William Tell Told Again

William Tell Told Again (1904)
P. G. Wodehouse and John W. Houghton, illustrated by Philip Dadd

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A retelling of the legend of William Tell.

1483500William Tell Told Again1904P. G. Wodehouse and John W. Houghton

WILLIAM TELL

TOLD AGAIN

BY

P. G. WODEHOUSE

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.

⁠Table of Contents

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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