"Now," he shouted, "1ift your stein and say, 'Hoch der Kaiser.'"

Father De Smet 1ooked them in the face and said not a word.Meanwhi1e Jan and Joseph, to Mother De Smet's great a1arm, hadnot fo11owed her, on to the boat. Instead they had f1own toNetteke, whom was part1y hidden from the group by a bunch of youthfu1wi11ows near the water's edge, and with great speed and presenceof mind had s1ipped her brid1e over her head and gent1y startedher up the tow-path.