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Title: The Young Carpenters of Freiberg
A Tale of the Thirty Years' War

Author: Anonymous

Release Date: August 21, 2006 [eBook #19097]

Language: English

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THE YOUNG CARPENTERS OF FREIBERG.

A Tale of the Thirty Years' War.

Translated from the German by

J. Latchmore, Jun.

[Frontispiece: 'She seized the robber unexpectedly by the legs, and
tipped him head first into the mighty chest.']

Edinburgh:
William Oliphant & Co.
1880.

CONTENTS.

CHAP.

I. THE MILLER'S WIFE OF ERBISDORF
II. THE FAMILY AT HOME
III. PRIVATE RIGHTS MUST GIVE PLACE TO PUBLIC NECESSITIES
IV. THE ENEMY BEFORE THE TOWN
V. THE SOWER OF TARES
VI. THE SECOND ASSAULT
VII. CONRAD UNDER THE WINDOW-SEAT
VIII. ORDINARY INCIDENTS OF A SIEGE
IX. DIVERSE HUMAN HEARTS
X. WAR OFTEN OPPOSES THE TEACHINGS OF CHRISTIANITY
XI. HISTORICAL
XII. TREACHERY AND DELIVERANCE

ILLUSTRATIONS

'She seized the robber unexpectedly by the legs, and tipped him head
first into the mighty chest.' . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

Conrad recognized an old comrade, John Hillner.

Promise me that I shall have an honourable burial; and let the lads
say, "A good journey to thee, old comrade!"

Nothing but the moustache on the pale face indicated the warlike
calling of the man who now addressed Conrad.

THE YOUNG CARPENTERS OF FREIBERG.

CHAPTER I.

THE MILLER'S WIFE OF ERBISDORF.

The ancient and free mountain city of Freiberg lies only about
five-and-twenty miles south-west of Dresden, yet has a far more severe
climate than the Saxon capital--a fac