The children's book; a collection of the best and most famous stories and poems in the English language (1910)
Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 · Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 42
No, saidhe, I do not ask my life; only let me play uponmy fiddle for the last time. The Jew cried out, Oh, no ! no! for heavens sake dont listen tohim ! dont listen to him! But the judge said, It is only for this once, he will soon have done.The fact was, he could not refuse the request, onaccount… … note, judge, clerks, and jailer, were in motion ; allbegan capering, and no one could hold the Jew.At the second note the hangman let his prisonergo, and danced also, and by the time he hadplayed the first bar of the tune, all were dancingtogether — judge, court, and Jew, and all thepeople who had…
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