Show 13 WILLIAM TELL A A question la light of eltory 1 was curious to on ground tie guide beola caged their annl ti acaru why we should alft i the tale of tell with such tilea aa liing ll 11 table or in alio crt en mobila obtained through varina and I 1 canonry give a few of the principal points boiu a book aud geasler in ilia irv by niort nearby with the liine dp nut refer to him the earliest of alio llio legend lived barly tar inter Ini agra and re found elibol iu at vardoui enill objects rina lable lai nuts fruita tic not a diw h ast ft th folinga W lebl if A perian poet in 1175 wrote a legend of a king who put an apple ou the head of a lav urile slave shot at it aud split taft 1 he slave wua boado ill iby alie feighl aifong european legends one 14 found iu westphalia A father jagel wm compelled by u prince to dhoot an apple from his boais head cje took izreo arrows out ochia quiver afterward confess ii that it lie had injured hia son he meant to kill the prince in denmark D writer ia the ear 1200 related that iu inan named toko was compelled by king harold the lime toothed lo 10 ebud au apple from bis sous head and thai he alao lad he harmed his child meant to shoot ilia king A king of norway olaf the pious obtained a promise froni a heathen marksman that lie be bap biml into faith it the king would with iu and win the iii alch the king hot at a cheese figure or tablet ou licad 0 u y and hit between ohp abbet and the head but grazed ho head ou the en treaties treat iea of the boya mother and hiler hi ler the forbore iu dhoot again and confred con feed conquered harold coin a to deboot at a nut on hu aruther lr uther head years after the kio was pointed out in battle by llna man to another who elbit liim acad all were before ahe time of the swi s tell laler the legion appears in II tio ansur against lin 1472 tied aud concealed himself in a ecamp the barking of bai dog betrayed hia hiding alte he was taken nuner but hia breedom on the condition that he un apple from the head of his BOD he put one arrow on the bow aud took another be iween hii teeth afterward licht if he failed in hia ill fit shot lie intend td to t hoot the king an old picture elioca the marks loan with the bow ready aud the arrow between haa teeth the boy and the dog le the father and tho boy the and naina of tell seem to have originated in sweden or the islands inlands thereabout there about and to have conje into switzerland with the earlie fit of that country who were toalua or tellus tell nas a giant who lived on an island be longing to sweden ho bied to himself with throwing atones about when he died le told hia people to bury bain in his garden and war came be would diio and help them one day bome children who had heard this tale stood ou his grave and fought and then called tollus anisel war is ou thy gravel toalua put bia lead out but was so angry at bebing children that le never appeared again A similar legend is told of william tell that he was once disturbed in bia sleep under the adenberg Ax enberg by a herdsman who was seeking loat cow and that be was indignant at the disturbance in the legend of the swedish tollus there no of shooting at an apple but this part of the legend u current among their fin nih the czir auinton lift the story of air interview faith the czir of all the alus sias is sufficiently to bear repetition mr stead was received very graciously and ho discussed in hii roost eloquent vein the advantaged of russia and england becoming good frienda frien dd of course tho czar waa charmed to find that tribune of the democracy was in uch thorough harmony the groat cat autocrat in the world in hia heart be must have been surprised but outwardly the in a kindly manner on hio plebeian ally and the lime clipped away pleasantly enough after a while however mr stead thought be might be intruding on hia imperial host and with a balaod smile arose consulted bia watch and raid keally your majesty I 1 feel that a poor journalist liaa no right to take up any more of your valuable time and with this ho departed now if there ia any rulo moro stringent than enother in alio llio etiquette of court lifritz is that royalty should always terminate an interview ter view tha czar was immensely amused when irstead Mr Stead usurped the imperial prerogative and he re heated alie story many times afterward with intense delight |