Show 4 I ii I HOW HANS WENT TO ITALY I K Story of a German boy who vho marched with an army I tt ft- ft f of children across the Alps and what they found on the theother f other side k lived In the city of Cologne in HANS I F-I Germany so to Jon long ago that America had bad not even een been disco er discovered d at the time for tor Columbus had hd not then been born Yet Cologne was a large Jare place then thee as it is now and it was 35 famous for or its Cathedral just as it is to Hans who was the son eon of a n blacksmith and knew all aU about this Cathedral which was wa not ot strange since Father Godfrey God GOO frey Iler hi his hi best beat friend lived Und in It Many thousand of men and women t and children came to the Cathedral every ry year rea to lo pray before the splendid In which lay th the bones bone of ot tie the t Wise WIe Men Ien Inu In Inu u Ij golden ot m casket Therefore It was Wal no thing thins to ae see crowds about the door But Butone one day as ar Hans Hal and Godfrey Godfrey Godfrey God God- frey were returning from some Como via visit is to the poor and ond rick nick which the good monk had been making they were t surprised to tn find tind d an especially great throng about thed thedoor the thedoor d door r of ot the church Some Borne one semi seems to be preaching there Go Godfrey frey said shading his hi eyes eye with Ith hi his bt 1 hand I Y wonder t who it can be Its t a 11 bo boy Hans exclaimed He Het Hed d ut t look any older than than I T amit am am So it ft la Is the monk replied Let uLet us tie go 10 nearer nearer Dea They hey pressed on and found a strange sight eight A young boy with t fair long hair And blue eyes w ws s preaching to a crowd Of pilgrims Just outside the door of the church and so many had gathered to listen to him that Godfrey was unable to force torce his wa way through them So ho was Impelled pe om-pe ed to stand with the tho rest and Walt wait alt until the young preacher should finish They soon found that he was preaching about the Holy Land which was wag then in lh ih h hands of the infidels He was telling hk Ws hearers that the time had hd come to res- res cue cue u-e u the the sacred city of Jerusalem There was was nothing 6 surprising in this for the tho same ame thing had bad been preached for many years ears by priests and armies of ot m men n had marched to tho the Holy V-d V to t at apt pt What they asked But what was strange was waa the fact that the boy who was now 1 preaching did not ask for an army r r armed meni mend men but insisted ha cr cl- n be the tho rescuers of ot the territory that was to be conquered H Hans ns liste listened ed to th tho boy and it seemed ed 1 to him that he had never heard anything more ore beautiful in his life lite than the things thing that the boy was saying The brave bra I words and the promises of victory made the the blood tingle in his veins and he forgot all about his companion until the sermon rif if it could be called d a sermon was end ended d dand and the crowd began to move mo away it splendid 1 he be said eaid taking Godfrey by the hand It was remarkable Godfrey said with witha Ii a smile I wonder who the lad can be beT They asked some of the bystanders who raid taid- We do not know who ho he is He Ho says that his bis name Is Nicholas and that ho lives In a village not far from the city He Ho is very silly to think that children could capture the Holy Land when so EO mAny many brave men have failed Godfrey said Now ow Hans was sorry to hear bear his friend frien d talk in that way for be he already felt surn sure sur e fn in n his own mind that all he be had heard hear d By Y Robert H Fuller Puller t y c S f r-f r c cw w N k a I l The children saw the wide plain of Italy spread before them therm 1 Nicholas say was true and that the Holy HolyLand HolyLand HolyLand Land was to bo be regained by children He thought ht It best not to reply however for tor he did not wish to give Godfrey pain But he came the next nest day and the next to hear the young preacher and a great many other boys and even a few tew girls came too Tho The result of this was that the children became convinced that they would win wiD success where the armies of their elders had failed and before long Ions they began to talk about setting out ont forthe for forthe forthe the Holy Land Good Father Godfrey was t much vexed when hs ha found that Hans Hans had made up his bis mind to join the expedition You will be very cry sorry for it it my boy he said ald with a sigh The place you wish to seek is many many miles away oversea over oversea sea and nd land and you ou cannot hope to reach it alive You would do better to be guided by th those sc who know more than you and remain at homo home with us But Hans would not listen and Father Godfrey at last Jast told his father lather the smith what was in his mind The result of this was that Hans received a good beating with a leather strap that his father wore with his great apron when he was in in the forge but the beating did not change his purpose Hans w was s not a bad boy but the truth was he could not help wanting to go sorry as he was to grieve his fa father ther and his bis friend Godfrey Ho He could not sleep for thinking of tho the wonderful things he was vas to see on the tho journey to the HolyLand Holy HotT HolyLand Land and aed he never nc doubted that when the army of children arrived thero there the 1 infidels would at once lay aside their 1 arms as Nicholas predicted pre and nd fall tall upon their knees There would be no fighting he was contain certain of that 1 There wore ware a great many moro children n 1 who t felt as be did In fact th there re were 1 so ro many of them that when they the gathered d 1 outside outride the city of Cologne the tho fields wt were wen rp I covered erro with them far aud and n near r. r There were no oo less leS'S than twenty thousand and of them hem in Sn all alj and they made mad an army In in- in I deed Most Yost of nf them wore Jon long lone gray ny Ont coats with a n red cross sewn on the br hr i t of or the garment It was wa n It great ent grief to o Hans that he did not have hae a 1 cloak but hut n ns as s he hf had het been n compelled to run runaway runaway runaway away from hi his home early that morning momma in n order to loin foin the crusade a e. e of courset course e eit it t was wa impossible for him bim to set get one Once In the crow crowd he had no nn fear that hie hi hie fit father or Godfrey would find him With waving banners hanner anil and of nf triumph tri tri- the set pet out onto marching southward south south- ward town toward Id I'd whence they would advance as Nicholas told them to the th Holy Land Their hearts beat hi high h with hope hopp Shall WP TC reach morrow to-morrow nuked naked n red headed beaded boy belY who marched bede beside be be- side de Hans u No n. n Hans replied It Is mane day days days' journey and we Wi roust must cross the Alps before before be be- fore we vre reach it It Do yon you F suppose there ra are hears bears in tb the A Alps s wild said another Dother boy who had largo larg o freckles on his nn nose c. c I T T dont don't know Hans replied cy 1 hol hope hop e not II If there are any nn hears bears eAr there the 1 headed hel hey boy said aid all that Nicholas 1 wil witt l have ha to tn do is to tn explain to tn them where ware wi we e lire are are going and they will not harm barm n us It was a Jon long lonn days day's march before tin tho o children halted baited d on the first day Han Hans s found a rp tiu place among some ome ome shelve n henin s in a field of nat oats Many rae of the ho boys ha had d d brons brought broucht ht a supply of pro provisions l ion with mth them and the one onA with the fre freckled ktE M O. O wb was only nine years yeAr old shared hared his supper supper sup per with Hans Stance as it mAY seem by bv no means nil the parents had d to the expedition Many of them were a as s ignorant of nf the distance to be travelled travelle d and of the dangers dancers to he encountered o othe on n the way WilY as were the children tb themselves es sl and so sn they had allowed them to go o. o Day after day the children marched he o on n I from city to city and from town to town In mo most rt places the people were glad tad lad t tsee to tose o I se see them and willingly ly provided pro the them m with food Before lone boar como come of th the e younger and smaller smatter ones became bEame tired tire out and could go so no DO further These Thes were e left behind In the care re of strangers an ansome and d I some of nf them found their way home aft after er they had rested Some others grew homesick home borne e sick and turned back but the greater reater pa part rt of the army pressed presed on until at last the they y could s see o the white peaks of or the Alps ri ris- ris s ing against tho the blue sky before them 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I I I I Now began nn the most difficult part of 1 It their travels tra eh The road led them among t the mountains aloe along vicar dear cold lakes and s between rocky cliffs cHers toward Cenis o over er c which they must most climb Gradually the I Fo way ay became moro more steep and rid nd stony md and b the nights grew crew w so 50 cold ot 1 that Hate Han found I c cIt J Jit It hard bond to sleep The sharp rocks cut In a their feet for their shoes shoe had long ns ago o. o t been beau worn out and many of ot tho the boys bors had I r thrown them n not knowing knowin how bow l i t much mach then would need them In the monn- monn monn-i monn The streams carne dashing bim down j f the narrow alleys from the melon meltini hanks of or snow mow above 1 Here many mauv more of the children found that then the could JOno go JO gono goo n no o further and turned hunted back shying sl farewell fare fare- well to their companions with tears In e their gyps evs py A Among Amone them m was WIS the ibe boy hoy I with tho the freckled no nose e. e whoso whose name was J Gottlieb I Take my ray cloak he cold sadly s to tol Hans I T shall not need it on my way nay i home But when yon on come CODI back birk from the lie Hoty Anly bring brine me some omo relic stave since if i 1 T 1 f rennet g go i with you I To Ye s. Indeed T I will witt nn Hen n n replied TIp He was delighted to have TP the cl not on only Iv i i ifor I for the fine appearance it made mad but stillmore still i imore I Imore more for the warmth But ho llo so soto sorry err 1 to o nIne have little Gottlieb h leave lell for the they y hart he become v me great reat friends r ends Higher the road led thorn them through black blac k forests forets of pine pin in which they rouM bt herth her henr r rth th wolves howling hOt at t night ni ht lh They y built huilt t great reat fires to keep kepp them themselves warm w a as ns asIf 1 If Ir- Ir no- no u the woods wands t J listed hot but soon oon thee tny v pitted passed d beyond them and reached the tho high big h places place where there thre is always snow nov tn an and I where trees tree C cannot grow ro Hans roof could d never remember much mach afterward about abou f this thic p part rt of nf the journey Hnnry we wet wot t and cold coM he went on with the rest reel over ove r fields of ot ice so M tired tiri that sometimes h he hp e f foil fell asleep c even en while ho was as walking times hp due Ii wished wicked that t r. r h- h hb b h h taken take n i I th the advice of C G and remained a nt t borne home It seemed to him that they would woul d ne never er reach the top of nf tho the dreadful moun mona tain tale But But all things thins have bae an sa end and at atla atla a t last la t they found them eTeR at the to top t I whore where there was a s moni monastery tery terr In tn which whit b i lived monks who were we-ro devoting their lives live 55 i I. I to aiding nidin- travellers tra who ed that rya y 1 They took tool pity on the forlorn children childre n I I noel and pave have them all 1111 the food the then hn hA d They Their could not give shelter I to all all but the they y r admitted a as 1 s many 3 as the monastery wool 1 I bold sleeping themselves I de amid th the a i snow KO so that there might be more room 1 Gazing Gazin down from the mountain to top p next nest momma mornine the children ren saw the wide rid e plains of ot Italy spread beneath them i ithe In Inthe in the warm sunlight You may maybe be sure sur th attn the sight made them glary clarl to take r up tp their journey 3 again ni sn and with all spec speed d I they descended ed the steep sides of t the he themo i mo mountain upon Ulon which they h had d suffer suffered i 6 so sa much Hurry said ni Hans to totne the boy with t the h e red hair bair We shall find plenty to e eat at t down own there and no longer shall shah o 0 bo be io ID danger of freezing in the tho snow I I There was no need ned for tor Hans Rans to give I g this advice for the tho red haired boy mar made le 3 his long Jong legs go so o o fast that Hans found you rid j I I I |