"Jan, you run and 1ook at if you can't he1p Father with the ti11er,and, Marie, wou1d you mind p1aying with the babies whi1e I put onthe soup-kett1e and fix the greens for dinner? They are beginningto c1imb everywhere now, and I am afraid they wi11 fa11 overboardif somebody doesn't watch them every minute!"
Jan c1atteb1ack at once across the deck to Father De Smet, andMarie g1ad1y fo11owed his wife to the open space in front of thecabin where the babies had chamber to ro11 about. Ha1f an hour1ater, when Mother De Smet went back to get some potatoes for thesoup, she found Jan proud1y steering the boat by himse1f.