ILLUSTRATIONS _The Trumpeter of Krakow_ Frontispiece (This Illustration was Missing from Book when scanned) Page _Guild Towers in the Old City Wall_ 19 _The Church of Our Lady Mary and the 27 Cloth Hall_ _Joseph Caught at the Dog’s Collar_ Facing 30 _The Court of the University of Krakow_ 53 _St. Katherine’s Church_ 99 _The Romanesque Towers of St. Andrew’s 103 Church_ _The Florian Gate_ 135 _The Tower of the Town Hall_ 165 _The Royal Palace of the Kings_ 189 _He Hurled the Crystal Into the Air_ Facing 193 _The Court of the Royal Palace_ 205 Ancient Oath of the Krakow Trumpeters “I swear on my honor as a Pole, as a servant of the King of the Polish people, that I will faithfully and unto the death, if there be need, sound upon the trumpet the Heynal in honor of Our Lady each hour in the tower of the church which bears Her Name.” THE TRUMPETER OF KRAKOW THE BROKEN NOTE It was in the spring of the year 1241 that rumors began to travel along the highroad from Kiev in the land of Rus that the Tartars of the East were again upon the march. Men trembled when they heard that news and mothers held their children close to their breasts, for the name “Tartar” was one that froze folks’ blood in their veins. As the weeks went on, the rumors grew thicker and there began to come through to Poland, our land of the fields, the news that the country lands of the Ukraine were ablaze. Then it was heard that Kiev had fallen, then Lvov, the city of the Lion, and now there was naught between the savage band of warriors and the fair city of Krakow, save a few peaceful villages and fertile fields.