O' the point? I think 'tis loose. No-stay-'twill do ! The snow! "Tis well there is a moon to-night. You're sure o' the track? Alb. Quite sure. Tell. The buskin of That leg's untied. Stoop down and fasten it. You know the point where you must round the cliff? Tell. Thy belt is slack draw't tight. Erni is in Mount Faigel: take this dagger, And give it him. You know its caverns well; Old M. How firm thy grasp is, William. Tell. There is resolution in it, father, Will keep. Old M. I cannot see thine eye, but I know How it looks. Tell. I'll tell thee how it looks. List, father, List. Father, thou shalt be reveng'd! My Emma, Melctal's thy father; that's his home till I Lead him in, Emma, lead him in; the sun Grows hot- the old man's weak and faint. Mind,, father, Mind, thou shalt be reveng'd! In, wife-in, in. Thou shalt be sure reveng'd. Come Albert. ALBERT AND GESLER. Albert. I'll breathe upon this level, if the wind Will let me. Thanks to 't. A man, and fainting! Courage, friend, Courage! A stranger that has lost his way Take heart take heart; you're safe. How feel you now? Gesler. Better. Alb. You have lost your way upon the hill? Ges. I have. Alb. And whither would you go? Ges. To Altorf. Alb. I'll guide you thither. Ges. You're a child. Alb. I know The way; the track I've come is harder far To find. Ges. The track you've come! What mean you? Sure You have not been still farther in the mountains? Alb. I've travelled from Mount Faigel. Ges. No one with thee? Alb. No one but God. Ges. Do you not fear these storms? Alb. God's in the storm. Ges. And there are torrents, too, That must be cross'd. Alb. God's by the torrent, too. Ges. You're but a child. Alb. God will be with a child. Ges. You're sure you know the way? Alb. 'Tis but to keep The side of yonder stream. Ges. But guide me safe, I'll give thee gold. Alb. I'll guide thee safe without. Ges. Here's earnest for thee. Here I'll double that, Yea, treble it, but let me see the gate Of Altorf. Why do you refuse the gold? Tak't. Alb. No. Ges. You shall. Alb. I will not. Ges. Why? Alb. Because I do not covet it; and, though I did, It would be wrong to take it as the price Ges. Ha!-who taught Thee that? Alb. My father. Ges. Does he live in Altorf? Alb. No, in the mountains. Ges. How! a mountaineer? He should become a tenant of the city; Alb. Not so much as he might lose by 't My father's name, I'd guide you safe to Altorf. Will you follow me? Ges. Ne'er mind thy father's name : What would it profit me to know 't? Thy hand; We are not enemies. Alb. I never had An enemy. Ges. Lead on. Alb. Advance your staff As you descend, and fix it well. Come on. Ges. What, must we take that steep? Alb. 'Tis nothing, Come, I'll before- ne'er fear. Come on go come on! On evening; I have far to go! I'm late. Ges. Stay! I can punish, too. Alb. I might have left you, When on the hill I found you fainting, and The mist around you; but I stopp'd and cheer'd you, Till to yourself you came again. I offer'd To guide you, when you could not find the way, And I have brought you to the gate of Altorf. Ges. Boy, do you know me? Alb. No. Ges. Why fear you, then, To trust me with your father's name? - Speak. Alb. Why Do you desire to know it? Ges. You have served me, And I would thank him, if I chanc'd to pass Alb. "Twould not please him that a service So trifling should be made so much of! Ges. Trifling! You've sav'd my life. Alb. Then do not question me, Ges. I can bid them strangle thee! Wilt tell it? Alb. Never! Ges. Away with him! Send Sarnem to me. Behind that boy, I see the shadow of A hand must wear my fetters, or 'twill try To strip me of my power. I have felt to-day Have tasted fear to very sickness, and |