y witnesses
That if his life's in peril from my hand,
'Tis only for the chance of saving it. (To the people.)

Ges. Go on.

Tell. I will.
O friends, for mercy's sake keep motionless
and silent. (Tell shoots. A shout of exultation
bursts from the crowd. Tell's head drops on his
bosom; he with difficulty supports himself on his bow.)

Ver. (Rushing in with Albert.) The boy is safe, no
hair of him is touched.

Alb. Father, I'm safe. Your Albert's safe, dear father.
Speak to me! Speak to me!

Ver. He can not, boy!

Alb. You grant him life?

Ges. I do.

Alb. And we are free?

Ges. You are. (Crossing angrily behind.)

Alb. Open his vest,
And give him air. (Albert opens his father's vest,
and the arrow drops. Tell starts, fixes his eyes
on Albert and clasps him to his breast.)

Tell. My boy! My boy!

Ges. For what
Hid you that arrow in your breast? Speak, slave!

Tell. To kill thee, tyrant, had I slain my boy!

DEFINITIONS.--Ac-cords', grants, concede. Is'sue (pro. ish'u), event,
consequence. Stanch, sound, strong. Jag'ged, notched, uneven. Shaft, the
stem of an arrow upon which the feather and head are inserted. Quiv'er, a
case for arrows.

NOTE.--The legend further relates that on the discovery of the concealed
arrow Tell was again put in chains. Gesler then embarked for another
place, taking Tell with him. A storm overtook them, and Tell was released
to steer the boat. In passing a certain point of land now known as "Tell's
Rock" or "Leap," Tell leaped ashore and escaped: then going to a point
where he knew the boat must land, he lay concealed until it arrived, when
he shot Gesler through the heart.

LXIX. THE CRAZY ENGINEER.

1. My train left Dantzic in the morning generally about eight o'clock; but
once a week we had to wait for the arrival of the steamer from Stockholm.
It was the morning of the steamer's arrival that I came down from the
hotel, and found that my engineer had been so seriously injured that he
could not perform his work. I went immediately to the engine house to
procure another engineer, for I supposed there were three or four in
reserve there, but I was disappointed.

2. I heard the puffing of the steamer, and the passengers would be on hand
in fifteen minutes. I ran to the guards and asked them if they knew where
there was an engineer, but they did not. I then went to the firemen and
asked them if any