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RIP VAN INKLE.
By WABHUQTOM IET1IO.
a pesnnjMODa ffnima or deducb
KNICKERBOCKER.
Uj Weden, Ged of Suoei,
from wlieoce coma Wensdty. lht Is WedCMfer.
Jmib b a thins that crcr I will keep
unto thylke. day In which I creep Inte
Mr arpulchra -CartwrtRht
Whoever has made a voyage up the
Hudsen must remember the Kaatsklll
mountains. Tlicy are a dismembered
branch of the great Appalachian family,
and are seen away te the west of the
river, swelling up te a neble height and
lording it ever the surrounding country.
Every change of season, every change of
wcathcr.'indeed every hour of the day,
produces seme change In the magical
hues and shapes of these mountains; and
they are regarded by all the geed wives,
far and near, na perfect barometers.
When the weather Is fair and settled
they are clothed in blue and purple and
print their bold eutlinea en the clear
evening sky; but sometimes, when the
rest of the landscape U cloudless, they
will gather a heed of gnive uperu about
their btimmlts, which, in the last ray of
the setting sun, will glow and light up
like a crown of glory.
At the feet of these fairy mountains
the voyager may have described the
light feniolce curling up from a vi ige
whose islihigle reefs gleam amen the
trees just wiicre the blue tints of up
land melt away into the fresh green of
the nearer landbcape. It la a little vil vil
lage of great antiquity, liaving been
founded by wme of the Dutch colonists
in the early times of the province, just
about the beginning of the government
of the geed Peter Stuyvesant (may he
rest In peacellnnd there were seme of
thu houses of the original 6ettlers stand
ing within a few years, built of small
yellow bricks brought from Helland,
having latticed windows nnd gable fronts
surmounted with weathercocks.
In that same village, and in ene of
Ibes very houses (which, te tell the pro pre pro
cise truth, was sadly time worn and
weatherbeatcn) there lived, many years
eiiicc, while the country was yet a prov prev prov
itice of Great Dritalu, a simple, geed
natural fellow of the name of Hip
an Winkle. He was n descend
ant of the Van Winkles who fig
ured te gallantly in the chivalrous days
of letcr Sluytesant, nnd accompanied
him te the siege of Fert Christina. He
Inherited, however, but little of the mar
tial character of his ancestors. I have
observed that he was a simple, geed
natural man; he was, mei cover, n kind
Jicighlier, and an obedient, henpecked
husband. Indeed, te the latter circum circum
Rtance might be owing that meekness of
pint which gained him such universal
popularity; for theso men are most upt
te be obsequious and conciliating abroad,
who lira under the discipline of sinews
at heme. Their tumtwrA, doubtless, are
rendered pliant nnd malleable in the
flery furnace of domestic ttibulatien,
nndn cm tain, lecture is worth nil the
sermons in the world for teaching the
virtues of, patience, and long sufTering.
A terniKgant wife may, therefore, tn
seme respects, be, considered a telerable
blebstpg; and, if se, Kip Van Winkle
wai tlirice blessed.
Certain it ie, that he was a great favor
ite, among all the geed wives of the ti
llage, who. as usual with the nmiable
sex, took bin part in all family squabbles,
and never failed, whenever they talked
tlio.ie mutters ever in their evening gos
siping, te lay all the blame en Dauie
Van Winkle. The childien of the illage,
toe,vould shout with joy whenever ha ap
proached. He assisted nt their speJts,
madn their playthings, taught them te
fly kites and bhoet marbles, nnd told
them long stericj of ghents, witches and
Indians. Whenever he went dodging
about the village, he waa surrounded by
a troop of them, hangiug en his skirts,
cJamlxring en his back, nnd playing a
thousand tricks en him with Impunity;
and net n deg would bark at him
throughout the neighborhood.
The great error in Kip's composition
was an insupcrnble aversion te all kinds
of profitable labor. It could net be from
want of assiduity or pcrteverance, for he
would sit en a wet rock, with a led as
long nnd heavy as a Tartar's lance, and
fish all day without a murmur, even
though he should net be encouraged by
a single nibble. He would carry a, fowl
ing piece en his shoulder for hours to
gether, trudging thieugh weeds and
swamp3, and up hill and down dale, te
sheet a few Bquirreb or wild pigeons.
He would never refuse te assist a neigh
bor, even in the i eughest tell, and vv.ii n
foiemest man at all country frolics for
husking Indian com or building stene
fences. The women of the village, tee,
used te employ him te run their errands,
and te de such little odd jobs as their less
obliging husbands would net de for them;
in a word, Kip was ready te attend te
anybody's business but bis own; but as te
doing family duty, and keening his farm
inVerdcr, he-found it impossible.
In fact, he declared it was of no use te
work en his farm; it was the most pebti
lcnt little piece of ground in the whele
country; everything about it went wrong,
nnd would go wrong In spite of him. His
fences were continually falling te pieces;
his cow would either go astray or get
among the cabbages; weeds were sure te
grew quicker in his fields than any where
else; the rain always made a point of set
ting in j ust as he had 6ome out deer work
te de; te that though his patrimonial
estate liad dwindled away under his man
agement, aero bv aero, until there was
little mero left than n mere patch of In
dian cord and potatoes, yet it was the
worst conditioned farm in the neighbor
hood. His children, tee, were as ragged and
wild as if they belonged te nelwdy. His
ten Kip, mi mcliin begotten in Ids own
likeness, premised te inherit the habits,
with the old clothes, of his father. He
was generally seen trooping like a colt at
his mother's heels, equipped in a pair of
liia father's cast off galligaskins, which
he had much ado te held up with ene
hand, a3 a line lady dec3 her tram in bad
weather.
Kip Van Winkle, however, was ene of
these happy mortals, of foolish, well
oiled dispositions, who take the world
easy, eat white bread or brown, which
ever can be get with the least thought or
tieubie, and would rather starve en a
iicnny than work for a pound. If left te
himself he would have whistled life away
in perfect contentment; but Ids wife kept
centinnually dinning in his cars ubeut
his idleness, his carelessness nnd the ruin
he was bringing en his family.
Morning, neon and night, her tengue
was incessantly going, and everything
he said or did was ture te produce a tor ter tor
entef household eloquence. Rip had
out one way of replying te all lectures of
the kind, and that, by fiequent use, had
grown into a habit. He shrugged his
shoulders, shook his head, cost up hi3
eyes, but said nothing. This, however,
always provoked a fieah volley from his
wife, se that he was fain te draw of! hi3
forces, and take te the eutside of the
house the only side which, in truth, be
longs te a henpecked husband.
Se tha he trujiifn te draw off hit fercti.
Kip" sole dotni'.tle adherent was bis
de-j Wolf, who was as imp h hen necked
ea"lds master; for IXnue Van WiivtJe- re.
mi mm jt
g.irnen tnem as companion in idleness,
and even looked Upen Wolf with an evil
cye as the cause of hi master's going se
often astray. True it Is. In nil
Snlnt of spirit befitting an honorable
eg, he wsa os courageous an animal as
ftver scoured the weeds but what cour
age can withstand the ever during and
all besetting terrors of a Weman's tongue?
The moment Wolf entered the heuse his
crest fell, his toil drooped te the ground
or curled between his Icgshe sneaked
about with a gallows air, casting many
a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle,
and at the least flourish of a broomstick
or ladle he would fly te the deer with
yelping precipitation.
Times grew worse and werse with Rip
Van Winkle, as years of matrimony
rolled en. A tart temper never mellows
with nge, and a sharp tengue Is the only
edgoteol that grows keener with con
stant use. Fer a long while he used te
conselu Idmself, when driven from home,
by frequentiug a kind of perpetual club
of the sages, philosophers and ether Idle
personages of the village, which held its
sessions en a bench before a small inn,
designated by a rubicund portrait of his
majesty Ueorge HI. Here they used te
sit in the shade, of a long, lazy sum
mer's day, talking listlessly ever
village gossip or telling endless
sleepy stories about nothing. Hut it
weiild have been worth any statesman's
money te have heard the profound dis
cussions which sometimes took place,
when by chance an old newnpaper fell
Inte their hands from seme passing trav
eler. Hew solemnly they would listen
te the contents, as drawled out by Der
rick Van Hummel, the schoolmaster, a
dapper learned little man, who was net
te he daunted by thu most gigantic word
in the dictionary; nnd hew sagely they
would ilclilionite upon public c-enl3
seme months nfte they had taken place.
The opinions of tills junta were com
pletely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, n
p-itri.irch of the village and landlord of
the inn, nt the deer of which he took his
seat from morning till night, just moving
sufficiently te avoid the sun and keep in
the shade of a large tree, se that the
neighbors could tell the hour by his
movements n3 accurately 03 bv a sun
dial. It Is true, he waa rarely heard te
speak, but smoked his phw incessantly.
Ills adherents, however (ter every great
man lm I1I3 adherents), perfectly under
stood him mid knew hew te gather his
opinions. When anything that was read
or related displeased him, he was ol el
scrved te smeke his pipe vehemently and
te 6rnd forth short, frequent nnd angry
pulls; but when pleased no would iuhale
the smeke 6lewly nnd tranquilly and
emit ft in light and placid clouds, and
sometimes taking the pipe from his
mouth, nnd letting the fragrant vapor
curl about his nose, would gravely nod
his head in token of perfect approbation.
Frem even this strong held the unlucky
Rip was at length routed by his terma
gant wife, who would suddenly break in
upon the tranquillity of the assemblage
and call the mcmbeis all te neught; nor
was that august personage, Nicholas
Vedder himself, sacred from the daring
tengue of tills terrible virago, who
charged him outright with encouraging
her husband in habits of idleness.
Peer Rip was at last reduced nlmest te
despair, and his only alternative te ca ca
cape from the labor of the farm nnd the
clamor of his wife was te take gun in
hand and stroll away Inte the weeds.
Here he would sometimes scat himself nt
the feet of a trce and share the contents
of his wallet with Wolf, with whom he
sympathized as a fellow sufferer In per
secution. "Peer Wolf," he would say,
"thy mistress leads thee a deg's Ufe of it;
but never mind, my lad, whilst I live
thou shalt never want a friend te stand
by theet" Wolf would wag Ids tail, leek
wistfully in his master's face, and if
dogs can feel pity I verily bcliove he re
ciprocated the sentiment with all Ids
heart.
In a long ramble of the kind, en 11 flne
autumnal day, Kip had unconsciously
scrambled te ene of the highest parts of
the Kaatskill mountains, lle was nftcr
his favorite sport of squirrel sheeting,
and the btill solitudes had echoed and re
echoed with the reports of his gun.
Panting nnd fatigued, he threw himself
lata in the afternoon en a green knell
covered with mountain herbage that
ciewued the brew of a precipice. Frem
an opening between the trees he could
oveileok all the lower country for many
a mile of ricli woodland. He saw at a
distance the lordly Hudsen, far, far be
low mm, moving en its silent but ma
jestic course, with the reflection of n
purple cloud or the sail of a lagging bark
licie and there Bleeping en its glassy
boiem, and nt hut losing iUulf In the
blue highlands.
On the ether side he looked down into
.1 deep mountain glen, wild, lonely nnd
shagged, the bottom filled with fiag
mciita from the impending cliffs, and
ncaicely lighted by the leflectcd laya of
the belting sun. ler seme timeltiplay
musing en this scene; evening vv;i3 grad
ually advancing; the mountains began te
threw their long bli:e thadevva ever the
valleys; he f.iw that it would be dark
long liofero he could reach the villare,
and he heaved a heavy sih when he
thought of encountering the terrors cf
Datne Vnn Winkle.
As he was about te descend he heard
a veice from a distance halloo
ing "Kip Vnu Winkle! Kip Van
Wluklei He looked ureund, but could
bce nothing but n crew winging its soli
tary llight across the mountain. He
thought his fancy must hae deceived
lilni, and turned again te descend, when
he heard the same cry ling through the
still evening nir, "Kip Van Winkle! Kin
Vwi Winkler at the same tlme Wolf
bristled u
led up his back, nnd, giving a low
-, skulked te hi-s masters side, leek-
crew
new felt a vngue apprehension stealing
ever him; he looked nnxieualy in the
same direction and perceived n strange
figure slowly toiling up the rocks and
bending under the weight of something
he canied en his back. He was sur-
rirised te see any human being in tills
enely and unfrequented place, but sup
posing it te 1ki seme ene of the neighbor
hood in need of his assistancolie hastened
down te yield it.
On nearer approach he was still
mero surprised at the singularity of the
stranger's appearance. He was a short,
square built old fellow, with thick bushy
nair mm n grizneu ncnrii. ms urcsa
wan of the nntique Dutch fashion a
cloth jerkeu strapped round the waist
several pair of breeches, the outer ene of
ample volume, decorated with rows of
buttons down the sides, nnd hunches nt
the knees. He bere en his shoulders n
rteut keg, that HPemed full of liquor, nnd
made signs for Kip te approach and assist
him with tlie Kid. Though rather shy
and distrustful of this new acquaintance,
Kip complied with hU usual alacrity,
and mutually relieving each ether, they
clambered up n narrow gully, apparently
the dry lied of a mountain terient. Aa
they ascended, Kip every new and then
heard long lolling peals, like dktant
thunder, that seemed te issue out of a
deeii ravine or rather cleft letwccn lefty
rocks, toward w liich their rugged path
conducted. He paused for mi instant,
but supposing it te 1m the muttering of
ene of theso transient thunder showers
which often take place in mountain
heights, he proceeded. Passing through
the laviuc, they cmne te 11 hollow like n
small nmphithcatie, surrounded by per
pendicular precipices, ever the brinks of
which impending trees shot their
branches, se that you only caught
glimiTOs of the azure sky nnd the bright
evening cloud. During the whele tlme
Kip and his companion had labored en in
silence; for though the former man cled
greatly what could Ijo the object of car
rying a keg of liquor tip thU wild moun
tain, yet there was something strange
nnd incomprehensible about the un
known that inspired nwe and checked
familiarity.
On entering the amphitheatre, new ob
jects of wonder presented themselves.
On a level spot in the center was a com
pany of odd looking iierMiiiiigcit plajing
at nltie pins. Tliev vvt-re dresbed m a
quaint outlandish fashien: seme wero
snort doublets, ethers jeiLlns, with long
knives in their Ixiti. and most of them
had Piiormeus luecihf j of piuiilar style
w itli that of the gui Ve '1 htlr iag.,
je. were uteiilLir oue lm4 11 J.ru. .!'.
oreaa race, and small piggish eyes; the
face of another Boomed te consist entirely
of nese, nnd was surmounted by a white
sugnr leaf hat, set off with a little red
cock's tail. They nil had beards, of vorl verl vorl
eus shapes and colors. There was one
who seemed te be the cemmnndcr. He
waa a stout old gentleman, with a
weather beaten countenance; 110 wero a
lnced doublet, bread belt and lianger,
high crowned hat and feather, red stock
ings, nnd high heeled shoes, with roses
in them. The whele group reminded
Rip of the figures In an old Flemish
Saint ing in the parlor of Domtnie Van
chaick, the Tillage parson, and which
hed been brought ever from Helland at
the time of the settlement.
What seemed particularly odd te Rip
was that though these folks were evi
dently amusing themselves yet they
maintained the gravest faces, the most
mysterious silence, and were, withal, the
most melancholy party of pleasure he
had ever witnessed. Nothing interrupted
the stillness of the scene but the neise of
the balls, which, whenever they xvore
rolled, echoed along the mountains like
rumbling peals of thunder.
As Rip and his companion approached
them they suddenly desisted from their
play, ami stared at him villi such a fixed
statue like gaze, and such strange, un
couth, lack luster countenances, that Ida
heart turned within him mid Ida knees
smote together. Ilia companion new
emptied the contents of the keg into
large flagons, nnd made signs te him te
wait upon the company. He obeyed
with fear and trembling; they quaffed
the liquor in profound silence, and then
returned te their game. ,
By degrees Rip's nwe and apprehension
subsided. He even ventured, when no
eye was fixed upon him, te taste the bev
erage, which he found had much of the
flavor of excellent Hollands. He was
naturally a thirsty soul, nnd was seen
tempted te repeat the draught. One
taste provoked another, and he reiterated
Iris visits te the Ungen be often tliat at
length his scuse3 were overpowered, his
eves swam in his head, Ids head gradu
ally declined, and he fell Inte a deep
sleep.
On waking he found himself en the
green knell from whence he had first
seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed
his eyes It was a bright sunny morning.
The birds were hopping and twittering
among the bushes, and the cagle was
wheeimg aloft and breasting the piire
mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Kip,
"I have net slept here nil night." He re
called the occurrences befere he fell
nsleep. The strange roan with the keg
of liquor the meimtaln ravine the
wild retreat among the rocks the woe wee woe
begeno party ntninc pins the flagon
"Oh! that wicked flngexi!" thought
Rip "what excuse shall I makoteDamo
Van WInklcl"
lle looked round for his gun, but in
place of the clean, well oiled fowling
piece he found nn old flre lock lying by
him, the barrel incnuted with rust, the
V,
lie found an old fire lock lying hy 7ii 1.
lock falling off nnd the 6teck worm
eaten. He new suspected that the grnve
reystcrs of the mountain had put n trick
upon him, nnd liaving dosed him with
liquor had lobbed Iilm of his gun. Wolf,
tee, had disappeared, but he might have
strayed away after 11 squirrel or partridge.
He whistled after him and shouted his
name, but nil hi vain, the echoes re
pented his whistle and shout, but no deg
was te be seen.
He determined te revisit the eccne of
the last ovcnlug'e gambol, nnd If he met
with any of the party, te demand bin
deg and gun. Aa he rese te walk, he
found himself stiff in the jeintn, mid
wanting in lib usual activity. "These
mountain beds de net agree with me."
thought Kip, "and if this frolie should
lay 1110 up with a fit of tlieihcumatism, I
shall have a blessed time with Dame Van
Winkle." "Willi eome difficulty he get
down into the glen; he found the gully
up which he and his companion hail as
cended the preceding evenlug; but te hii
astonishment n mountain stream vvns
new foaming down it, leaping from rock
te rock, nnd lllling the glen with bab
bling muimurs. lie, however, made
shift te bcramble up its bides, working
hii toilsome way thieugh thickets of
biicli, bnbsafres and witcli hnzc), nnd
sometimes tripped up or entangled by
the wild grapevines that twisted their
coils and tendrils from trce te tree nnd
spread a kind of network hi his path.
At length he reached te where the
ravine had opened through the cliffs te
the amphitheatre; but no truces "of gucIi
opening remained. The rocks presented
a liich impenetrnble wnll, ever which the
torrent came tumbling in n sheet of
feathery foam, and fell into a bread, deep
basin, black from the shadows of
the surrounding forest. Ileie, then,
peer Kip was brought te n stand.
He again called and whistled after his
deg; he was only answered by the caw
ing of a fleck of idle crews, sporting
high in the air nbeut a dry tree that
overhung a sunny precipice; and who,
secure in their elevation, beemed te leek
down nnd scoff nt the peer man's per
plexities. What was te le done? The
morning was passing away nnd Kip felt
famished for want or his breakfast. He
grieved te give up Ids deg and gun; he
dicaded te meet lii3 wife, but it would
net de te starve among the mountains.
He shook his head, shouldered the rusty
fireleck and with n heart full of treuble
and anxiety turned his steps homeward.
As he approached the village he met a
number of people, but nene whom he
knew, which semewhat surprised him.
for he hud thought himself acquainted
with every ene in the country round.
Their dress, tee, was of a different
fashion from that te which he wns ac
customed. They nil stared nt him with
equal marks of surprise, nnd whenever
they cast eyes upon him invariably
stroked their chins. The constant recur
rence of this gesture induced Kip, in
voluntarily, te de the same, when, te his
astonishment, he found hh beard had
grown a feet Iengl
He had new entered the skirts of the
village. A troop of strange children ran
nt his heels, hooting after him nnd point
ing nt his gray beard. The dogs, tee,
net ene of which he lecegnlzcd for an
old acquaintance, barked nt him ns he
passed. The very lilluge was altered:
it was larger and mero jwouleus. There
were rows of houses which he had never
seen liefore and theMj which had Ix'cn
his familiar haunts had disappeaied.
btrange names were ever the doers-
stiauge faces nt the windows every
thing was strange. His mind new mis
gave him; he began te doubt whether
both he and the world around him were
net Switched. Surely thU was his ua ua
live village, wldch he had left but a
day before. There steed the Kaatskill
mountains there ran the silver Hudsen
nt a distance there waa every hill and
dale precisely as. it hnd always lieen Kip
was sorely jicrplcved "That flagon laft
night," thought he, "hasnddlvd my peer
head sadly!"
It wax witli soma difficulty that he
found the way te his own lieue, which
he approached with lilcnt awe, expect
ing every moment te hear the shrill veice
of Dame Van Winkle. lie found fhe
heuse geno te decay the reef fallen
In, the windows shattered nnd the
doers off the hinges. A half
btarved deg, that looked like Wolf,
was skulking ubeut It. Kip called
him by name, but the cur snarled,
showed UU teeth and paed en. Tills
wna nn imkiud cut indied. "My viry
deg," sighed toer Kip, "lias fergutUii
mel"
v ' SJftll
the truth, Dam Van Wlnkle Tiaif always
kept in neat order. It waa empty, for
lorn nnd apparently abandoned, This
deselatencss overcame all his connubial
fears he called loudly for hla wife and
children the lonely chnmbcrs rang for
a moment with his voice, and then all
agnln was silence.
He new hurried forth, and hastened
te his old resort, the village Inn but it
tee was gene. A large, rickety, wooden
building steed In its place, with .great,
gaping windows, seme of them broken,
nnd mended with old hats and petticoats,
nnd ever the deer waa pnlnted, "The
Union Hetel, by Jonathan Doellttle."
Instead of the great tree that used te
shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore,
there new .was reared n tall, naked pole,
with something en the top that looked
like a red night cap, and from it was
fluttering a ling, en which wns a sin
gular assemblage of stars nnd stripes
all this waa strange and Incompre
hensible. He recognized en the sign,
however, the ruby lace of King Grerge,
under which he had smoked se
many a peaceful pipe, but even this waa
singularly metamorphosed- The ret!
coat waa changed for ene of blue nnd
buff, a sword wns held in the hand in
stead of a scepter, the head was deco
rated with a cocked hat, ami underneath
wna painted in large characters, Gen.
Washington.
There wns, as usual, n crowd of folk
nbeut the deer, but nene that Rip recol
lected. The wry character of the people
seemed changed. Tliere wns a busy,
bustlinc. disputatious tene nbeut it. In
stead of the accustomed phlegm nnd
drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain
for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his
bread face, deuble chin nnd fair long
pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco smoke,
instead of Idle speeches, or Van Hummel,
the schoolmaster, doling forth the con
tents of en undent neT?spapcr. In place
of these, a lean, bilious looking fellow,
with his pockets full of handbills, waa
haranguing vehemently nbeut tights of
citizens election members of congress
liberty Bunker's Hill heroes of '7tJ
and ether words that were a perfect
Babylenish jargon te the bowildsred Van
Winkle.
The npnearonce of Rip, with his long,
grizzled beard, Ida rusty fowling piece,
fill uncouth dress, and the ermy of
women nnd children that had gathered
nt Ids heels, seen attracted the at
tention of the tavern politicians. They
crowded round him, eyeing him from
head te feet, with great curiosity. The
oiater bustled up te him, and drawing
him partly nslde. Inquired, "en wldch
elde he voted?" Rip stared in vacant stu
pidity. Anether short, but busy little
fellow pulled him by the arm, cud rising
en tiptoe, inquired in Ida ear. "whether
he wns Federal or Democrat." Rip waa
equally at a less te comprehend the ques
tion; when a knowing, self important
old gentleman, in a sharp, cocked hat,
made his way through the crowd, put
ting them te the right and left with his
elbows ua he passed, and planting him
self befere Van Winkle, with ene arm
akimbo, the ether resting en his cane,
his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating,
ns it were, into his very soul, de
manded in nn nustere tone, "what
(neught him te the election with a gun
en his shoulder, and a mob at his heels,
and w bother he meant te breed a riot In
thelllage?"
"Alas! gentlemen,", cried Rip, tome temo teme
what dismayed, "I nm a peer, quiet
man, a nalive of the place, nnd a loyal
subject of the king, Ged bless him!"
Here a general shout burst from the
hyhtanucrs "11 Tery! a lery! n spyl a
refugee! hustle him! away with him!"
It wns with great difficulty that the
self impeitaut man in the cocked hat re
stored order, nnd having assumed a ten
fold nusterity of brew, demanded again
of the unknown culprit, what he came
tliere for. nnd whom he was seekhiK.
The peer man humbly assured him Unit
he meant no harm, but meiely came
there in search of some of his neighbors,
who used te keep nlieut the tavern.
"Well, who nre they? Name them."
Kip bethought himself n moment, nnd
inquired, "Where is Nicholas Vedder?"
Tliere was 11 silence for a little while,
when an old man replied, in n thin,
piping voice, "Nicholas Vedder? Why,
110 is dead and gene these eighteen yearn!
Tlieievvas a wooden tombsteno in the
cliurchnrd that used te tell nil about
him, but that's letteu nnd gene, tee."
"Whcie's Prem Dutcher?"
"Oh, he went off te the army In the
beginning of the war; seme say be vvns
killed at the storming of Steny Point,
ethers say he was drowned in fthe squall
at the feet of Antony's Nei,e. 1 don't
knew he never came hack ngain."
"WIicie'b Van Hummel, the school
master?" "He went off te the wars, tee; wns a
great militia general, nnd Is new in con
gloss." Kip's heart died away at hearing of
these sad changes in his home and
friends, nnd finding hiim-clf thus nlone
in the vveild. Uvery answer puzzled him,
tee, by treating of such cnoimeuH lapses
of time, mill 01 twitters which he could
net understand: war congress Steny
Point! be had no courage te nek nfter
any mero friends, but cried out in do de
spair: "Dees nobody here knew Kip Van
Winkle?"
"Oh, Rip Vnn Winkle!" exclaimed two
or three. "Oh, te be Hire! that's Kip
Van Winkle yonder, leaning against the
tree."
Kip looked nnd beheld a precipe counter
part of himself ns he went up the moun
tain; apparently as lazy nnd certainly as
ragged. The ioer fellow wns new com
pletely confounded. He doubted his own
identity, mid whether he was himself or
another man. In the midst of his be
wilderment the man in the cocked hat
demanded who he was, und whut was
his name?
"Ged knows." exclaimed he nt his
wit's end; "I'm net myself I'm
somebody else that's me yonder no
that's someliedy else, get into 111 v shoes
I was mvself last night, but I fell asleep
en the mountain, and thcy've changed
my gun, nnd everything's changed, and
I'm changed, nnd I can't tell what's my
name or who I nm!"
The bystanders !cgan new te leek nt
each ether, nod, wink significantly, and
tap their fingers ngainst their foreheads.
Tliere was a whisper, also, about secur
ing the gun, and keeping the old fellow
from doing mischief; nt the very sug
gestion of which, the self important man
with the cocked hat retired with seme
precipitation. At this critical moment a
fresh comely woman passed through the
llireug te get a peep at 1110 gray hoarded
man. She had a chubby child in her
anus, which, frightened at his leeks, Iks
gun te cry. "Hush, Rip," cried she,
"hiibh, you little feel, the old man Nven't
hurt you." The name of the child, the
air of the mother, the tene of her veice,
all awakened a train of recollections in
his mind.
"What is your name, my geed wo we
mnn?" nskid he.
"Judith Gardenier."
"And your father's name?'
1 "Ah, peer man, his name wns Rip Van
1 Winkle; it's twenty years since he went
I nwav from home with his gun and never
1 has been heard of since his deg came
, home without him; but whether he shot
j himself, or was carried uwny by the
1 Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but
! a little girl."
( Kii had but ene question mero te ask;
j but he put it witli a faltering voice i
I "Where's your met her?"
I Oh, she tee had died but n short tlme
1 since; tlie broke a bleed vessel In a lit of
passion at 11 tvew l.nglaud iieudlcr.
There wu3 a di op of comfort, nt least,
in thi3 intcllibuice. The honest man
could contain himself 110 longer. He
caught hi daughter und her child in liia
aims. "I'm your father!" cried he
"Yeunjj Rip Van Winkle ence old Kip
Vnn Winkle new! Dees nobody knew
peer Kip Van Winkle?"
All 6toed uma?ed, until an old woman,
tottering out from among the crowd, put
her hand te her brew, and peering under
it in his fnce fur a moment, exclaimed;
"Sure enough! it is Rip Van Winkle It
is Idmself. Welceme home again, old
nelglilier. Why, vv here have you been
these twenty long years?''
IiJpV st'iry was seen told, for tlie whele
twenty vrars had l-cii te him but eh ene
llijjit. Tim luiiihberx UjuwI teluii iltuv
heard it; sdmdvcr6eeen"fe wtnkntcnch
ether, nnd put their tongues in their
checks; and Uie self important man in
the cocked hat, who, when U10 alarm was
ever, had returned te the field, screwed
down the comers of his mouth, and shook
hla head upon which there wns n gen
oral ehaklng of the head throughout the
assemblage.
It was determined, however, te take
the opinion of old Peter Vnnderdenk,
who Mas seen slowly advancing up U10
read. He wan a descendant of the his
torian of thnt name, who wrote ene of
the earliest ncceunta of the province.
Peter wns the most ancient inhabitant of
the Tillage, and well versed in nil the
wonderful events and traditions of the
neighborhood. He recollected Rip at
once, and corroborated his story in the
most satisfactory manner. He assured
the company that it waa a fact, handed
down from Ids ancestor the historian,
that the Kaatskill mountains had always
been haunted by strange beings. That It
wna afllrmed that the great Hciulrick
Hudsen, the first discoverer of the river
and country, kept a kind of vigil there
every twenty years, with Ids crew of the
Half-moon, being permitted In this war
te revisit the scenes of his cntcrpibe mid
keep n guardian eye upon the river nud
the great city called by his name. That
his rather had ence seen them in their
old Dutch dresses playing at nlne pins in
a hollow of the mountain; and that he
himself had heard, ene summer after
noon, the round of their balli, like distant
peals of thunder.
Te make a long story short, the
company broke up, and returned te
the uicre Important concerns of the
election. Rib's daughter took 1dm home
te live with her; she had a snug,
well furnished house, nnd n stout cheery
farmer for n husband, whom Rip recol
lected for ene of the urchins that used te
climb upon Ida back. An te Rip's son
nnd heir, who waa the ditto of himself,
scen leaning ngnlnst the tree, he wns em
ployed te work en the farm, but evinced
a hereditary disposition te attcnifle any
thing else but his business.
ltiii new resumed his old walks nnd
habits; he seen found many of Ids for
mer cronies, though nil rather thu worse
for the wear nnd tear of time, and pre
ferred making friends among the rising
generation, with whom he seen grew
Inte great favor.
Having nothing te de nt home, nnd be
ing arrived nt thnt hnppy nge when a
man can de nothing with impunity, he
took his plnce ence mere en (he bench
nt tlie inn deer nnd was reverenced ns
one of the patriarchs of the village nnd
a chrenicle of tlie old times "befere the
wnr." It wns seme tlme befere he could
get into tlie regular track of gossip, or
could be made te comprehend the strange
events that had taken place during his
torpor. Hew that there had lieen a
roYelutlonary'war that thoceuntry had
thrown off the yoke of old England nnd
that, instead of being a subject of his
majesty Geerge the Thiid, hu wns new a
free citizen of the United States. Rip, in
fact, wna no politician; the changes of
of states and empires made but little Im
pression en him ;but there woseno species
of despotism under which he hnd long
groaned, and thnt was cttlceat gov
ernment. Happily, that was nt an end;
he had get his neck out of the yeke of
matrimony, and could go hi and out
vv licnevcr he pleased, without dreading
the tyranny of Dame Vnn Winkle.
Whenever her name wns mentioncd.how mentiencd.how mentioncd.hew
ever, he shook his bend, shrugged his
shoulders, and cast up his eyes; which
might pass cither for nn expression of res res
igtiatieu te his fate, or joy at his do de
ll verance.
He used te tell his story toevcry strnn-
fcr thnt ni rived at Mr. Doellttlo's hotel.
Ie wns eliserved, at first, te vary 011 seme
points every time he told It, which was
doubtless owing te his lmv Ing se recently
awaked. It nt last settled down precisely
te the tale I have 1 elated, nnd net a mnn,
woman or child in the neighborhood but
knew it by heart. Some always pre
tended te doubt the renllty of it, imu in
sisted that Kip hnd been out of his
head, and thai this was ene eint en
vv hich he always remained flighty. The
old Dutch inhabitants, however, nlmest
iiuiversnlly gave It full credit. Even te
tliij day they never hear a thunder storm
of 11 summer afternoon nlieut the Kantn
kill but they say Hendrlck Hudsen nnd
his crew nre at their game of nine pins:
and it is a common wish of nil henpecked
husbands in the ucfghboiheod, when life
hangs heavy en their bands, that they
might haie n quieting draught out of
Kip Vun Wlnklu'e flagon.
Nete. Tim ron-getos Inle, ene neull miipecf,
hal lieen t.tiggcsU-11 te Jtr. Knlcliprlieckfr liy n
Ullle Orrman uiiirrstltlen nbeut thu l'nrn'rer
lYelcrlck der Kclhliait nnd tlie Kyphaits( r
mountain; the riilijelucd note, howevcr, wlilclihe
litid niMided te the Inle, Miew n ttint It Is an atuo atue atuo
lulefatt, nnrrntcd v. Uh lib usual fidelity,
"The Mery of Kip Vnn Winkle may RH-m Inert dl
Lin te innny, ljulnevciHirWi I Klie It my full to te
lief, for 1 knew the v Iclnlty of our 0I1I Dutch wt wt wt
tltmentstoliavelvcn very Kuhjfct te iiinrrolem
CTentH ami niipcnraiiccH. Jrulred, I Imve hcnril
innny rtrnncrr ttorlei limn this In tlie vlllngen
aleurf tlm lludjen, nil of which vrcre tee wctl au
thenticated tn admit of a doubt. I have even
tnlLed v ith Itlp Vnn Winkle myself, who, when 1
Int row film, vt nn very venerable old mnD, nnd no
IKTfetUy rational nnd cenuntcnt en every point
that I think noixmrclenlloun person could rrfuw
te take this Inte the bargain; nay, I ha te necn a
certificate en the subject taken befere a country
justice, and signed vcllh a cress, In the Jurtlca'a
own handwriting. The story, therefore, Is beyond
the possibility of deubU"
Tlie Women of Cenlcn.
Though ns a rule net beautiful, the
young nnd middle) aged nre decidedly
handsome, with fine features nnd n mag
nificent physique. Of course much of
this is due te their surroundings nnd the
primitive life still se universally led.
IJut these women, with their prominent
features and fine eyes, nre liberally en
dowed with sterling qualities. Ilrave
and faithful, we find them en occasion
doveloping into- hcreinea of U10 truest
type. Warriors at heart, when circum
stances require it, they will net be con
tented te remain en the defensive; and,
being intelligent' nnd reflectlve, they
have often proved themselves formldable
enemies, strong nnd loyal friends.
Withal, they are womanly; cherish a
deep leve for their homes and n tender
care for their children; nre deveted te
husband, offspring nnd hearth yet are
ready te sncriflce everything at the com
mand of the man they have avowed te
eliey. Fer woman's mission In Corsica
is deflnite enough; she is destined te lx a
docile wife, te work for her husband,
bring up his children and keep his castla
and all ita uppurtenances In geed work
ing order. Lmpliatlcally she la the com
plement of mini, and in no way hla
equal. She is nothing mero than Adam's
rib by far the inferior jiortien of hu
manity, designed, solely nnd expressly,
aa the'hclpmate of the mightier lialf.-
"Q. O. It' In Heme Journal.
Tlie Reconstruction of Kuula.
Rut although much has undoubtedly
been done, much mero Etlll remains te
de. "The way In which you westerns
keep calling out that Russia must re
form," said a Russian friend te me net
long age, "reminds me of a saying of ene
of your own statesmen, that 'peeple are
fend of shouting for reterm as if it were
nn nrticle thet could be handed te them
out of the window.' They seem te for
get that a system which lias taken gener
ations te construct and centurlea te de-
eiep can hardly be demolished and re
built with ene turn of thu hand. Russia
is net te be reconstructed in 11 day, any
mero than Kouie wns built in one."
Tills is true enough; but the marvel
ous rapidity with which se many of Rus
tia'u ancient institutions have been over
thrown nnd replaced by theso of modern
tlmea certainly eilers seme excuse for
these exulted expectations. Within the
last twenty -eight years Russia haa abol
ished slavery, reorganized her army, re
vised her tariff, introduced trial by jury
into her law courts, remodeled her postal
system, decreed and carried out a thor
ough redistribution of land, nnd taken
nt least ene or two imiiertaiit stcpi to
ward the education of her peasantry and
thoEupjwitef her paupers. David Kit
in Kuw Yerk Tiues.
Sam Small, the ovangelist, who tcctuml
he 10 iccciitly, is dangerously ill at his
home near Atlanta, tin.
UiNCLAMED AND LOST.
ARTICLES THAT ARE DEPOSITED AND
NEVER CALLED FOR.
A Bank tiathler' Clint A beat Property
That I riaced In Ctmrc of tnatltn tnatltn
llena and Navcr lUtlnltntd Unre
deemed rledfea That Make Sad Stories.
Speaking te nn old bank cashier the
ether day, I asked him whether there
waa net nn enormous amount of property
lying unclaimed in Kink cellars and In
safe deposit vaults.
'A very large amount," said he, "but
net nearly as much ns seme people Inv
nglne. When pnerty Is placed In
chnrge of a bank or a safe deposit com
pany It Is generally put there by people
of pretty strict business habits, nnd a
careful record Is kept, net only by the
depositor, but nlse by the parties Inte
whose chnrge It Is given. Thnt 1 educes
the chance of valuables being overlooked,
but still a very large quantity docs ie
main unclaimed. All the custodians of
such prejwrty can de Is te preserve it In
tact nnd hope for Its redemption In the
ceurse of tlme."
"Is there a limit te such a time?" I
asked.
"Legally there may be, but I nm net
prcjinred te say what tt Is, since every
case has te be settled upon Its own mer
its. Sometimes the boxes which have
lieen regnrded for a long tlme as contain
ing valuables turn out te be mere collec
tions of iiibbtsh, and the wonder Is why
they were ever preserved. Rut n bank
efllclnl never expresses surprise, liecnuse
he meets se many peculiar people and
his whele tlme is occupied in keeping
things straight,"
"Hut surely n list is kept of the con
tents of packages left en deposit?"
"When desired, yes; but when a sealed
parcel or box Is deposited the bank docs
exactly what common carriers de; signs,
'Contents unknown,' nnd unknown they
remain, whether delivered te the owner,
or awaiting reclamation. Of ceurse
every place of deposit has stories te tell
about mysterious boxes, strange parcels
and odd packages which have lieen lying
In seen 10 corners of their strong rooms
for years, but I am Inclined te think that
na far ns banks nnd snfe dcHh!t com
panies are concerned. the vnst hulk of
such pieperty Is redeemed seen or later.
Lawyers nowadays nre v ery npt te dig
up every otMlble form of claim te valu
ables of nny description in thu hands of
public bodies, nnd a very faint clew Is
sufficient te start thum off upon a suc
cessful hunt. They often comeupon rich
possessions while scatchlng for wills,
and the first places, nfter counsel's offices,
they start for, nre the banks nnd safe do de
posits." The desire te heard In seme form or an
other Is a very widespread ene, nnd every
ene could cinimernte among friends and
acquaintances n considerable number in
whom the hoarding spirit Is distinguish distinguish
nble. The difficulty of accumulating Is
as often rewarded by less ns by posses
sion, but the knowledge of that fact docs
net diminish the desire te heard. In the
ensoef a miser, te whose heir the accu
mulated properly gees, the very opposite
motives nre found te exist. The miser
shudders nt the idea of his coveted os
sessions falling into ether hands than his
own, even when these hands nre merely
a bundle of dry bones, while the heir is
all eagerness te clutch the property in
order te disperse It.
Miserly habits, if they ever provetobo
hereditary, only beceme fully doveloped
with nge nnd a certain kind of experi
ence, although n sort of avarlcleusncss
may nlwaya lie traced In the progeny of
enp who has hoarded. It docs net al
ways take the feun of grasping for
wealth, but, as often ns net, takes shnpe
hi n desire for superiority of position,
oivcref dictation or uncommon popu
larity. TUB IIISEIl'a WAY.
It Is your miser who rummages out a
plnce of hiding, te nveid any of theso
things he loved se well en earth being
handled, even by theso legally and equi
tably entitled te what he la compelled te
leave behind him. The hiding of treas
ure by a mere miser does net long ro re
,maln n mystery, because If bis habitation
is carefully searched it will surely be
found. Hu could net In life bear te be
far away from it, and In his last mo me
menta It Is morally certain it was the
thing his fingers with their clammy
touch turned ever befere he said good geed
by te it forever.
Tlie inisanthrope who dreads te trust
hlii fellow man, and is distrustful of him
self, is a great factor among the creators
of unclaimed property. Even when
making a will, na a sort of posthumous
expression of luite toward humanity he
places it in nome sput wiicre net even a
lawyer can find it. When his bones have
been whitening a decade or two seme
workman stumbles en his crabbed writ
ings and a nlne days' wonder ia the re
sult. These te whom his property should
have descended have suffered poverty
nnd have joined the great majority, and
his lifter death rovcuge ou beciuty has
been gratified.
Then there are theso who go down te
thebc-a in ship, who, bcfoie the lest
voyage, deposit valuables where they
nlone could claim them. The dishonest
npproprialer of ethers' goods must net
be forgotten. He dreads te carry the
possessions he haa stolen about his per
son, and hides them from prying eyes.
He takes llight, hoping at a f uture date
te claim them, but cither seme new ad
venture secludes him forevcr from soci
ety, or he ends his worthless life, under
n fictitious name, in seme distant land.
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and wegBVeHWIFrHHl'KCIFlC, which seen
cured her entirely, and she Is new hale and
hearty. ! V DKIk,
' Will's l'elnt.Texaa.
-Nend for book giving history of Weed
Diseases nnd ndvlcn te sufferers, mulled free
THE HWIFT Hi'ECIFIO CO..
(l)Tu,Th,H Dmwrr 3. Atlanta, ya.
rpEETiiiNaHYiiur.
TO MOTHERS.
Vinri Imli nbellld
have a betlia of DR. f.
FAHHNEY'H TEimilNO HYUUP.
wife,
Ne Opium or Merphia mixtures. WlHre-
!!.... nnllrt flrltiliiir In tlin IIiiwpIh ftlld
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DIITlcullTeelh
llllllg. I rcituivu iiJArnntvAnis1 ?
, Itngerslewn, Md. Druggist attny:
Trinl bottle sent by mall 10 cent . 'V'
NET ftHUN
It; coma,
fanMydeedatw
WEAK,
" IlNhUVKIXlPEn l'AUTH.
Of the Human Itedy Enlarged, Deyei.d,;
Htrcuarhcncd.clc., Is an Interesting adverltae-l
tuMtii innv nm In our nnner. In reDlVIO) rll-r-s
enirics we will say that there Is no evident; '
of humbug about this, en the con wtrjy :,
imvcriiser am very iiiguiy imnmrsi, Mn-,
..,-.1 .u.Mt.,11. tnnv el u,atMl clreiitura vtvlnspL.
all particulars, by writing te IheEIUBBEIjP
(!Al,CO..B8wnnBl.. Jlulfale. N. Y.-Italli
tctlellre, fll-lyd
tt0niir.
CjrKEUIIEII, HON & CO,
1
We Hell the Oreatrst Number of
Refrigerators
LAWN MOWERS.
BABY CARRIAGES,
AND
Ice Cream Freezers.
WHY?
i
UECAUSE WE AKE THE CHEAPEST.
W. D. SPRECHER, SON & CO., J
31 E. KJDg St., Lancaster, Pt-
mnrt3.Tu.Th,Btfil
$O0lt.
B
OOK DEPARTMENT.
flO TO
Fen Dersmith's
BOOKSTORE
TO BUY
PAUL E. WIRT'S FOUNTAIN PEM,
FOR $2.00.
DI1ST IN THE WOIILD.
46 East King Street,
(Opposlle Court leuc.)
netra
TTEIUVH HOOK HTOItE.
THE
RMAL FOUNTAIN PEN
Takks tiii: Lead.
Prick, $1.75.
I can recommend it be
yond any ether in use. It
is a $2.50 Pen. Have just
bought in gross quantity
which enables me te sell at
$1.75.
L. B. HERR,
Bookseller & Stationer,
e.i North Oueen Street.
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S"SsRi.a
u..,i Kil-niui II estates III lA-imneii ur mir-
for 1110 llurnuMJ ."?"", ,-,,-, ;y-Kl Irifc J
In vv vtII
inieuNll'llnmU of " iinilMullUUCC'i
lift!
IhU notice.
WM. COLEMAN KKEKMAX,'
K. PKIIUVAI.DKN. -"t
Attorney for It. WtCulWBM' I
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