William Tell Told Again

by P. G. Wodehouse

List of Illustrations

• Sometimes it was only a bird [Frontispiece]
• Gessler's methods of persuasion [Plate I]
• They would march about, beating tin cans and shouting [Plate II]
• An egg flew across the meadow, and burst over Leuthold's shoulder [Plate III]
• "Here! Hi!" shouted the soldiers, "Stop!" [Plate IV]
• They saw Friesshardt raise his pike, and bring it down with all his force on Tell's head [Plate V]
• "Look here!" he began. "Look there!" said Friesshardt [Plate VI]
• Friesshardt rushed to stop him [Plate VII]
• The crowd danced and shouted [Plate VIII]
• "Come, come, come!" said Gessler, "tell me all about it" [Plate IX]
• "I have here an apple" [Plate X]
• There was a stir of excitement in the crowd [Plate XI]
• A moment's suspense, and then a terrific cheer arose from the spectators [Plate XII]
• "Seize that man!" he shouted [Plate XIII]
• He was led away to the shore of the lake [Plate XIV]
• Tell's second arrow had found its mark [Plate XV]

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.