Flemish Legends

d without any joy of them, alone in a corner like a leper, there came to the inn a certai

ng his head like an old man, went up to him and shook him: "Come," said he, "wake

Gans, "I am not worth mu

aek, "hast thou gotten al

way to some place where none will hear us

anner, but the voice of a devil. It must be appeased. Therefore go thou and fetch from thy cellar a go

to himself that ale was precious stuff to set before devil

e sorrowful than ever, calling out: "

h was suddenly broken with a loud report, and this in so violent

the wise Blaeskaek, for he is a man of good counsel, of excellent counsel! Master Devil, who are so thirsty, do not kill me to-night; to-morrow y

ice continued to wa

It cost me many a golden peter, my master, and I will give you a whole barrelful. Do you not

until cock-crow. Then, finding that he was no

nd placed it in the middle of the grass, saying: "Here is the freshest and