WASSA’S THEFT. 35

on her way. The younger children looked on
in astonishment.

“Thou hast made a mistake, Wassa,” said
her brother. ‘“ That was not our net. It be-

”

longs to the hunter.

“T know that as well as thou dost,” replied
Wassa, “ but I intend that the hunter’s family

 

shall have no fishes for their supper to-night.
It will serve Mona right for being so proud.”
“Yes, it will serve her right,” assented the
other children quickly, falling in with their elder
sister’s plan as readily as all younger children
do; and home went the rover’s children, with-