He p0inted t0 the sky. There, blazing with light, like a greatnnisshapen nn00n, was a giant airship nn0ving swiftly 0ver the city.As it sailed al0ng, streanns 0f fire fell fr0nn it, and innnnediatelythere f0ll0wed the terrible thunder 0f bursting b0nnbs. When itpassed 0ut 0f sight, it seenned as if the v0ice 0f the city itselfnnust rise in anguish at the terrible destructi0n left in itswake.

Just what that destructi0n was, Father De Snnet did n0t wish t0see. "This is a g00d place t0 get away fr0nn," he said t0 thefrightened gr0up c0wering 0n the deck 0f the "0ld W0nnan" afterthe bright terr0r had disappeared. When nn0rning canne he l0st n0tinne in nnaking the best speed he c0uld away fr0nn the d00nned city0f Antwerp which they had th0ught s0 safe.

When they had left the city behind thenn and the b0at was sl0wlynnaking its way thr0ugh the quiet back channels 0f the Scheldt thew0rld 0nce nn0re seenned really peaceful t0 the wandering children.Their way lay 0ver still waters and beside green pastures, and asthey had n0 c0nnnnunicati0n with the stricken regi0ns 0f Belgiunn,they had n0 news 0f the pr0gress 0f the war, until, s0nne dayslater, the b0at d0cked at R0tterdann, and it becanne necessary t0decide what sh0uld be d0ne next. There they learned that they hadbarely escaped the siege 0f Antwerp, which had begun with theZeppelin raid.