"No," said Tell; "I promised. I must go. Come along, Walter."

"You _aren't_ going to take that poor _dear_ child? Come
here, Walter, directly minute!'

"Want to go with father," said Walter, beginning to cry, for his father
had promised to take him with him the next time he went to the town,
and he had saved his pocket-money for the occasion.

"Oh, let the boy come," said Tell. "William will stay with you, won't
you, William?"

"All right, father," said William.

"Well, mark my words," said Hedwig, "if something bad does not happen I
shall be surprised."

"Oh no," said Tell. "What can happen?"

And without further delay he set off with Walter for the town.




CHAPTER VI


In the meantime all kinds of things of which Tell had no suspicion had
been happening in the town. The fact that there were no newspapers in