keep the remains of Maria Theresa and of the great Emperor Joseph
here in Vienna. As long as they lived they loved the people of the
capital, and they will protect us in death. Come, brethren, come;
let us follow the wagons--let us stop them and take the bodies back
to the Kapuzinergruft [Footnote: Vaults of the Capuchins]".

"Yes, let us follow the wagons and stop them," yelled the crowd,
which now, when it could no longer see the flashing and threatening
weapons of the soldiers, felt exceedingly brave.

Suddenly, however, these furious shouts and yells were interrupted
by a powerful voice which ordered the people to desist, and they
beheld a tall man who, with cat-like agility, climbed upon the iron
lamp-post in the centre of the square.

"Stop, stop!" roared this man, extending his arms over the crowd as
if, a new Moses, he wanted to allay the fury of the sea and cause it
to stand still.

The crowd instantly obeyed this tremendous voice, and all these
indignant, anxious, and terrified faces now turned toward the
speaker who stood above them on top of the lamp-post.

"Don't make fools of yourselves," said he--"don't give these
Hungarians--who would be only too glad to quench their present rage
in German blood--a chance to break your bones. Have you any arms to
compel them to show you the wagons and their contents? And even if
you were armed, the soldiers would overpower you, for most of you
would run away as soon as a fight broke out, and the balance of you
would be taken to the calaboose. I will do you the favor, however,