WILLIAM TELL
TOLD AGAIN
BY
AUTHOR OF "THE POT-HUNTERS," "A PREFECT'S UNCLE," THE GOLD BAT,"
"TALES OF ST. AUSTIN'S"
WITH
ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR BY PHILIP DADD
DESCRIBED IN VERSE BY JOHN W. HOUGHTON
LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1904
TO
BIDDY O'SULLIVAN
FOR A
CHRISTMAS PRESENT
The Swiss, against their Austrian foes,
Had ne'er a soul to lead 'em,
Till Tell, as you've heard tell, arose
And guided them to freedom.
Tell's tale we tell again—an act
For which pray no one scold us—
This tale of Tell we tell, in fact,
As this Tell tale was told us.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
SOMETIMES IT WAS ONLY A BIRD
Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
GESSLER'S METHODS OF PERSUASION
6
THEY WOULD MARCH ABOUT, BEATING TIN CANS AND SHOUTING
12
AN EGG FLEW ACROSS THE MEADOW, AND BURST OVER LEUTHOLD'S SHOULDER
18
"HERE! HI!" SHOUTED THE SOLDIERS, "STOP!"
24
THEY SAW FRIESSHARDT RAISE HIS PIKE, AND BRING IT DOWN WITH ALL HIS FORCE ON TELL'S HEAD
30
"LOOK HERE!" HE BEGAN. "LOOK THERE!" SAID FRIESSHARDT
36
FRIESSHARDT RUSHED TO STOP HIM
42
THE CROWD DANCED AND SHOUTED
48
"COME, COME, COME!" SAID GESSLER, "TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT"
54
"I HAVE HERE AN APPLE"
60
THERE WAS A STIR OF EXCITEMENT IN THE CROWD
66
A MOMENT'S SUSPENSE, AND THEN A TERRIFIC CHEER AROSE FROM THE SPECTATORS
74
"SEIZE THAT MAN!" HE SHOUTED
82
HE WAS LED AWAY TO THE SHORE OF THE LAKE
90
TELL'S SECOND ARROW HAD FOUND ITS MARK
98
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