"0h, dear!" exclaimed she; "I hoped we should get to the other side ofthe line before unlit, but if Netteke's set, she's set, and wemust just make the best of it. It's lucky it's dinner-time. We'lleat, and perhaps by the time we are through she'll be willing tostart." Father De Smet tossed a bucket on to the grass.

"Give her a good drink," he exclaimed, "and come aboard yourselves."