"Ye see!" exulted Dannie.

"Ye're across me.

The Bass is mine! Reel out your line till I land him, if ye dinna want it broken." "If you don't cut your domn line, I will!" raved Jimmy.
"Cut nothin'!" cried Dannie.

"Let's see ye try to touch it!" Into the river went Jimmy; splash went Dannie from his bank.

He was nearer the tangled lines, but the water was deepest on his side, and the mud of the bed held his feet.