Tales from the fjeld : a series of popular tales from the Norse of P. Ch. Asbjörnsen (1917)
Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, 1812-1885, Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896, Smith, J. Moyr, ill · New York : Putnam's · leaf 249
228 Tales from the Fjeld board in a gust of wind and caught the skipper by thethroat. Stop, father! said the skipper; theres no needto be in such a hurry, and as he said that he began todefend himself and to loose the claws which Old Nickhad stuck into him by the help of a marling-spike. Havent you… … theres the water standing seven feet high in the pipe.Pump, devil, pump! and pump the ship dry, and thenyou may take me and have me as soon and as long asyou choose. Old Nick was not so clever that he was not takenin ; he pumped and strove, and the sweat ran down hisback like a brook, so that you…
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