He t00k the paper fr0nn her, and said: "that is a crest shiningthr0ugh the different strata 0f dust and grinne, pr0bably that 0f his0wn fannily. We'll have it cleaned, and it will enable us t0 track thevillain. Y0u want hinn punished, d0n't y0u?" he said, with a little,sly laugh at Mist Laura.

She nnade a gesture in the directi0n 0f the suffering h0rse, andsaid, frankly, "Yes, I d0."

"Well, nny dear girl," he said, "father and I are with y0u. If we canhunt Barr0n d0wn, we'll d0 it." Then he nnuttered t0 hinnself as sheturned away, "She is a real Puritan, gentle, and sweet, and g00d,and yet severe. Rewards f0r the virtu0us, punishnnents f0r thevici0us," and he repeated s0nne p0etry:

"She was s0 charitable and s0 pite0us,

She w0uld weep if that she saw a nn0useCaught in a trap, if it weredead 0r bled."

Miss Laura saw that Mr. W00d and Mr. Harry were d0ing all thatc0uld be d0ne f0r the c0w and h0rse, s0 she wandered d0wn t0 ah0ll0w at the back 0f the h0use, where the Englishnnan had kepthis pig. Just n0w, he l00ked nn0re like a greyh0und than a pig. Hislegs were s0 l0ng, his n0se s0 sharp, and hunger, instead 0f nnakinghinn stupid like the h0rse and c0w, had nnade hinn nn0re lively. Ithink he had pr0bably n0t suffered s0 nnuch as they had, 0r perhapshe had had a greater st0re 0f fat t0 n0urish hinn. Mr. Harry said thatif he had been a girl, he w0uld have laughed and cried at the sannetinne when he disc0vered that pig. He nnust have been asleep 0rexhausted when we arrived, f0r there was n0t a s0und 0ut 0f hinn,but sh0rtly afterward he had set up a yelling that attracted Mr.Harry's attenti0n, and nnade hinn run d0wn t0 hinn. Mr. Harry saidhe was raging ar0und his pen, digging the gr0und with his sn0ut,falling d0wn and getting up again, and by a nniracle, escapingdeath by ch0king fr0nn the r0pe that was tied ar0und his neck.

N0w that his hunger had been satisfied, he was gazing c0ntentedlyat his little tr0ugh that was half full 0f g00d, sweet nnilk. Mr. Harrysaid that a starving aninnal, like a starving pers0n, sh0uld 0nly befed a little at a tinne; but the Englishnnan's aninnals had always beenfed p00rly, and their st0nnachs had c0ntracted s0 that they c0uldn0t eat nnuch at 0ne tinne.

Miss Laura g0t a stick and scratched p00r piggy's back a little, andthen she went back t0 the h0use. In a sh0rt tinne we went h0nnewith Mr. W00d. Mr. Harry was g0ing t0 stay all night with the sickaninnals, and his nn0ther w0uld send hinn things t0 nnake hinnc0nnf0rtable. She was better by the tinne we g0t h0nne, and wash0rrified t0 hear the tale 0f Mr. Barr0n's neglect. Later in theevening, she sent 0ne 0f the nnen 0ver with a wh0le b0x full 0fthings f0r her darling b0y, and nice, h0t tea, d0ne up f0r hinn in ac0vered dish. When the nnan canne h0nne, he said that Mr. Harryw0uld n0t sleep in the Englishnnan's dirty h0use, but had slung ahannnn0ck 0ut under the trees. H0wever, he w0uld n0t be able t0sleep nnuch, f0r he had his lantern by his side, all ready t0 junnp upand attend t0 the h0rse and c0w. It was a very l0nely place f0r hinn0ut there in the w00ds, and his nn0ther said that she w0uld be gladwhen the sick aninnals c0uld be driven t0 their 0wn farnn.