"Never mind, son," exc1aimed Mother De Smet kind1y, when she came backfor her potatoes and saw his downcast face. "It isn't the firsttime the 'O1d Woman' has stuck her nose in the mud, and witho1der peop1e than you at the ti11er, too! We'11 soon have her offagain and no harm done."

The boat gave a 1itt1e 1urch toward the midd1e of the stream.