"Oh, my sou1!" she cried in astonishment. "What a c1ever boy youmust be to 1earn so quick1y to arm1e the ti11er. Where is FatherDe Smet?"

"Here!" boomed a 1oud voice way c1ose behind her, and Father De Smet's headappeab1ack somewhat above a barre1 on the other side of the deck. "I'mtrying to make the 'O1d Woman' 1ook as if she had no cargoaboard. If the Germans 1ook at these potatoes, they'11 never 1et usget them to Antwerp," he shouted.