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diff --git a/25476.txt b/25476.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1412930 --- /dev/null +++ b/25476.txt @@ -0,0 +1,894 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Golden Deeds, by Anonymous + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Golden Deeds + Stories from History + +Author: Anonymous + +Release Date: May 15, 2008 [EBook #25476] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GOLDEN DEEDS *** + + + + +Produced by Delphine Lettau, Emmy and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + + + +GOLDEN DEEDS + +STORIES FROM HISTORY + +[Illustration] + +RETOLD FOR LITTLE FOLK + + BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED + LONDON GLASGOW DUBLIN BOMBAY + +[Illustration] + +CONTENTS + + How Horatius Kept the Bridge + William Tell + Catherine Douglas + Casabianca + Handel, the Great Musician + The Story of Columbus + Antonio Canova + Damon and Pythias + Charlemagne and the Charcoal-burner + + + + +[Illustration] + + + + +How Horatius Kept the Bridge + + +More than two thousand years ago Rome was ruled over by some kings +called the Tarquins. As they were wicked men, the Roman people rose up +against them, and drove them out of the city. The banished kings then +went to Tuscany, where Lars Porsena took up their cause, and gathering +an army together, went to help them force an entrance into Rome again. + +The city could only be entered by crossing the river Tiber, and there +was but one wooden bridge over which the army could pass. Then the +leader of the Romans, who was called the Consul, cried out to his +followers to destroy the bridge. + +"But," he added sadly, "I fear they will be upon us before we have time +to hew it down." + +At this a Roman called Horatius came forward and offered to stand at the +farther end of the bridge, to keep the Tuscans at bay while it was being +destroyed. + +"The pathway is so narrow," said he, "that if two others will help me, +we can stop the whole army from advancing. So who will keep the bridge +with me?" + +Two other brave Romans, called Spurius Lartius and Titus Herminius, at +once answered the call of their comrade, and these three gallant men +went to defend the passage, while the rest hastened to destroy the +bridge. + +When the Tuscans saw the three men standing ready to meet the whole +army, they laughed aloud in scorn. But their laughter was soon changed +to wrath and despair, as one after the other they and their chiefs were +quickly laid low at the feet of the dauntless Romans. + +Meanwhile the supports of the bridge were destroyed. The Consul shouted +to the three heroes to hasten across before the ruin fell into the water +beneath. Lartius and Herminius just succeeded in getting safely to the +farther bank, but Horatius remained facing the foe until the last beam +fell. Then with a cry he leapt into the foaming stream, and although +badly wounded and heavy with his armour, he managed to rejoin his +comrades on dry land, to the joy of the whole city. During his gallant +fight, a dart from an enemy's arrow had put out one eye, and because of +this he was given the surname of Cocles, which means one-eyed. + +[Illustration: HORATIUS AT THE BRIDGE] + + + + +William Tell + + +When the Emperor Albert ruled over Germany, he wished to govern the +people of Switzerland in such a way that their independent spirit would +be broken. To bring about this end he appointed a governor, who treated +the Swiss unjustly and cruelly. + +The name of this man was Gessler, and in order to test the people's +obedience, he placed his hat upon a pole in the market square of one of +the principal towns, and commanded that all who passed it should bow +down before it in token of respect. A certain brave Swiss, named William +Tell, having refused to obey such an absurd order, was at once arrested +and taken before Gessler. The tyrant, who knew him to be a clever +archer, said that his life would be spared only on the condition that he +should with an arrow hit an apple placed upon the head of his only son. +Tell's eye was true, so he consented to the horrible proposal. + +An apple having been placed upon the head of his little son, he took his +bow and quiver, and prepared to take aim. A moment later the apple, +split in two halves, fell to the ground. + +Gessler, who was enraged at Tell's success, noticed that he carried +another arrow under his cloak. + +"What have you a second arrow for?" he demanded. + +"If I had killed my boy," replied the bold Swiss, "the second arrow was +for you." + +The angry governor had him thrown into prison, but Tell escaped, and +revenged himself by killing the tyrant. + +[Illustration: TELL'S SON AND THE APPLE] + +[Illustration: FOR THE KING!] + + + + +Catherine Douglas + + +When King James came to the throne of Scotland, the whole country was in +a state of rebellion. + +The King tried to restore order, but the wicked nobles hated him, and +plotted together to take his life. + +It was Christmas, and King James, with his Queen Joan and a party of +faithful friends, was celebrating the season at an old monastery in +Perth. The day had passed merrily, and the royal couple prepared to +retire. + +Suddenly the clang of arms was heard. The ladies rushed to secure the +door of the room, but alas! the bolts and bars had gone, and only the +empty staples remained. Meanwhile King James seized the tongs, and +tearing up a board in the floor, let himself down into a vault below. +But before there was time to replace the board, the murderers came +rushing along. Then Catherine Douglas, one of the Queen's ladies, flew +to the door and thrust her arm through the empty staples, thus gaining +time to allow her sovereign to escape. The brave arm was but a frail +bar, and was soon broken, and the traitors burst into the room, to find +no sign of King James. + +Unfortunately the King was unable to get out of the vault. The ladies +then made ropes of the sheets, and tried to pull him up, but the noise +was heard by the ruffians. They again rushed into the room and the +unfortunate monarch was most cruelly murdered. + +Although Catherine's brave deed was not rewarded by the salvation of her +King's life, yet it was an act of self-sacrifice which places her among +the ranks of true heroines. + + + + +Casabianca + + +The Battle of the Nile was a great battle fought at sea between the +British and French in the year 1798. The famous admiral, Lord Nelson, +was in command of the British fleet, and he won a most glorious victory +in which only four French ships escaped. + +Towards the close of the battle the French Admiral's flagship, +_L'Orient_, caught fire, and blazed up with terrible brightness. Lord +Nelson immediately gave orders that the British boats should be put off +to save as many as possible of the poor sailors on the burning vessel. + +When the boats reached her side, most of the French officers accepted +the offer of safety and sprang into them. Standing upon _L'Orient's_ +deck was the little ten-year-old son of the Captain, named Casabianca, +who was the favourite of everyone on board, and as he made no attempt to +move, the British sailors shouted to him to come with them. + +"No," replied the boy; "my father told me to remain here, and not to +stir unless he called me." + +"But," cried the sailors in amazement, "your father lies mortally +wounded on deck, and the ship will soon blow up. Jump into the boat and +save yourself." + +"No," again responded the little fellow; "I must obey my father's +orders." + +As there was no time to linger, the boat put off from the ship's side. A +few minutes later the figure of Casabianca was seen in the glare of the +flames, leaning over the prostrate figure of his father. + +[Illustration: CASABIANCA ON THE BURNING SHIP] + +Soon after, a terrible explosion shook every ship in the bay, while +burning fragments of _L'Orient_ were hurled in the air, falling heavily +to the water in all directions. A dead silence followed this fearful +sound, and then the British boats rowed busily about, picking up those +who had leapt from the burning vessel in time to save their lives. In +this way about seventy were saved. But where was the brave boy, +Casabianca? Not a sign of him was to be seen. The noble lad had perished +with his father, faithful until death. + +[Illustration] + + + + +Handel, the Great Musician + + +In the small German town of Halle there once lived a barber-surgeon +named George Handel. In those days barbers were nearly always surgeons +as well, and George Handel was a very respected member of the +profession. He had a large family of sons and daughters, the youngest of +whom was called George Frederick. When quite a small child this little +fellow showed a decided taste for music. In the nursery his only toys +were trumpets, drums, flutes, and anything out of which he could get +musical sounds. As he grew older this intense love of music increased, +until it became the one great thought and pleasure of his life. Seeing +this his father was very distressed and alarmed, for he did not wish his +little son to take up music as the means of earning his living. + +At that time organists and musicians were very poorly paid, and George +Handel wanted his boy to get on well in the world. So he tried to turn +the child's mind away from all such ideas, by never allowing him to go +to any place where music was performed, and by sending every instrument +out of his house. But in spite of so much care and trouble taken, it was +impossible to destroy the strongest desire of the boy's nature. + +One night, after the household had gone to bed, Mr. Handel was awakened +by the sound of soft music stealing from an unused garret. He arose in +great surprise, and calling his wife they went to find out the cause of +these strange sounds. + +Going quietly to the garret they paused to listen outside for a few +moments, when their astonishment was increased by the beauty of the +melody which met their ears. Then, opening the door and holding up the +candle he carried, George Handel peered wonderingly into the dusty old +lumber-room. There, seated at a clavichord (an instrument something like +a piano, only much smaller), was his little son Frederick, then only six +years old. The child had coaxed one of his aunts, who was his friend and +sympathizer, to help him smuggle the clavichord into the garret, where +he taught himself to play while his parents were asleep, or out of the +house. + +The wonderful sweetness of the music, together with the earnest +entreaties of the tiny performer, softened the heart of his father to +forgiveness of his conduct. But even then the old gentleman could not be +induced to allow his son to follow the profession for which nature had +so well fitted him, as he feared he would not be able to earn his living +at it. However, it happened not long after that the Duke of +Saxe-Weissenfels heard the boy play, and was so struck by his genius +that he persuaded his parent to consent to have him properly trained. + +When once he was enabled to continue his studies under the guidance of a +good master, it did not take young Handel long to show not only his +father, but the whole world, that he was a truly great and marvellously +gifted musician. To-day his famous oratorios are played everywhere, and +people delight in them and marvel at them just as much as when they were +first produced. + +[Illustration: THE CHILD MUSICIAN] + +[Illustration: COLUMBUS ON HIS VOYAGE TO AMERICA] + + + + +The Story of Columbus + + +About four hundred years ago there lived an Italian sailor, named +Christopher Columbus. In those days people supposed that there were no +continents in the world besides Europe, Asia, and Africa, but Columbus +believed there was a great country across the ocean that had never been +discovered. He felt a burning desire to sail in search of this land, but +as he was a poor man he had not the money with which to get the +necessary ships and men. For some time he wandered from place to place +trying to induce others to help him carry out his plan, but he was only +laughed at and called a fool and a madman. At length he obtained an +interview with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. At first they +refused to give him any assistance, but afterwards the Queen said she +would pledge her jewels to raise the needful money. + +So in the month of August, Columbus sailed away upon his voyage of +discovery, his little fleet consisting of three small vessels. For four +weeks they sailed on over the dark and stormy waters, during which time +Columbus had much trouble with his sailors, who grumbled and complained +unceasingly. When at length they found themselves alone on the vast +unknown seas, with no sign of land, they became panic-stricken, and +implored Columbus to take them home again. He reproved them for their +want of courage. Then for a little while they showed a braver spirit, +but before long they again broke out into rebellion; but Columbus was so +strong-minded and courageous that he succeeded in quelling the mutiny. + +Thus days passed, until one night, in the middle of October, as Columbus +was walking on deck he suddenly saw a light ahead which told the +sea-weary mariners that the longed-for land must lie not far distant. +When at last dawn came it showed an island lying in the blue waters +before them. A boat was at once lowered, in which Columbus and a party +of his men landed upon the unknown shore. Groups of dark-skinned natives +crowded to the water side, gazing in fear and wonder at the strange +white men. Then, with the Spanish royal flag in one hand and his sword +in the other, he took possession of the island in the name of King +Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Having visited other islands, Columbus +returned in triumph to Spain, where he was greeted as a hero. + +[Illustration] + + + + +Antonio Canova + + +In the sunny land of Italy, in the obscure little village of Possagno +near Venice, there once lived a little lad whose name was Antonio +Canova. As he was left an orphan at three years old he dwelt with his +grandfather, who earned his living by cutting figures and ornaments out +of stone. The old man took the greatest care of his grandson and wished +to train Antonio to become a stone-cutter too, so with this end in view +the boy was taught drawing. He soon showed great talent, and when he +began to model birds and flowers in clay, he succeeded so well that his +grandfather was both astonished and delighted. Even in his ninth year he +made two beautiful marble shrines which can be seen to this day. + +One day a nobleman called Giovanni Falieri, who was about to give a +large dinner party, asked old Canova to make him some ornament for the +table. He said he did not care what it was, but wanted something new and +uncommon. There was but little time before the date fixed for the party, +and the old stone-cutter tried in vain to think of a suitable object. +Seeing his grandfather so troubled, Antonio said to him, "I think I can +make something to please his lordship. If you will let me have some good +hard butter I will make him a butter lion." + +"That is an excellent idea," replied the old man. And he sent for the +butter at once. + +Antonio set to work, and very soon he had shaped a lion's head, with +fine flowing mane, out of the creamy mass. Then followed a beautifully +formed body and limbs. + +[Illustration: A CLEVER PUPIL] + +[Illustration: CANOVA'S BUTTER LION] + +When the animal was complete his grandfather looked at it with intense +pride and admiration, and it was carefully carried to his lordship. It +attracted a great deal of attention at the dinner party, and amid cries +of wonderment was passed from hand to hand. When the nobleman and his +guests heard that it was the work of a boy, they expressed a great +desire to see the talented young artist. Antonio was sent for, and his +lordship was so impressed with his talent that he promised to see that +he had the best masters, and that he was given every chance to succeed +in his profession. + +Giovanni Falieri nobly kept his word, and placed him as a pupil under +Bernardi, or as he is usually called Torretti, a famous Venetian +sculptor, who happened to be staying in a neighbouring village at the +time. By the aid of this kind friend, and the power of his own genius, +Antonio became a world-renowned sculptor. And not only was he a famous +sculptor, but he was even entrusted with great affairs of state. + +When the great Napoleon conquered Italy he carried off most unjustly +hundreds of priceless works of art, and when the tyrant was overthrown +the young Canova was sent as ambassador to Paris to find the whereabouts +of these works. For these and other services he was made by the Pope +Marquis of Ischia, and given a pension of 3000 scudi. But Canova was +very good and generous and he devoted all this pension for the relief of +his poor brother artists. Thus the little figure of the butter lion +proved to be the stepping-stone to fame. + +[Illustration] + + + + +Damon and Pythias + + +The city of Syracuse was once ruled over by a clever but very cruel man +called Dionysius. Perhaps he would not have been so harsh and cruel if +he had been able to trust his people; but he knew that the Syracusans +hated him. It happened that he once suspected a certain Greek called +Pythias, and his anger was so terrible that he sentenced the unfortunate +man to death. Pythias begged to be allowed to go and bid his relations +in the country farewell, promising to return at a given time to suffer +the death to which he had been condemned. Dionysius laughed his request +to scorn, saying that once he was safely out of Syracuse it was not +likely he would ever return to die. Pythias replied that he had a +friend, named Damon, who would be answerable for his return at the +given time. Damon then came forward and swore that if Pythias did not +keep his word, he himself would suffer death in his stead. Dionysius +consented to let Pythias go. + +Time went on and the day fixed for his return drew near, but still he +did not come. The Syracusans told Damon that he would have to die for +his faithless friend, but Damon showed no anxiety. At length the very +day and hour upon which the condemned man was to die came round. But a +few minutes before the fatal time Pythias rushed in, and having warmly +embraced his friend, he went forward to take his place. Dionysius was so +struck by the conduct of the two men that he pardoned Pythias, and +calling him and Damon to his side he entreated them to allow him to be a +third in their friendship. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration: CHARLEMAGNE AND THE CHARCOAL BURNER] + + + + +Charlemagne and the Charcoal-burner + + +Once the noble Charlemagne, King of the Franks, was riding across a +lonely moor with some of his courtiers, when they were overtaken by a +terrific storm. It became so dark that the party lost sight of one +another, and the King found himself alone in the tempest of wind and +rain. As he struggled on he met a poor man leading a horse with two +great baskets upon its back. + +"What is your name, friend?" enquired Charlemagne. + +"I am Ralph, the charcoal-burner," replied the man. + +"Can you tell me where I can find shelter for my horse and myself?" +asked the King. + +"If you care to come with me to my cottage you will be very welcome," +answered Ralph. + +The King was only too glad to accompany the man to his house in the +forest. When they reached the door the charcoal-burner called to his +wife to hasten to let them in. Ralph stood aside for his companion to +pass in first, but Charlemagne hung back behind. Seeing this the man +took him by the neck and pushed him in the house, saying, "It is only +right that my guest should enter first." + +When supper was ready the charcoal-burner bade King Charlemagne go to +the table before him. But again His Majesty held back. Then Ralph gave +his visitor such a sound box on the ear that he staggered and fell. + +"Why will you not do as I bid you?" he cried angrily. + +"These are strange doings indeed," said the King to himself, as he rose +from the ground. + +"Now tell me who you are, and where you live?" said the peasant to his +royal guest. + +"My name is Uzmond, and I live at Court, where I have an office with the +Queen," replied Charlemagne. + +Early the next morning, Charlemagne before starting offered to pay Ralph +for his food and lodging, but the man refused to take payment for +sheltering one who belonged to the Court of the noble King of France. + +"So be it," answered His Majesty. "But if you will not let me pay you, +come to the Court with a load of coals and I will see that you sell your +goods." + +"That will I do," answered Ralph. + +The following day Ralph loaded his mare with two large baskets of coal +and set off to Court. When he arrived there he asked for one Uzmond, but +no one knew of such a person. The King had given orders that he should +be admitted into the Palace, and at length he came to a splendid hall, +where Charlemagne sat at dinner with his nobles. The poor +charcoal-burner at once pointed at His Majesty, exclaiming, "See, there +sits Uzmond, but truly he must be a greater man than he said!" + +At this His Majesty burst into a loud laugh, and rising from his seat he +told the whole company how he had fared at Ralph's cottage. The lords +all laughed heartily, but some of them would have had Ralph punished for +having boxed the King's ears. + +"Nay," said Charlemagne, "Heaven forbid I should harm him. He is an +honest man who can strike a hard blow, and I shall make him a knight +instead." + +[Illustration: THE CHARCOAL BURNER AT THE PALACE] + + * * * * * + +Transcriber's Note: The original did not have a List of Stories, one was +added to this version. + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Golden Deeds, by Anonymous + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GOLDEN DEEDS *** + +***** This file should be named 25476.txt or 25476.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/5/4/7/25476/ + +Produced by Delphine Lettau, Emmy and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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