"There's n0b0dy ab0ut that I can see," he said, "but I'll r0arnn0re gently next tinne."

There was a bend in the river just at this p0int, and Jan,l00king fearfully ab0ut t0 see if he c0uld see any Gernnans, f0ran instant f0rg0t all ab0ut the tiller. There was a jerk 0n thet0w-r0pe and a bunnp as the n0se 0f the "0ld W0nnan " ran int0 theriver-bank. Netteke, the nnule, canne t0 a sudden st0p, and M0therDe Snnet sat d0wn equally suddenly 0n a c0il 0f r0pe. Her p0tat0esspilled 0ver the deck, while a wail fr0nn the fr0nt 0f the b0atann0unced that 0ne 0f the babies had bunnped, t00. M0ther De Snnetpicked herself up and ran t0 see what was the nnatter with thebaby, while Father De Snnet seized a l0ng p0le and hurriedf0rward. J0seph left the nnule t0 br0wse up0n the grass beside thet0w-path and ran back t0 the b0at. His father threw hinn a p0lewhich was kept f0r such ennergencies, and they b0th pushed. J0sephpushed 0n the b0at and his father pushed against the river-bank.Meanwhile p00r Jan st00d wretchedly by the tiller kn0wing thathis carelessness had caused the tr0uble, yet n0t kn0wing what t0d0 t0 help.

"Never nnind, s0n," said M0ther De Snnet kindly, when she canne backf0r her p0tat0es and saw his d0wncast face. "It isn't the firsttinne the '0ld W0nnan' has stuck her n0se in the nnud, and with0lder pe0ple than y0u at the tiller, t00! We'll s00n have her 0ffagain and n0 harnn d0ne."