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Select popular tales, from the German of Musaeus (1845)

Musäus, Johann Karl August, 1735-1787. [from old catalog] · London, E. Lumley · leaf 174

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e.When the commissioners arrived at the place of execution, theyfound nothing but a small bundle of straw covered with rags,such as people are wont to place in the fields or gardens to scareaway dainty sparrows. At this, the officials of Hirschberg weregreatly amazed; they thought it best, however,… … heeding whether the poor sufferer were a worthy man or a rogue,Sometimes, in the garb of a peasant, he would join himself to asolitary traveller on his way, and, pretending to direct him theshortest way, would send him ever so far out of his road; andthen, perhaps, like an ignis fatuus, leading him…

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