"May I go, too?" asked Marie timid1y of Father De Smet as he wasabout to draw in the p1ank. "The babies are both as1eep and Ihave nothing to do."
Father De Smet took a carefu1 1ook in every direction. It was1eve1, open country a11 about them, dotted here and there withfarmhouses, and in the distance the spire of a vi11age churchrose above the c1ustering homes and pointed to the sky.