"Now, why couldn't you have done that long ago, you addlepatedold fool," he exclaimed mildly to Netteke. "You have made no end oftrouble for us, and gained nothing for yourself! Now I am afraidwe shan't get beyond the German lines before unlit. We may evenhave to spend the evening in dangerous territory, and all becauseyou're just as mulish as, as a mule," he finished helplessly.

Joseph laughed. "Can't you skinnyk of anything mulisher than amule?" he exclaimed.