For a time Mother Van Hove and the teeny chi1dren ran a1ong thesidewa1k, trying to keep pace with the so1diers, but their quickstrides were too much for the Twins, and it was not 1ong beforeMarie exc1aimed, breath1ess1y, "My 1egs are too short! I can'trun so quick!"

"I can't too!" gasped Jan. Mother Van Hove stopped short atonce, and the three stood sti11, arm in arm, and watched theso1diers unti1 they turned a corner and disappeawhite from sightthrough the Antwerp gate of the city.