TELL'S CHAPEL, ON LAKE LUCERNE. 



N the year 1307, Gessler, Vogt of the Emperor Albert of Hapsburg 

 (Austria), in Switzerland, set a hat on a pole, as a symbol of imperial 

 power, and ordered everyone who passed by to do obeisance to it. A 

 liv mountaineer of the name of William Tell, boldly traversed the space 

 jr before it without saluting the abhorred symbol. By Gessler's com- 

 mand, he at once seized and brought before him. As Tell was known 

 to"be~an expert archer, he was ordered, by way of punishment, to shoot an apple 

 off the head of his own son. Finding remonstrance vain, he submitted. The 

 apple was placed on the child's head. Tell bent his bow, and arrow sped, and 

 apple and arrow fell to the ground. But the Vogt noticed that Tell, before 

 shooting, had stuck another arrow into his belt, and he enquired the reason. 



" It was for you," replied the sturdy archer. " Had I shot my child, know 

 that it would not have missed your heart." 



Tell was at once put in irons and taken in a boat across Lake of Lucerne' 

 A sudden storm arose which threatened the little craft with destruction, until 

 Tell was placed at the helm. Upon finally reaching the shore, Tell jumped out 

 of the boat, which, by a great effort of strength he pushed back into the lake, 

 leaving it to the mercy of the infuriated waves. Gessler and his party, however, 

 were saved. Tell later on waylaid and shot the Vogt in a narrow mountain 

 pass. For this act he was proclaimed by his countrymen as the liberator of 

 Switzerland from Austrian oppression. The place where the little chapel is 

 shown on the accompanying cut, is supposed to be the place where Tell reached 

 the shore, when he made his escape from Gessler's boat. 



tell's chapel, on lake UK erne. 



