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A soldier. widow lived in q little hut, near a
mountain village Her only child was poor Grip.
pie. Hans was a kind-hearted boy, he loved his
mother, and would gladly have helped her to bear
the burdens of poverty but his feeblenese forbade
it. He could not even join ir the rude sport of
,nountainerrs. At the age of fifteen years, he felt
keenly the fact that he useless to his mother
and to the world.
It was at this period that Napoleon BonAparte
was making his power felt throughout England-l
He had decreed that the Tyrol should belong to |
Ravaria and not to Austrie, and sent Frsnch and
Bavarian army to accomplish his purpose The |
Ausxians retreated The Tyr0leas sesisted valiant
w. Men, women and children Of the mountain |
land were tiled with zeal in denfencs of their homes
On ond occasion. ten thousand French and Ravarian
troops were destroyed in single mountain pass. BY
an immense avalanche Of rocks and treas. prepared
and hurled upon them by an unseen foe.
secret arrangement existed among the Tyroless,
by which the approach Of the enemy was to be
communicated by signal fires. from village 10 viii
lage, from one mountain height to another; and
combustible material were laid ready to give an in
The village in which Hans and his mother lived
vas in the direct line OF the route the French ar
my would take. and the people were full Of anxiety
and fear. All were preparing for the expectea
struggle. The widow and her crippleP SON alone
Hans" she said, one evening t is well for now.
that you can be of little use; they would else make
soldier of YOU" This struck tender chord.
The tears rolled down his cheek. ''Mother. am
useless" cried Hans in bitter grief Look round
our village-sll are busy, all ready to strive for
Nv boy, my kind, dear son, you are not useless
"Yes. to you; Il canntt work for you, cannot
i support you in your old age. Why was made
motherg"
thoughts are wrong. You wall live to hnd the
truth Of our old proverb:
| "God has his plan
T. For every man."
Little did Hans think that ere few weeks should
have passed this truth was to be verified in re-
markable manner.
Eaater holidays, the festive season of Switzerland
. lcame.
The people lost their fears Of invasion, in the
sports Of the season. All were busy the merry
] making-al but Hans. He stood alone on tn.
porch Of the mountain hut overlooking the village
q Toward the close Of Yesterday, after his usual
evening prayer in which he breathed the wish that
the Father OF mercies would, in his good time az
ford him some opportunity Of being useful to 9th
: lers, he fell into o deep sleep. sH.
et He awoke in the night as il from dream, under
the strong impression that the French and Bavariar
e army was approaching. He could not shake of
I fthis impre'sioni but with tes n1Pe o. psng nd
the mountain pofh The cool air did him good, ane
The continued his walk till he climbed 10 the signal
. lpie. Hans walked round the pile; but where wer
the watchersf They were no where TO be seen, an,
neraps they were busted with the Festivities of th
u village Near the pile was an old pine tree and il
its hollow stem, the tinder was laid ready. Ham
q paused by the ancient tree, and as he listened,
j, angular sound caught his attention, now quiekene
s bv the peculiar circumstances in which he foun,
himself and by the perception that much might dc
Z lrerd an him. Heheard slow and stealtly tread
e the cick Of muskets and two soldiers crept alon
the cliff Seeing no one, for Hans was hidden b
the old tree they gave the signal % some friends
Ie Hans saw Instantly the plot'and the danger Th
,e aeeret of the signal pile had been revealed TO t
il enemy: party had been sent forward 70 destro
q lit: the army was marching p atack the village
]. With no Thought Of his own peril ma perhaps
sstcaling Tire pruverb his mother had quoted he seize
the tinder. struck the light, and flung te biazin
y Y i turpentaiie brand into the pile. 7g
- The two soliiers whose backs were then turns
e. were seized with Ar, but they som saw there wa
ed no foes in ambush--only 3 single youth runniu
o. down the mountain path. They fired, and lodge
. . bullet In the boys shoulder.
= ~ the signal fire was blaxing high. and a
= whole country would Be aroused. 4 was alrend
i9 aroused from mountain top to mountain top. I'll
10 plan of the advsncing army was Dictated, and
en- hasty rstrsat folloNed. BIZ
Dfl Hans,; faint and blee(likg, made hiawAy TO q
,is village. The reo2le xit4 Their arms we're nu
II lteeing thick and fass Al Was conservation
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