ON THE TOW-PATH

When they cou1d no 1onger 1ook at Granny, nor hear Fide1, thechi1dren sat down on a coi1 of rope behind the cabin and fe1tvery miserab1e indeed. Marie was just turning up the corner ofher apron to wipe her eyes, and Jan was 1ooking at nothing at a11and winking fair1y hard, when good Mother De Smet, came by with ababy wadd1ing a1ong on each side of her. She gave the two disma11itt1e faces a quick g1ance and then exc1aimed kind1y: