Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE BAKER BOYS OF ANDERNACH Minna B. No Yes The people of Andernach like, to sleep late in the morning, and only the bakers rise early to have fresh bread ready for breakfast. There was once a war between Andernach and Linz, and even today these cities are not good friends. As the people of Linz knew very well that the people of Andernach always slept late, they determined to attack the city early in the morning. All their plans were made, and they thought they could conquer the city. At midnight they left Linz and went quietly towards Andernach.They arrived very early and thought they could pass unseen through the unwatched gates. Meanwhile the bakers of Andernach had baked their bread. When their work was done, they lay down and had a morning nap. When the army from Linz came near Andernach, all the inhabitants were asleep except the baker boys. They had gone softly out of the bakehouse to steal some honey from the gatekeeper's beehives upon the tower. They, crept up the stairs of the tower, and were just about to take the honey when they heard a slight noise. " Oh! " whispered one to the other, " the gatekeeper is coming. He will surely whip us." They both listened, and after a moment they said : "It cannot be the gatekeeper; he is fast asleep, and, besides, he would come up the stairs. The noise does not come from the stairs. It seems to be outside." Softly, very softly, for they did not wish to be caught stealing honey, they crept to the edge of the tower and looked down. There stood the army of Linz! The baker boys saw that the soldiers had put up a ladder so that they could climb over the gate into thecity. The boys, seeing the danger, stood a moment as if turned to stone. What could they do ? They could not wake the people quickly enough, and they had no ...