Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) THE BLACKSMITH'S HAMMER THE FULL SERIES OF The Mysteries of the People :: OR :: History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages By EUGENE SUE _Consisting of the Following Works:_ THE GOLD SICKLE; or, _Hena the Virgin of the Isle of Sen_. THE BRASS BELL; or, _The Chariot of Death_. THE IRON COLLAR; or, _Faustina and Syomara_. THE SILVER CROSS; or, _The Carpenter of Nazareth_. THE CASQUE'S LARK; or, _Victoria, the Mother of the Camps_. THE PONIARD'S HILT; or, _Karadeucq and Ronan_. THE BRANDING NEEDLE; or, _The Monastery of Charolles_. THE ABBATIAL CROSIER; or, _Bonaik and Septimine_. THE CARLOVINGIAN COINS; or, _The Daughters of Charlemagne._ THE IRON ARROW-HEAD; or, _The Buckler Maiden_. THE INFANT'S SKULL; or, _The End of the World_. THE PILGRIM'S SHELL; or, _Fergan the Quarryman_. THE IRON PINCERS; or, _Mylio and Karvel_. THE IRON TREVET; or, _Jocelyn the Champion_. THE EXECUTIONER'S KNIFE; or, _Joan of Arc_. THE POCKET BIBLE; or, _Christian the Printer_. THE BLACKSMITH'S HAMMER; or, _The Peasant Code_. THE SWORD OF HONOR; or, _The Foundation of the French Republic_. THE GALLEY SLAVE'S RING; or, _The Family Lebrenn_. Published Uniform With This Volume By THE NEW YORK LABOR NEWS CO. 28 CITY HALL PLACE NEW YORK CITY THE BLACKSMITH'S HAMMER : : OR : : THE PEASANT CODE A Tale of the Grand Monarch By EUGENE SUE TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH By DANIEL DE LEON NEW YORK LABOR NEWS COMPANY. 1910 INDEX TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE v INTRODUCTION 1 PART I. HOLLAND. CHAPTER I. THE ST. ELOI 5 II. BERTHA OF PLOUERNEL 11 III. THE HUGUENOT COLONEL 25 IV. THE LOST LETTER 33 V. JOHN DE WITT 54 VI. CORNELIUS DE WITT 79 VII. MOB-VERDICT 91 VIII. THE FLIGHT 103 PART II. BRITTANY. I. NOMINOE 113 II. A BRETON WEDDING 122 III. THE RED-COATS 140 IV. DESERTED! 155 V. THE MYSTERY AT PLOUERNEL 164 VI. BERTHA AND NOMINOE 190 VII. EZ-LIBR 229 VIII. THE MANOR OF PLOUERNEL 251 IX. THE PEASANTS' DEFEAT 258 X. UNITED 265 EPILOGUE 282 FOOTNOTES TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.