The Wolf-slayer; [Margaret Kaurner]

by Christoph von Schmid

"Why not, Henry?" replied grandpa. "The matter is plain enough."

"Is it not right that we should help the poor?" Henry put the question as solemnly as a counsellor in any court of justice.

"Yes."

"Did not these long-bow archers do this?"

"Yes."

"Then," said Henry, "they did right; I am sure they did."

"Not so; the Bible says we must not do evil that good may come; the Bible says 'thou shalt not steal,' they stole; and whatsoever their object, good or bad, no matter, it was a sin, a vice, a crime!"

Henry was silent.

"Shall I tell you of the Wolf-slayer?"

"The Wolf-slayer, O, what is that? We never heard that story yet. Do tell it to us. Is it very amusing, and is it true, quite true?"