THE WONDERFUL ABBEY
IT was the beautiful spring-time, and the country had begun to look
green and fresh again after the long months of snow and frost.
"Carl, my dear, how would you like to go on a pilgrimage to the Blessed
Abbey?" asked his father one night as they finished milking the cows.
"Easter Sunday is almost here, and the people of the village are
talking of going to Einsiedeln together."
"O, father, that would make me happier than anything else in the world.
What a fine time we can have! And only to think that I can see the
place with my own eyes. Do you really mean it?"
"Yes, my boy, but do you think you can walk so far without getting
tired out?"
Carl laughed. "Look at me, father; see how I have grown since last
summer," and the boy stretched to make himself seem as tall as possible.
"Very well, then. Your mother knows about it, and is getting things
ready for the journey now."
The next three days Carl could think of nothing else. He was full of
excitement. The night before they were to start, he said to his father:
"Please tell me the story of the Wonderful Abbey again. I wish to have
the picture still brighter in my mind as we journey along our way
to-morrow."
Rudolf leaned back in his chair. His face was lighted by a happy smile
as he said:
"Carl, my dear child, I love to think of the good souls who have made
this world so beautiful by living in it. Yes, they have made it more
beautiful than the grandest mountains or the loveliest lakes can make
it.
"One of those good men was the holy Meinrad, who lived over a thousand
years ago. He came from Germany to teach the priests at a small convent
on the Lake of Zurich. After a while he said, 'I will live the life of
a hermit in a little cell in the forest. I can best worship God if I
live alone.'
"So he went up on the mountainside and made a hut, where he prayed
and fasted day after day. It is said that the wild beasts felt his
goodness, and would do him no harm. Whenever there was need, he went
out to do good deeds among men. People heard of him through all the
country round. They came to ask his advice when they were in trouble,
or to seek help in other ways.
"But one day two robbers came to Meinrad's cell. They came with a bad
purpose; they thought he must have a store of gold hidden away, and
they wished to get it. The holy man gave them food and drink, but what
do you think these wicked men did in return for such kindness? They
cruelly murdered him! Then, finding no money, they hurried away.
"Meinrad had two birds who kept him company in the lonely forest. They
were ravens, and had grown very tame, loving their master dearly.
"When the murderers fled, these birds followed them down the
mountainside, across the lake, and into the town. The men stopped
at an inn for food and rest. The birds flapped their wings against
the windows, and kept up shrill cries. Every one in the inn wondered
what it could mean. When this had kept up for several hours, the men
thought, 'This is a warning to us from Heaven. We will confess what we
have done.'
"They told the fearful story, and were put to death by the angry
people who heard it. Ever since that time the place has been called the
Ravens' Inn, and two ravens were carved out of stone and placed upon
the wall. When we go to Zurich, Carl, you shall see those stone ravens,
for they are still there."
"Now, please tell me about the holy abbey, father," said Carl, "and how
it was blessed by the angels."
"After a while," his father went on, "the priests, who had heard the
story of Meinrad's death, decided to build a grand church. It was to
be on the very spot where Meinrad's cell had stood and he had been
murdered. It was a beautiful building. When it was entirely finished,
bishops and knights came to consecrate it to the Lord. People gathered
from far and near to listen to the service.
"Now, it was the custom of the good Bishop Conrad to pray at midnight.
On the night before the great day of consecration, he arose for his
usual prayer, and, as he did so, was surprised to hear beautiful music
in the air around him. He listened closely. Behold! it was the chorus
of angels; they were consecrating the chapel. He bowed his head in
wonder and awe.
"The next morning, when the people had come together for the sacred
service, the bishop waited in silence till nearly noon, and then he
told the crowd of listeners what had happened during the night. There
was nothing for him to do now; the angels had already made this a holy
place.
"But the people would not, could not, believe it. They still pressed
the bishop to go on with the service. At last, he felt that he could
not satisfy them in any other way, so had already begun, when a clear
voice was heard to say, 'Brother, do not go on; for see, it is already
consecrated.'
"Then the people were able to understand that the bishop had spoken
truly, and the place was indeed a holy one now. Ever since that time
good Catholics of France and Germany, as well as from our own country,
make pilgrimages to the abbey of Einsiedeln. It is now a very grand
building. Thousands and thousands of dollars have been spent to make it
beautiful.
"And Carl, dear, you shall see there the very image of Jesus and Mary
which the good priest Meinrad brought to the place when he first sought
his home there. Better still, my boy, you shall drink from the fountain
from which Jesus himself once drank, as I have been told."
Carl listened closely to his father's words. Others might tell him
afterward that this was only a legend, but he was an earnest little
Catholic, and believed that every word of it was true.
The moment of starting came at last. Rudolf, with his wife and Carl,
was joined by several others of the village people. Franz was among
them, together with his parents. There were many, many miles to walk,
and several days must be spent upon the way. The nights were passed at
taverns along the roadside. As our friends journeyed onward, they were
joined by other parties, all going in the same direction,--to the abbey
blessed by the angels.
In one party there was a blind man, who hoped to see again after he had
drunk from the wonderful fountain. In another, there was a person who
was lame, and who moved painfully along on crutches. He believed he
would be able to leave these crutches behind him if he could once reach
the abbey.
As Carl drew nearer and nearer, he could see that thousands and
thousands of people were all going the same way. And now as they began
to climb the mountainside, there were crosses at every turn in the
road. He never passed them by without stopping to kneel and pray.
He was a stout little fellow, as we know, but he was growing very tired
now. His feet were quite sore, and there were deep cuts in the soles.
This showed that he had walked very many miles over the hard roads. But
there were many others like him who had never travelled so far from
home before; and some of them were old and feeble, too. He would not
let his mother think he was tired. Oh, no, not for the world.
Ah! the spires were at last in sight, and every one hurried forward.
It was very, very beautiful, Carl thought, when he had passed through
the great doorway, and looked upon the wonderful sight within. He had
never before seen anything half so grand. The walls and ceilings were
richly gilded, and there were many statues in the nooks and corners.
But best of all was the precious image of the Divine Child and His
mother. It was only a clumsy-looking little wooden figure, and was
black with age, but it was adorned with precious stones that sparkled
brilliantly.
Before Carl entered the sacred building, he first stopped at the
fountain, and drank from each one of the fourteen spouts. This alone
would make his life better, he thought. But after he had received a
blessing from the priest within the church, and had touched the marble
on which the image of Jesus rested, he could go away perfectly happy.
There were many small inns in the village, and you may be sure that
they were well filled at this time. Carl's family were together with
their friends at one of them, and they had a merry time. When they were
well rested, however, Carl's father said to the boy:
"We will take a trip to Zurich before going home. It is only a few
miles away, and I promised to show you the stone ravens, you know. An
old friend of mine lives right on the shore of the lake, and he will be
glad to have us lodge with him."
[Illustration: ON THE LAKE.]
What a lively place Zurich seemed to the little country boy. Every one
was so busy, and there was so much going on all the time.
"Why is it such a busy place, father?" asked Carl.
"It is largely because of the business in silk, Carl. We do not raise
silk in Switzerland; it is too cold. But the cocoons are brought here
from Italy, and thousands of people are kept busy in spinning, weaving
and dyeing the precious stuff.
"The wife of my good friend is at her loom every moment she can spare
from the work of her house. But she tells me the pay is very poor, yet
the rich man who gives her the work sells the silk for great prices.
Ah! it is hard to be poor."
Yes, it was true. Nearly every little home around the lake had its
loom, and one could hear the whirr and the click in the houses as he
passed along.
Carl took trips on the pretty steamboats on the lake. They had been
built in the city and Rudolf took the boy to the shipyard where others
were being made.
"All the iron steamers of Switzerland are built here," he said,
"besides others which are sent to Italy and Austria. Yes, it is a great
and busy place."
"Our schoolmaster told us once that people call these lakes of ours
'the eyes of the earth.' Don't you think that is a pretty idea, father?
They are very bright and clear, as they lie walled in between the
mountains.
"And, father, he says that there were people living on these lakes ages
and ages ago. It was before any history was written, even."
"Then how do they know that such people lived on the lakes?" asked
Rudolf.
"Whole rows of piles have been discovered under the water. Many were
found right here in Lake Zurich. They must once have reached up much
higher, but have rotted away!"
"Is that the only proof that people built their houses out over the
water, Carl?"
"O, no, the schoolmaster says that many tools have been found in the
beds of earth between the piles. They were almost all of stone. Besides
these, there were things to use in housekeeping, and nets for fishing,
and cloth, and even embroidery."
"Dear me! I never happened to hear of these strange people before,"
exclaimed Rudolf. "What name did the master give them, Carl?"
"He called them Lake-dwellers, because they built their houses out over
the water."
"Does he know any more about them and why they chose such queer places
for their homes instead of the pretty valleys or mountainsides?"
"He said it must have been in a warlike time and probably these people
felt safer to dwell in this way. You see they could easily defend
themselves in such places. Yet they had some farms and gardens, so they
did not stay there all the time.
"They had very queer homes. The floors were made of round sticks, laid
side by side. The chinks were filled in with clay and rushes. The roofs
were made of straw and rushes put on in layers."
"How strange this all is. I don't really see how so much could be
discovered," said Rudolf, half to himself. Then he went on, "I suppose
they had no cows or other domestic animals, of course."
"O, yes, they had, father." Carl was proud to think he could tell his
father so many things about them. "They had cattle, and sheep, and
goats, and pigs; and they kept them in stalls in these lake dwellings.
"Why, only think! though it was three thousand years ago, probably,
these people not only fished and hunted, but they spun flax and wove
cloth. They made bread of wheat and other grains to eat with the fish
they caught and the deer they killed. They must have known quite a deal
to do that, even if they didn't write books to tell about themselves.
Don't you think so?"
"Yes, Carl, I certainly think so. But come, it is getting late and we
must go back to your mother and our friends. To-morrow we shall leave
them and turn our faces toward our own little home. Are you ready for
the long tramp?"
"Yes, my feet are tough now, and I don't believe they will get so sore
as they did in coming. What a lovely time I have had. You are such a
good, kind father to bring me here, as well as to the chapel of the
holy Meinrad."
Carl looked up at Rudolf with such a happy face that his father bent
down and kissed him.
THE END.
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"'Asa Holmes; or, At the Cross-Roads' is the most delightful, most
sympathetic and wholesome book that has been published in a long
while. The lovable, cheerful, touching incidents, the descriptions
of persons and things, are wonderfully true to nature."--_Boston
Times._
=The Rival Campers=; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF HENRY BURNS. By RUEL P.
SMITH.
Square 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated by A. B. Shute $1.50
Here is a book which will grip and enthuse every boy reader. It is
the story of a party of typical American lads, courageous, alert, and
athletic, who spend a summer camping on an island off the Maine coast.
"The best boys' book since 'Tom Sawyer.'"--_San Francisco
Examiner._
"Henry Burns, the hero, is the 'Tom Brown' of America."--_N. Y.
Sun._
=The Rival Campers Afloat=; OR, THE PRIZE YACHT VIKING. By RUEL P.
SMITH, author of "The Rival Campers."
Square 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated $1.50
This book is a continuation of the adventures of "The Rival Campers" on
their prize yacht _Viking_. Every reader will be enthusiastic over the
adventures of Henry Burns and his friends on their sailing trip. They
have a splendid time, fishing, racing, and sailing, until an accidental
collision results in a series of exciting adventures, culminating in a
mysterious chase, the loss of their prize yacht, and its recapture by
means of their old yacht, _Surprise_, which they raise from its watery
grave.
=The Young Section-hand=; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF ALLAN WEST. By BURTON
E. STEVENSON, author of "The Marathon Mystery," etc.
12mo, cloth, illustrated by L. J. Bridgman $1.50
Mr. Stevenson's hero is a manly lad of sixteen, who is given a chance
as a section-hand on a big Western railroad, and whose experiences are
as real as they are thrilling.
"It appeals to every boy of enterprising spirit, and at the same
time teaches him some valuable lessons in honor, pluck, and
perseverance."--_Cleveland Plain Dealer._
=The Young Train Despatcher.= By BURTON E. STEVENSON, author of "The
Young Section-hand," etc.
Square 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated $1.50
A new volume in the "Railroad Series," in which the young section-hand
is promoted to a train despatcher. Another branch of railroading is
presented, in which the young hero has many chances to prove his
manliness and courage in the exciting adventures which befall him in
the discharge of his duty.
=Jack Lorimer.= By WINN STANDISH.
Square 12mo, cloth decorative. Illustrated by A. B. Shute $1.50
Jack Lorimer, whose adventures have for some time been one of the
leading features of the _Boston Sunday Herald_, is the popular favorite
of fiction with the boys and girls of New England, and, now that Mr.
Standish has made him the hero of his book, he will soon be a favorite
throughout the country.
Jack is a fine example of the all-around American high-school boy.
He has the sturdy qualities boys admire, and his fondness for clean,
honest sport of all kinds will strike a chord of sympathy among
athletic youths.
=The Roses of Saint Elizabeth.= By JANE SCOTT WOODRUFF, author of "The
Little Christmas Shoe."
Small quarto, cloth decorative, illustrated and decorated
in color by Adelaide Everhart $1.00
This is a charming little story of a child whose father was caretaker
of the great castle of the Wartburg, where Saint Elizabeth once had her
home, with a fairy-tale interwoven, in which the roses and the ivy in
the castle yard tell to the child and her playmate quaint old legends
of the saint and the castle.
=Gabriel and the Hour Book.= By EVALEEN STEIN.
Small quarto, cloth decorative, illustrated and decorated
in colors by Adelaide Everhart $1.00
Gabriel was a loving, patient, little French lad, who assisted the
monks in the long ago days, when all the books were written and
illuminated by hand, in the monasteries. It is a dear little story, and
will appeal to every child who is fortunate enough to read it.
=The Enchanted Automobile.= Translated from the French by MARY J.
SAFFORD.
Small quarto, cloth decorative, illustrated and decorated
in colors by Edna M. Sawyer $1.00
The enchanted automobile was sent by the fairy godmother of a lazy,
discontented little prince and princess to take them to fairyland,
where they might visit their old story-book favorites.
Here they find that Sleeping Beauty has become a famously busy queen;
Princess Charming keeps a jewelry shop, where she sells the jewels that
drop from her lips; Hop-o'-My-Thumb is a farmer, too busy even to see
the children, and Little Red Riding Hood has trained the wolf into a
trick animal, who performs in the city squares for his mistress.
They learn the lesson that happy people are the busy people, and they
return home cured of their discontent and laziness.
=Beautiful Joe's Paradise=; OR, THE ISLAND OF BROTHERLY LOVE. A
sequel to "Beautiful Joe." By MARSHALL SAUNDERS, author of "Beautiful
Joe," "For His Country," etc. With fifteen full-page plates and many
decorations from drawings by Charles Livingston Bull.
One vol., library 12mo, cloth decorative $1.50
"Will be immensely enjoyed by the boys and girls who read
it."--_Pittsburg Gazette._
"Miss Saunders has put life, humor, action, and tenderness
into her story. The book deserves to be a favorite."--_Chicago
Record-Herald._
"This book revives the spirit of 'Beautiful Joe' capitally. It is
fairly riotous with fun, and as a whole is about as unusual as
anything in the animal book line that has seen the light. It is a
book for juveniles--old and young."--_Philadelphia Item._
='Tilda Jane.= By MARSHALL SAUNDERS, author of "Beautiful Joe," etc.
One vol., 12mo, fully illustrated, cloth, decorative cover, $1.50
"No more amusing and attractive child's story has appeared for a
long time than this quaint and curious recital of the adventures
of that pitiful and charming little runaway.
"It is one of those exquisitely simple and truthful books that
win and charm the reader, and I did not put it down until I had
finished it--honest! And I am sure that every one, young or old,
who reads will be proud and happy to make the acquaintance of the
delicious waif.
"I cannot think of any better book for children than this. I
commend it unreservedly."--_Cyrus Townsend Brady._
=The Story of the Graveleys.= By MARSHALL SAUNDERS, author of
"Beautiful Joe's Paradise," "'Tilda Jane," etc.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated by E. B. Barry $1.50
Here we have the haps and mishaps, the trials and triumphs, of a
delightful New England family, of whose devotion and sturdiness it will
do the reader good to hear. From the kindly, serene-souled grandmother
to the buoyant madcap, Berty, these Graveleys are folk of fibre and
blood--genuine human beings.
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Transcriber's Notes:
Page 10, "red cross on a white ground" changed to "white cross on red
ground"
Page 100, closing single quotation mark added. (for the night!'")
Page A-14, "Boston Sunday <i>Herald</i>" changed to "<i>Boston Sunday Herald</i>"
Page A-15, "By" made mixed case instead of smallcaps to follow rest of
advertising pages layout.
End of Project Gutenberg's Our Little Swiss Cousin, by Mary Hazelton Wade