St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-19
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The Little Hero.

\ soldiers widow lived III It little hUl.
neal a mountain village Of he Alps,
Her only child was poor cripple. lie
was kind hearted hoy. He loved his
mother. and would gladly have Helped
her To- hear the burdens at poverty mn
his fecblcnc~@ forbade II. He r"uid not
even Join iii the rude sport 81 III" Young
mountainccr>. NJ tn" age Of iiit'"n he
felt kccml, the fact that he Nd useless
10 his neither and the world.
II wL> at thi~ period that \3!"l.'n
Bauapaltc had drcIecd that lhr ilI"i
should belong TO BaNMia. a!Id moi 10
AUSTRIA. and sent . French aud BaEai-
IN army To accomplish hi PURPOSES.
III" A,tstliam,Ictrcatrd. Tho Tli"lrS"
resisted Naliantly. Men. women. aud
children of the mmuntAin- lahd N,rr
allied with zcdl in defence of THEN homes.
\ scrIo, arrangement existed among
The lyrolc,c. by Whir! the approach "i
the enemy was /" hc communicated h%
.ignal fires from village t" village. from
u!lr mountain height to another: and
,mnbustihlc materials vcf" laid ,rJdi
IL give IN instant alarm.
The village in which Hans, llr riip-
Piled boy. and his mother lived WAS III
the direct line of the rn!,tr the French
army would take: and the people were
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widow and her crippled >omalunc seem
Ell 10 have no pat hut 10 Ill still and
wait. All Hans - she said. one eve
ming, At is well for lis now that You ran
lie OF little usc: they would else make Il
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Tho conI air lid him rood. and lac guu-
tinncd his walk IN he climbed 10 the
siruol-n;lr II.,,- walked rouuL The,
pilc: bur where were the watchers >
/ hey were unvI,cr, !, hc seen. and
pcrliaps ,hcv were busted with the tes-
Invites of the VILLAGE. Near tie. pill
was an old pipc-t.ar: and in is hollow
sr,r, the Under WIS laid ready. lllu-
nansol i,v tLp auc;.n1 Tree. and. =, he
listened :, sinrulnr .onnI caurh; hj.at
rention now uI,irEoncL Ia thc nrculi,r
circumstances in which he fnmd him
,,lf. and hy the pcrceptian that much
might dcpend On him. lie heard i slow
md stcaI1hy tread. then the click of
,nuSLet. ,nI 1yyn snIdirys rrcnt alone
rbo cl;f Scniun ma one. for liauS was
hidden tx ilie old nee. they rave the
.ianal to some comrades in the distance.
Hans saw INSTANTLY the plnt and the
danger The secret OF the sioual nile
b,d hrcr revealed IN tb,. ,,.,my. - ,,,l.-
The army Was marching L. attack the
peril. and perhaps recalling the proye,h
his mother had quoted. he seized the
finder. struck the light. and flung the