT AWAY</p>
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<p><span class="xxlarge">PIERROT</span><br/>
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<span class="xlarge">DOG OF BELGIUM</span></p>
<p><span class="large"><i>By</i> WALTER A. DYER</span><br/>
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<span class="small">AUTHOR OF<br/>
“THE RICHER LIFE,” ETC.</span></p>
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<p><i>Illustrated by Gordon Grant</i></p>
<p><span class="smcap">Garden City<span class="gap">New York</span></span><br/>
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY<br/>
1915</p>
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<i>Copyright, 1915, by</i><br/>
<span class="smcap">Doubleday, Page & Company</span><br/>
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<i>All rights reserved, including that of<br/>
translation into foreign languages,<br/>
including the Scandinavian</i></p>
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TO THE<br/>
<span class="large">COMMISSION FOR RELIEF<br/>
IN BELGIUM</span><br/>
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WAGING A BLOODLESS BATTLE AGAINST<br/>
FAMINE AND THE RAVAGES OF<br/>
WAR, THIS LITTLE TALE IS<br/>
SYMPATHETICALLY<br/>
DEDICATED</p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_vii" id="Page_vii">[Pg vii]</SPAN></span></p>
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<p><i>Belgium lies bleeding.</i></p>
<p><i>Across her level, lush meadows the harsh-shod
hosts of war have marched. Beside her
peaceful waters the sons of God have spilled
each other’s blood. Beneath her noble trees
have raged the fires of human hate.</i></p>
<p><i>Her king and his brave warriors have fought
to save that which was their own and, driven
back, have left their smiling land to suffer the
desolation which has ever been the conqueror’s
boast. Her ancient cities smoke. The inspired
craftsmanship of an elder day has been
destroyed forever.</i></p>
<p><i>Belgium lies moaning.</i></p>
<p><i>Across the winter sea we have heard the
wailing of men and women among their ruined
homes—honest townsfolk, simple Walloon and
Flemish peasants, who had borne no malice</i><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_viii" id="Page_viii">[Pg viii]</SPAN></span>
<i>and had done no wrong. And amid the cries
of anguish and despair there have come to
me the weeping of a little girl named Lisa
and the voice of a faithful dog whining for his
master.</i></p>
<p class="right">W. A. D.</p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</SPAN></span></p>
<p class="ph1">PIERROT, DOG OF BELGIUM</p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[Pg 2]</SPAN></span></p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</SPAN></span></p>
<p class="ph2">PIERROT, DOG OF BELGIUM</p>
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