How a Ghastly Story Was Brought to Light by a Common or Garden Butcher's Dog

How a Ghastly Story Was Brought to Light by a Common or Garden Butcher's Dog

'The devil gave the woman a nudge: "Look at that belt full of money peeping out from under the butcher's shirt!"'

Written for a local German journal and published in 1811, these fabulous, funny, jewel…

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