[Cover Illustration] The Trumpeter of Krakow A TALE OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY BY ERIC P. KELLY Illustrations made by Angela Pruszynska in Krakow New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY _1957_ Copyright, 1928, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Twenty Seventh Printing, 1957 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA T O E D W A R D L O W E L L K E L L Y L O U V I L L E H O W A R D M E R R I L L CONTENTS PAGE The Broken Note......................... 3 CHAPTER I The Man Who Wouldn’t Sell His Pumpkin... 9 II Krakow.................................. 18 III The Alchemist........................... 36 IV The Good Jan Kanty...................... 51 V In the Street of the Pigeons............ 63 VI The Tower of the Trumpeter.............. 76 VII In the Alchemist’s Loft................. 85 VIII Peter of the Button Face................ 96 IX Button-Face Peter Attacks............... 113 X The Evil One Takes a Hand............... 123 XI The Attack on the Church................ 133 XII Elzbietka Misses the Broken Note........ 147 XIII The Great Tarnov Crystal................ 161 XIV A Great Fire Rages...................... 179 XV King Kazimir Jagiello................... 192 XVI The Last of the Great Tarnov Crystal.... 209 Epilogue. The Broken Note......................... 214