Tales from far and near : history stories of other lands . of theCross never saw Jerusalem. Nor didthey ever go back to their homes. But the storv of their sorrows wastold in many lands and to many they heard it, a great manystrong men set out for Jerusalem tofight the battles which the children hadhoped to fight. I am glad to tell you that the wickedcaptains were caught and punished asthey deserved. 57 William Tell Six hundred years ago the Swisspeople were ruled by men from anothercountry. These rulers treated the peo-jjle very badly. One of the rulers was a bad andcruel man. He
Tales from far and near : history stories of other lands . of theCross never saw Jerusalem. Nor didthey ever go back to their homes. But the storv of their sorrows wastold in many lands and to many they heard it, a great manystrong men set out for Jerusalem tofight the battles which the children hadhoped to fight. I am glad to tell you that the wickedcaptains were caught and punished asthey deserved. 57 William Tell Six hundred years ago the Swisspeople were ruled by men from anothercountry. These rulers treated the peo-jjle very badly. One of the rulers was a bad andcruel man. He set up a pole in themarket place of a Swiss town and hunghis hat upon it. Then he said that all whopassed bj^ must bow to the hat. This was a foolish thing. The peoplewere proud, and did not wish to bow to •the rulers hat, but they feared he wouldkill them if they did not do so. So someof them bowed, but it was with angerand hate in their hearts. Yet there was one man w^ho would notbow to the hat. He was a bold hunter,and his name was William Tell. 58. Tell will not bow to the hat He passed the pole three times, but hedid not bow. When this was told to theruler, he was very angry. That man shall die/ said he. But he did not kill Teli at once. Hesaid he would save the hunters life if hewould, with his bow and arrow, shoot anapple from the head of his own little son. It was a cruel thing to ask, for the sharp arrow might strike the boys head 59 instead of the apple. The ruler hopedthat this would happen, and then hewould kill Tell. But no man could shoot better thanthe bold hunter. He set an apple uponhis boys head. The child was not afraid,for he trusted his father. Then Tell drew his bow and shot thearrow. Its sharp point stuck into theajDple and cut it into pieces, but it didnot hurt the bov. The people shouted with joy, but theruler was angry. He saw another arrowin the hunters belt. What is that arrow for? asked he. If I had hurt my boy, I should haveshot that arrow into y
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