INNSBRUCK 



There is something in that figure of Arthur that 

 brings a thrill of pride to the heart of every true 

 Englishman. A few bloodless individuals there 

 may be, in whose idea patriotism is a thing to be 

 scouted, and who seem to take a delight in attempt- 

 ing to belittle their native land ; but he who can 

 gaze unmoved on the bold, dauntless bearing of his 

 countryman, who can read the simple inscription, 

 " Arthur of England," beneath the noble figure, 

 without holding his head higher for the mere fact 

 that he too is an Englishman, is unworthy of the 

 name he bears ! 



On the left-hand side of the great door of the 

 church is the tomb of Andreas Hofer, which the 

 Emperor Francis I. erected in 1834, after the body 

 of the patriot had been brought back from Mantua 

 to Innsbruck. On either side of the tomb Joachim 

 Haspinger and Joseph Speckbacher lie buried ; and 

 on the opposite wall is a plain tablet with this in- 

 scription : " From a grateful fatherland to the sons 

 who perished in the patriotic wars." 



They form a great contrast, these two tombs : 

 the rich grandeur of that of the mighty mediaeval 

 Emperor, and the stern simplicity of that of the 

 peasant hero. And yet the two men are bound 

 together by eternal links of sympathy and similarity 

 of purpose. The same love of the mountain land 

 dominated both ; the chivalric dreams of Maxi- 



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