Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 548
urgomaster, old HeinrichPfalz, simply laughed in his face. Whereuponthe stranger stamped his foot in a terrible rage,snapped the lock shut on the staple of the ironband, tossed the key so high into the air that toVol. XXXVII.-51. this day it has never come down, and finally, whilethe open-mouthed… … STOCK-IM-EISEN (THE IRON STUMP), VIENNA. After many trials by the most skilled workmenin the kingdom, the successful competitor provedto be a young locksmiths apprentice, who, in theend, like all industrious apprentices of the oldstories, is said to have married his mastersdaughter. The historic…
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