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cult state that he might not comprehend any address less savage , — " My name is Hans Hobbler , the brewer ; yours , Von Plots , first magistrate of Leyden . You know me . I know you . That is all . Good-night ! " Hans Hobbler , on these occasions , seemed to have sharpened up considerably . Cunningly had he gained all his points ,
which are usually blunt points enough with a Dutchman . His fair Leuchidde was overjoyed next morning , when her faithful swain placed in her hands , not only the thumb , but the whole appurtenance of his reverence the fighting saint . Sensibly touched with this proof of his devotion , she embraced her stout lover , and promised soon to make him the happiest brewer in all the Low Countries .
As for Meinheer Von Plots , —when the town rung on the day ensuing with the insult offered to St . Piebald , and when there was vast cry for the delinquent , knowing his own derelict overnight , and that he had a witness to it in the person of Hans , he set himself hard at work to stifle inquiry , and sent his hushers so industriously about Leyden , that the outraged
Piebald was left without redress for his disgraceful mutilation . The statue remains handless to this day , the best proof of the verity of this history ; for we would have scorned to take advantage of the trust of our readers . We are conscientious men , and always tell the truth—unless the truth be something —so delicate are we—of which a reader ought not to be precisely put in possession .
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The Brass Thumb.
cult state that he might not comprehend any address less savage , — " My name is Hans Hobbler , the brewer ; yours , Von Plots , first magistrate of Leyden . You know me . I know you . That is all . Good-night ! " Hans Hobbler , on these occasions , seemed to have sharpened up considerably . Cunningly had he gained all his points ,
which are usually blunt points enough with a Dutchman . His fair Leuchidde was overjoyed next morning , when her faithful swain placed in her hands , not only the thumb , but the whole appurtenance of his reverence the fighting saint . Sensibly touched with this proof of his devotion , she embraced her stout lover , and promised soon to make him the happiest brewer in all the Low Countries .
As for Meinheer Von Plots , —when the town rung on the day ensuing with the insult offered to St . Piebald , and when there was vast cry for the delinquent , knowing his own derelict overnight , and that he had a witness to it in the person of Hans , he set himself hard at work to stifle inquiry , and sent his hushers so industriously about Leyden , that the outraged
Piebald was left without redress for his disgraceful mutilation . The statue remains handless to this day , the best proof of the verity of this history ; for we would have scorned to take advantage of the trust of our readers . We are conscientious men , and always tell the truth—unless the truth be something —so delicate are we—of which a reader ought not to be precisely put in possession .