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The Legend of Sleepy Hellew
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time, without producing any materia)
effect en the relative situations of the
contending powers. On a fine autumnal
afternoon, Ichabod, In pensive mood, sat
enthroned en the lefty steel from whence
he usually watched all the concerns of
hla little literary realm. In his hand he
swayed a ferule, that scepter of despotic
power; the birch of justice reposed en
three nails, behind the throne, a constant
terror te evil doers; while en the desk
before him might be seen sundry contra
band articles and prohibited weapons,
detected upon the persons of Idle urchins;
such as nam muncnea appies, popguns,
VUCI1 as liuu. uiuuuiuu KgpicD, iJuuguua,
whirligigs, fly cages, and whele legions
or rampant nttie paper gamececics. Ap
parently there had eeen some appalling
net of justice recently tnfliAl, for his
scholars were oil busily intenTCpen their
books, or slyly whispering behind them
with onecyo kept upon the master; and a
kind of buzzing stillness reigned
throughout the school room. It was
suddenly interrupted by the appcarance
of a negre in tow cloth jacket and trous
ers, a round crowned fragment of
imc, iiku tne cap of Mercury, an:
mounted en the back of a ragged, wild,
half broken colt, which he managed
with a repe by way of halter. He came
clattering up te the school deer with en
invitation te Ichabod te attend a merry
making, or "quilting frolic," te be held
that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's;
and having delivered his message with
that air of importance and effort at line
language which nj negre is apt tedb-
8 lay en petty embassies of the kind, he
ashed ever the brook, and wen seen
scampering away up the hollow, full of
the importance and hurry of his mission.
All was new bustle and hubbub in the
Inte quiet school room, The eclielaiH
were hurried through their lessens villi villi
eut stepping at trifles; tliose who were
nimble skipped ever half with impunity,
and these w no were tardy had a smart
application new and then in the rear, te
quicken their speed or help them ever a
tall word. Beeks were flung nside with
out liclng put away en the shelves, ink
stands were overturned, benches thrown
down and the whele school was turned
loose mi, hour befere the the usual time;
burbling forth like a legion of young
imps, yelping and racketing about the
green In joy at their early emancipation.
The gallant Ichabod new Bpcntat least
nn extra half hour nt his toilet, brushing
and furbishing up his best and indeed
only suit of rusty black, and arranging
his locks by a bit of broken looking glass
that hung up iu the school hotise. That
he might make his appearance befere his
mistress in the true style of a cavalier, he
borrowed ft herse from the farmer with
whom he.was demiciliated, 'a choleric old
Dutchman of the namoef Hans Van Rip
per, and thus gallantly mounted, issued
forth like u knight errant in quest of ad
ventures, but it is meet 1 should, in the
true spirit of romantic story, give soine
account of the leeks and equipments of
my here and his steed. The uniiual he
liestrode was a broken down plow herse
that liad outlived almost every thing but
his viciousness. He was gaunt and
shaggy, with a ewe neck and a head like
n hammer; his rusty mane and tall were
tangled and knotted with burrs; oneoyo
had lust Its pupil, unci was glaring and
spectral, but the ether had the gleam of
a genuine devil In it. Still he must have
hud fire and mettles iu his day, if wc may
judge from his nnmc, which was Gun
powder. He had, in fnct, been a favor
ite steed of his master's, the choleric Van
Ripper, who was a fin ieus lidcr, and had
infused, very probably, seme of Ids own
spirit into the animal; for, old and
broken down us he looked, thcre was
mere of the lurking devil in him than in
any young filly in the country.
lchalied was a suitable ilgure for such
a steed. He lede with shett stirrups,
which brought his knees nearly up te the
pommel of the saddle; his sharp elbows
stuck out liKe grasshoppers'; he carried
his whip jierpeiidiculairy in his hand,
like a scepter, and as the herse Jogged en
the motion of his arms was net unlike
the flapping of a pair of wings". A small
wool h.it rested en the top of lib nese,
for se his scanty strip of forehead might
be called, and the skirts of his blackLe.it
fluttered out almost te the horse's tail.
Such was the nppenrnuce of Ichabod and
his steed as they shambled out of the
gate of Hans Van Hipper, and it was al
together ruch an apparition as is seldom
te be met with in biead daylight.
It was, as 1 have said, a line autumnal
day; the sky Mas dear and bcrene,
and nature wero that licli and golden
livery which e nlvv av s associate Ith the
idea of abundance. The forests had put
en their sober brown and yellow, while
seme trees of the temleier kind had been
nipped by the fiests into brilliant dyes of
eiauge, puiiile and scarlet. Sticamliig
files of wild ducks began te inake their
uppeaiance high iu the nir; the-hark of
the squirrel might be heard from the
groves of lieeeh and hickory nuts, and
the pensive vvhbtle of the quail at inter inter
vabfiem the neighboring i-tubble Held.
The buiall bildsvvere taking their fnie
wcll banquets. In the fullness of their
revelry they fluttered, chirping and
frolicking, from bush te bush and tree
te tree, capricious from the very pro
fusion anil variety around them.
There was the honest cock robin,
the favoiite gaiue of r.tiiplingbpertsmen,
with its loud querulous note, and the
twittering blackbirds flying in sable
clouds; and the golden "winged wood
pecker, with his ci imseii crest, his bread
black gerget, and splendid plumage; und
the cedar bird, with its led tlpt wingu
and jellew tlpt tail, and Its little uion uien uion
teire cap of feathers; and the bluejay,
that noisy coxcomb, iu his gay light blue
coat and white undci clothes, Lcieamliig
and chuttciiug, nodding and bobbing,
and bowing, and pretending te Ihi en
geed terms with eveiy songster of the
greve.
As Ichabod jogged slowly en his way
his eye, ever open te eveiy symptom of
culinary abundance, ranged with delight
ever the tieasurosef jelly autumn. On
all sides he beheld vast stere of apples,
Mime hanging in oppressive opulence en
the tiees; seme gathered into baskets
and ban els for the market; ethers
heaped up in rich piles for the cider
press, luithcren he beheld great fields
of Indian corn, w ith its golden ears peep
ing from their leafy coverts, and holding
out the premise of cakes and hasty pud
ding; and the jellew pumpkins lying be
neath them, turning up their fair round
bellies te the sun, and giving ample pros
pects of the most luxuiieus of pies; and
anon he passed the flagrant buckwheat
fields, breathing the odor of the bee hive,
and as he beheld them, soft anticipa
tions stele ever his mii'd of dainty slap
jacks, well buttered and garnished w ith
iiencv or treacle by the dellcate little
dimpled hand of Katrina Van TasseL
Thus feeding his mind with many
tweet theuchts and "sugared suppesi
tiens," he j'eurneyed along the 6ides of a
ronge of hills w Inch leek out upon some
of the goodliest scenes of the mighty
Hudsen. The sun gradually wheeled his
bread disk down into the west. The w ide
Lesom of thaTappaan Zoe lay motionless
and glassy, excepting that here and there
a gentle undulation waved and prolonged
the blue shadow of the distant mountain.
A few amber clouds floated in the sky,
without a breath of air te meve them.
The horizon was of a fine golden tint,
changing gradually into a pure apple
green, and from that into the deep blue
of the mid heaven. A slanting ray lin
gered en the weedy crests of the preci
pices that overhung seme parts of the
liver, giving greater depth te the dark
gray and purple of their rocky sides. A
sleep was loitering iu the distance, diop diep
ping slew ly down with the tide, her sail
hanging uselessly against the mast; and
ns the reflection of tlie sky gleamed along
the still water it seemed as if the vessel
was suspended in the air.
It was toward evening that Ichabod
arrived at the castle of the Heer Van
Tassel, which he found thronged with
the pride and flower of the adjacent
country. Old farmers, a spare, leathern
faced race, in homespun coats and
breeches, blue stockings, huge shoes and
snagnlflceat pewter buckle. Their PfUk,
withered little dame, In close crtaped
caps, long waUted gowns, homespun
petticoats, with scissors and phi cush
ions and gay calico pockets hanging en
the outside. Buxom lasses, almost as
antiquated as their mother, excepting
where a straw hat, a fine riband, or per
haps awhlte frock, gare symptoms of
city Innovations. The sons, in short
square skirted coats, with rows of stu
pendous brass buttons, and their hair
generally queued In the fashion of the
times, especially If they could procure
an cetskin for the purpose, U being es
teemed throughout the country as a jk
tcnt neurishcr and strengthener of the
hair.
Ilrem Benes, howevcr, was the here
of.the scene, having ceme te the gather
ing, having ceme te the gathering en his
favorite steed Daredevil, a creature, like
himself, full of metal and mischief, and
wliich no one but himself could manage.
He was, In fact, noted for preferring vic
ious animals, given te all kinds of tricks
which kept the rider in constant risk of
his neck, for he held a tractable, well
broken herse as unworthy of a lad of
spirit.
Fuln would I pause te dwell upon the
world of charms that buist upon the en
raptured gaze of my here as no entered
the state iarler of van Tassel's mansion.
Net these of the bevy of buxom losses,
with their luxurious display of red and
white; but the ample chnnns of a genu genu
ine Dutch country tea table In the sump
tuous titue of autumn. Such heaped up
r darters of cakes of various . jid almost
iidcscribable kinds, known only te ex
ticrleuced Dutch housewivcsl There was
the doughty doughnut, the tender oly ely oly
keck and tlie crisp and crumbling crul
ler; sweet cakce and short cakes, ginger
cakes and honey cakes and the whele
family of cakes. And then there were
annle niei and neach nlcs and mimnkiti
pies; besides slices of ham and smoked J
beer, and moreover uclectable dishes or
preserved plums and peaches nnd pears
and quinces, net te mention broiled shad
and roasted chickens; together with
bowls of milk and cream, all mingled
higgledy-piggledy, pretty much as I
have enumerated them, with the moth
erly teapot Bending1 up its clouds of
vapor from tlie midst heaven bless the
mnrkl I want breath und tlme te
discuss this bunquct ns it deserves,
and am tee eager te get en with
my story. Happily, Ichabod Crane was
net in be great a hurry as his historian,
but did ninple justice te every dainty.
He was a kind and thankful creature,
whose heart dilated in proportion as his
skin was filled with goedchoer, and whose
spirits rese with eating, as seme men's de
with drink. He could net help, tee, roll
ing his large eyca round him as he ate,
and chuckling with the jiessiblllty that
he might one day be lord of all this scene
of almost unhnaglnable luxury and
splendor. Then, he thought, hew seen
he'd turn his back upon tlie old school
house; snap his fingers in the face of Hans
Van Hipper, nnd every ether niggardly
patron, nnd kick any itinerant podageguo
out of doers that should dare te cell luin
comradel
Old lialtus Van Tassel moved about
among his guests with a face dilated with
content and geed humor, round and
jelly as the harvest moon. His hospltnble
attentions were brief, but expressive,
being confined te a shake of the hand, a
Blap en the shoulder, u loud laugh, and a
firessing invitation te "fall te, and help
hemsclvcs."
And new the sound of the muste from
the common room or hall summoned te
the dance. The musician was an old
gray headed negre, w he had been the
itinerant orchestra of the neighborhood
for mero than half u century. His in
strument was as old uud battered as
himself. The greater pait of the tiine
he ccraied away en two or three strings,
accompanying every movement of tlie
bow with fi motion of the head, bowing
almost te the ground nnd stamping with
ids feet w turnover u fiesh couple were te
btart.
Ichabod prided himself upon lib danc
ing us much as upon his vocal wer.
Net n limb, net u fiber about him was
?y?
Ichabod prided himself upon his dancing.
idle; nnd te have ucn his loosely hung
frame In full motion and clattering
about the loom, you would have "thought
St, Vitus himself, that blessed patron of
the dance, was figuring befere you iu
person. He was tlie admiration of all
the negrees, who, having gathered, of
nil ages and sizes, from the farm and the
neighborhood, ptoed lerniing a pyramid
of shining hloek faces at every deer and
window, gazing with delight at the
scene, rolling their white eyeballs and
bbewing grinning rows of ivory from
car te cai. Hew could the fleggcr of
urchins be otherwise than animated nnd i
joyous? the lady of his heart was hlj .
partner in the dance and smiling gra
ciously in reply te nil lib amorous
eglings; while llrem Jenes, sorely smit
ten with love and jealousy, sat broe'ding
by himself in oue cemer.
When the dance was at an end, Ich.ilied
was attracted Ik ii knot of tlie sager folks,
who, vv ith old Van Tassel, sat biueking nt
ene end of the piazza, gossiping ever ler- ,
uier times, and drawling out long sterieJ
ubeut tlie war.
This ucijhhoiheoJatthotimoof which ,
I am speaking, was ene oftheso highly
faveicd pknxs abound with chreuicla
and great men. The British and Ameri
can line hail urn near it during the war:
it had, theiofero, been the scene et
marauding, and infested with icfugecs,
cowbe.vs undalll.hidsef border chi airy.
Just sufficient time had elapsed te enable
each story teller te dress up his tale with
a little bw-cemin ,' fiction, and, iu the iu
distiucliievsef hii lecollectien, te make
himself the here of eveiy exploit.
Theio v. ea tlie story of DoUueMarlling,
a large blue bcaidcd Dutchman, whelid
nearly taVn a British frigate with an old
iron uine peauder f tern a mud breastwork,
only that hla gun burst at the sixth dis
cliargc. And there was au eldjgentlcmau
who sliall be nameless, being tee i ich a
tnyubcer te be lightly mentioned, who, Ir
the Kittle of Wlilte Plains, being an exc I
lent master of defense, parrii-d n imiska
bail with a small sword, insemm h that
he absolutely iclt it .hU nmnd the
blade, and glance off at the hilt: in i.roef
of which he was ready ut tnv time te
show the sword, with the hilt a hub
bent. There were several moie that had
been equally great iu the field, net one
of whom but was persiiadej that he h.d
a considerable hand in bringing the war
te a happy termination.
Hut all these went nothing te tb. t di-s
of ghosts und apparitions that siiveeedul
The neighborhood is lich iu leuuliry
treasure), of the Und. Lnca,l talcs anil
superstitions thrive licst in tlu-e i.ln I
tered, long settled retreats, but are
trampled undtr fixit by the si. thin';
throng that forms the eiulatinn i f most
of our country places. Ite-ides, there ia
no encouragement for ghosts in most et
our tillages, for they have MSiiwIy had
tlme te finish their hist nap nnd turn
themselves in their graves. Iiefore their
surviving friends have tnvel.-d away
from the neighlierhuxl, se tlt.it when
they turn nut at night te walk their
rounds, they have no acquaintance left
te call upon. This U (K'lhaps the leaten
why we se seldom hear of ghosts except
in our long established Dutch tommuui temmuui
t.es. The Immediate cause, however, of the
nrevahmcA of fTyrnlll"ll itnriai is
thene parti, was doubtless owing te the
vicinity of Sleepy Hellew. There was a
contagion In tlie very air that blew from
that haunted region; it breathed forth
an ntmoEphcre of dreams and fancies In
fecting all the land. Several of the
Sleepy Hellew people were present at
Van Tassel's, and, ns usual, were doling
out their lid and wonderful legends.
Many dismal talcs were told about fu
neral trains, and mourning cries and
waitings heard and soot) about the great
tree where the unfortunate Maj. Audre
was taken, and which steed hi the neigh
borhood. Some mention was made also
of the woman in white, that haunted
the dark glen at Raven Reck, and was
often heard te shriek en winter nights
befere a storm, having perished thcre iu
the snow. The chief part of the stories,
howevcr, turned upon the favorlte spec
ter of Sleepy Hellew, the headless horse
man, who had been heard sevcrnl times
of late, pntreling tke country; and, it is
said, tethered his hone nightly among
the graved in the churchyard.
The sequestered situation of this church
seems always te have made It a favorite
haunt of troubled spirits. It stands en
a knell, surrounded by locust trees and
lefty elms, from among which its de
cent, whitewashed walls shlue modestly
forth, like Christian purity, beaming
through the shades of retirement. A
gentle- slope descends from it te n
silver sheet of water, bordered by
high trees, between which peeps may
be caught at the blue hills of the Hud Hud
eon. Te leek upon tills gross grown
yard, where the sunbeams seem te sleep
se quietly, ene wenld tldnk that thcre at
least tlie dead might rest in peace. On
ene side of the church extends n wide
weedy dell, along which raves n large
brook among broken rocks and trunks of
fallen trees. Over n deep black part of
the stream, net far from the church, wea
formerly thrown a wooden bridge: the
read that led te it, and the bridge itself
were thickly shaded by overhanging
trees, wliich cast a gloom about it, even
hi the day time: but occasioned n fearful
darkness ut night. Such was ene of the
favorlte haunts of the headless horse
man, and the place where he was most
frequently encountered. The tale was
told of old Breu wer, a most herct leal dis
believer in ghosts, hew he met the horso herso horse
uian returning from his foray into
Sleepy Hellew, and was obliged te get
up behind him: hew they galloped ever
bush and brake, ever hill and swamp,
until they reached the bridge, when the
horseman suddenly turned into a skel
eton, tlirew old Breu wer into the brook,
and sprang away ev er the tree tops with
a clap of thunder.
This story was immediately matched
by a tlirice marvelous odventure of
Brem Benes, who made light of the gal
loping Hessian as an arrant jockey, lle
affirmed that en returning ene night
from tlie neighboring village of Sing
Sins he had been overtaken by this mid
night trooper; that he offered te ruce
with him for a bowl of punch, and
sheidd have wen it tee, for Darcdevil
beat the goblin herse all hollow, but just
as they came te tlie church bridge the
Hessian belted and vanished in a flash of
fire.
All these tales, told in that drowsy
uudcrtone with which men talk in the
dark, the countenances of the listener;!
only new and then receiving a casual
Slcam from the glare of n pipe, sunk
ecp in the mind of Ichabod. He ro re
pald them in kind with large extracts
from his invaluable author, Cotten
Mather, and added many marvelous
events that had taken place in his native
state of Connecticut, and fearful bights
which he had seen in Ids nightly walkj
about Sleepy Hellew.
The revel new gradually breke up.
Tlie old. farmers' gathered together their
families In their wagons, ana were heard
for seme tlme rattling along the hollow
reads, and ever the distant hills. Some
of the daniBcls mounted en pillions bo be
hiud their favorlte swains, and their light
hearted laughter, mingling with the clat clat
teref hoofs, echoed along the silent wood
lands, sounding fainter and fainter, until
they gradually died nwey and the late
scene of noise nnd frolie was all silent
and deserted. Ichatxxl only lingered be
hind, according te the custom of country
levers, te have u tcto-a-tete with the heir
ess; fully convinced that he was new en
the high read te success. What passed at
this intcrview I will net pretend te say,
for in fact I de net knew. Something,
howevcr, I fear me, must have geno
wrong, for he certainly sallied forth,
after no very great interval, with nn nir
quite desolate and chapfallcn Oh, these
women 1 these women! Could that girl
have been playing off any of her coquet
tish tricks.' Vus her encouragement
of the peer podageguo all n mere sham
te secure a conquest of his rival? Heaven
only knows, net I! let it suffice te say,
Ichabod stelo forth with the air of ene
who had been sacking u henroest, rather
than a fair lady's heart. Without look
ing te the right or left te notice the
eccne of rund wealth, en which he hed
se often gloated, he went straight te thu
stable, and with several hearty cuffs and
kicks, reused Ids steed most uncourt unceurt uncourt
eeusly from the comfei table quarters in
which he was soundly bleeping, dream
ing of mountains of corn and eats, and
whole valleys of timothy and clever.
It was the very witching time of nighl
that Ichabod, heavy hearted and crest
fallen, purr.ucd Ids travel homevvards,
along the sides of the lefty hills which risa
abev Tarry Town, and which he had
traversed se cheerily in the afternoon.
The hour was as dismal as himself, l'al
below him tlie T.ippaan Zce spiead iti
dusky mid indistinct waste of, waters,
with'here and there the tall mast of a
sleep, riding quietly at anchor under th
land. In the dead hush of midnight, lie
could even hear the barking of the watch
dog from the opposite shore of the Hud Hud
eon; but it was no vague and faint ns
only te give an idea of nis distance from
this faithful companion of man. New
and then, tee, the long drawn crewing of
u cock, accidentally awakened, would
sound far, far off. from seme farm home
n way umeng the hills but it was like a
dreaming sound iu his ear. Neilgns of
life occurred near him, but occasionally
the melancholy chirp of u cricket, or
perhaps the guttural twang of a built reg
from ft neighboring marsh, us if sleeping
uncomfortably, and turning suddenly iu
his bed.
All the stories of ghosts and goblins
that he had heard in the afternoon new
came crowding ujeii his recollection.
The night grew darker and darker; the
stars seemed te sink deeper iu the sky,
and driving clouds occasionally hid them
from lib bight. He had never felt t.e
lonely and dismal, lle was, moreover,
approaching the very pUee where many
of the scenes of the ghost stories had
been laid. In the center of the read
steed an enormous tulip tree, which
towered like a giant aleu all the ether
tieesef the neighUirlioed malformed a
Und of landuiuik. Its hmb were
gnarled and fantustic, large enough te
lerm trunks for ordinary trees, twisting
down nlinest te the earth, and rising
again into the air. It was connected
w ith the tragical btery of the unfortunate
Andre, who had U-cu taken prisoner
hard by, and was universally known by
the name of Maj. Andre's tree. The
common people legarded it with a mix
ture of resjiect and tuperstltien, partly
out of sympathy for the fate of its ill
starred namesake and paitly from the
tales of btrange sights und doleful lamin lamin
tatlens told eenci ining it.
As lchalied nppiearlu'd this fearful
tree he began te wlibth ; he thought hii
w histle was unsvveicd, it was hut u blast
svveepirg sliaiply through the dry
branches. Ah lie approached a little
nearer he thought hetuw something white
hanging in the midst of the t ree; he ausnd
and ceased whistling, but en looking
mero narrowly, iK'nuicd that it was u
pbce where the tut? had been scathed by
lightning und the white weed laid liare.
Suddi nly be heard a groan his teeth
chattered, and his knees smete against
the saddle; it was but the rubbing of ene
huge bough upon unethcr, us they were
swayed ubeut by the breeze, lieiiassed
the tree iu safety, but new perils lay be bo be
fere him.
About two hundred yards from the
tree, n bmall brook cre-&ed the read und
ran into n murbhy uud thickly weeded
glen, known by the name of Wiley's
Swamp. A few rough legs laid side by
fida served for a hridiza ever t!ii utraun-
On tli.it Plde of the read where the brook
entered the weed, a group of oaks nnd
chestnuts, matted tldck with wild grnpe
vines, threw a cavernous gloom ever it.
Te pans this bridge was the severest trial
it was nt this Identical spot that the un
fortunate Andre was captured, nnd under
the covert of theso chestnuts and vines
were the sturdy yeomen concealed who
surprlxed him. This has ever since Itccn
considered a haunted stream, and fearful
are the feelings of a schoolboy who has
te pass It nlenu after dark.
As he approached the stream his heart
begun te thump; he summoned up, how
ever, all his resolution, gave his herse
half n scere of kicks in the ribs and at
tempted te dash briskly across the bridge ;
but instead of starting forward, the per per
vcrse old animal made n lateral move
ment and ran broadside against the
fence. Ichabod, whose fears Increased
with the delay, lerked the reins en the
ether side and kicked lustily with the
contrary foet: it was all in vain; his
steed started, it is true, but it was only
te plunge te the oppeslto side of the read
Inte n thicket of brambles nnd elder
bushes. Tlie schoolmaster new bestowed
both whin and heel upon the starveling
ribs of old Gunpowder, who dashed for
ward, snuffling und snorting, but came
te a stand just by the bridge, with a sud
denness that liad nearly sent his rider
sprawling ever his head. Just at this
moment n plashy tramp by the side of
the bridge caught the Kensltive car of
lchalied. In the dark shadow of the
grove, en the margin of the brook, he be
held something huge, misshapen, black
and towering. It stirred net, but seemed
gathered up in the gloom, like seme
gigantie monster ready te spring upon
the traveler.
The hair of the affrighted podageguo
rese upon his head with terror. What
was te be done? Te turn and fly was
new tee late, and besides what chance
was thcre of escaping ghost or
goblin, if such it was, which
could ride upon the wings of
the wind? Summoning up, therefore, n
show of ceurage, he demanded in r.tam
mcring nccents, " Who nre yeut" He re
ceived no reply. He repeated his de
mand in a still mero Itated voice. Still
there was no ausw... Once mero he
cudgeled the sides of the inflexible Gun
powder, and, shutting his eyes, breke
ierth with Involuntary ferver Inte a
psalm time. Just then the shadowy ob
ject of alarm put itself in motion, mid
with a scramble ami a bound, steed nt
ence in the mlddle of the read. Though
the night was dark nnd dismal, yet tlie
form of the unknown might new in seme
degree be ascertained, lle appeared te
be u horseman of large dimensions, and
mounted en a black liorse of powerful
frame. He made no offer of molestation
or sociability, but kept nloef en ene side
of the read, jogging nleng en the blind
side of old Gunpowder, who had new
get ever his fright and waywardness.
Ichabod, who had no relish for this
Rtrange midnight companion, and be
thought himself of the ndventure of
Brem Benes witli the galloping Hessian,
new qulckcued lib steed, in hopes of
leaving 1dm behind. The btrangcr, how
ever, quickened his herse te an equal
pace, lchalied pulled up. nnd fell into n
walk, thinking te lag behind the ether
did the same. His heart began te sink
within him; he endeavored te resume lib
psalm tunc, but his parched tongue cleve
te the root his mouth, and he could net
utter n btave. There was something in
the moody and dogged bllen'ce of thb
pertinacious companion that was mjs mjs
terieua and appalling. It was seen fear
fully accounted for. On mounting n
rising ground, which brought the figure
of his fellow traveler in iclfcf against the
sky, gigantic in height and muillcd in u
cloak, Ichabod was horror struck, en
jiercelving that he was headless! but his
horror was still mero increased en ob
serving that the head, which should have
rested e:i lib shoulders, was curled be
fore him en the pommel of hLs saddle!
His terror rese te desperation; he mined
n shower of kicks nnd blows upon Gun Gun
jiewder. hoping, by sudden movement,
togive his companion the blip but the
sjK-ctcr staiteu full jump with him.
Away, then, they dashed through thick
and thin, stones flying nnd sparks flash
ing tit every bound. Ichabod's flimsy
garments fluttered in the air, U3 he
stretched hi) long, lr . Jiedy away evijr
his hercc's head, in the eagerness of lib
flight.
They had new reached the read which
turns off te Moony Hellew; bu' Gunpow
der, who i.ceme'1 possessed wit i demon,
instead of keeping Ity i , innde
an opposite turn, iifel plunged
headlong down hill te the left. Tills lead
leads through n sandy hollow, shaded by
tiees for about a quarter of u mile, where
it cresses the biidge famous in goblin
story; nnd just boyeud swells the green
knell en which stands the whitewashed
church.
As yet the panic of the steed had given
his unskillful rider nn apparent udvaiit udvaiit
age in the chase; but just ns he had get
half way through the hollow the girths
of the saddle guve way, nnd he felt It
slipping fiem under him. He seized it
by the pommel, und endeavored te held
it firm, but in vain, and liad just lime
te save himself by clasping old Gunpow
der round the neck when the saddle fell
te the earth, and he heard it trampled
under feet by his pursuer. Ter a mo
ment the terror of Hans Van Ripper's
wrath passed across his mind for it was
lib Sunday buddle; but this was no tlme
for petty fears; the goblin was hard en
lib haunches, and (unskillful rider that
he wanl he had much ado te maintain
his scat, sometime slipping en ene side,
sometimes en another, aad sometimes
foiled en the hlghrldgoef his horse's
luck lene with a violenee that he veiily
fcaied would cleave him asunder.
An openiner in the trees new- cheered
him with the hopes that the church bridge
i was nt hand. Iho wavering reflection
of u silver star In the besom of the brook
told him that he was net mistaken. He
b.iw the walls of the church dimly glar-
i lug under the trees beyond. Hoiecel-
leeted the place where liiem Benes'
, ghostly couqietiter had disappeared. "If
I can but reach that biidge," thought
lchalied, "I (mi safe." Just then he
, heard the black stetsl panting nnd blew-
, iug I'leM! Ik hind him; he even fancied
that he ftlt his het breath. Anothercen-
vulsive l.ii k in the nbs, nnd old Gun-
i powder sprang iijkjii the bridge; lielhun-
! dered ever tlie icheunduif' iil.mkH. he
gained the npjKjsItu side, und new Icha
bod cast a leek Inland te see if the iur
buer should vanish, according te i tile?,
in a Hash of lire und brimstone. Just
then he saw the goblin using in his stir
nips, and in the very net et hurling lib
head lit hun. lchalied endeavored te
dodge the lien ihle missile, but tee late.
Iu enceunteied his cranium with a tre
mendous crash he was tumble! head
long into the dust, an J Guiipevvd"r, the
black rleetl und the goblin rider pissed
b) like a whirlwind.
-SZ
Ichabod tndtiiturril In dedija the horrible
IlllXlfl'.
The next mernln.'; the old herse was
found without Ids saddle, und with the
bridle undr l.u fttt, soberly ciepping
the gras nt his masti-r'n gate. Ichabod
did net mike his upcaruiiieut breakfast
dinner houriame, but iu lchalied. 'Iho
iKiyHeax-iiibleil nt the school l.ouse, and
strolled idly about the banks of the
brook; but noiheoliuastir. Hans Van
Hipper new lic!fci te feci seme uneasi
ness about the fata of iioer IcliaUuL mi
- ,l--'i V.zr&Zr-
Ws saddle; An fnqurry was set en "feet,
and after diligent investigation they
ceme upon Ids traces. In ene part of the
read leading te tlie church was found 'tlie
saddle trampled in the dirt; the tracks of
horses" hoofs deeply dented in the read,
and evidently nt furious speed, were
traced te the bridge, lioyend wliich, en
the bank of n bread part of the brook,
where the water ran deep and black, was
found the hat of the unfortunate lcha lcha
leod, nnd close beside it a shattered
pumpkin.
The brook was searched, but the body
of the schoolmaster was net te lie dis
covered. Hans Van Ripper, ns executer
of his estate, examined tlie bundle which
contained all his worldly effects. They
consisted of two shirts nnd n half, two
stocks for the neck, a pair or two of
worsted stockings, an old pair of cordu
roy small clothes, a rusty razor, a book
of psalm tunes full of deg's cars
and a broken pitch pipe. As te the
books and furniture of the school house,
they belonged te the community, except
ing Cotten Mather's "History of Witch
craft," n New England Almanac, and a
book of dreams and fortune telling, in
wliich last was a sheet of foolscap much
scribbled and blotted by several fruitless
iittemptfl te make a copy of verses in
honor of the heiress of Van Tassel.
These mania lioeks and tlie poello scrawl
were forthwith consigned te the flames
by Hans Van Itinpcr, iwhe, from that
tlme forward, determined te send his
children no mero te school, observing
that he never kuew any geed ceme of
this Bame reading and writing. Wliat
ever money the school master ihdsbcrscsI.
and he had received his quarters pay but
n day or two befere, he must have had
about hU person at the tiine of his dis
appearance. Tlie mysterious event caused much
speculation at tlie church en the follow
ing Sunday. Knets of gazers and gossips
were collected in the churchyard, nt tne
bridge, and at the spot whcie (he h.it
and pumpkin had been found. The
stories of Brouwer, of Benes, and a whele
budget of ethers, were called te mind,
and when they had dUlgcutly considered
them all, and compared them with the
symptoms of the present case, they
shook their heads nnd came te the con
clusion that Ichabod had been carried off
by the galloping Hessian. As he was a
bachelor, and in nobody's debt, nelxxly
treubled his head any mero about him;
the school was removed te n different
quarter of the Hellew, and another ped ped pod
aeoguo reigned in lib stead.
It is true, an old farmer who had liccn
down te New Yerk en a bit several
years after, nnd from whom this account
of tlie ghostly ndventure was received,
brought home the Intelligence that Icha
bod Crane was still alive; that he had
left tlie neighborhood partly through fear
of the goblin and Hans Ven Ripper, and
partly iu mortification at having been
suddenly dismissed by the licircbs: that
he had changed his quarters te a distant
part of the country; liad kept school and
studied law nt the same tlme; liad been
admitted te the bar; turned politician;
electioneered; written for tlie news
papers; and, finally, had been made a
justice of the ten pound court. Brem
Bones, tee, who shortly after his rival's
disappearance, conducted the blooming
Katrina in triumph te the altar, was ob
served te leek exceedingly knowing
w henever the story of Ichabod was ro re
lated, and always burst into a hearty
laugh at the mention of the pumpkin;
which led seme te suspect that he knew
mero about tlie matter than he chese te
tell.
The old count rv wives, however, who
are the liest judges of tlinhe matters,
maintain te this day that Ichabod was
spirited away by supernatural means;
and it is a favorlte story often told about
the neighborhood round the winter even
ing lire, ine nruige uecame mero man
ever an object of supcibtitieim awe, and
that may be the leaseu why the read has
been tillered of late years, se us te ap
proach the church by the border of the
mill pond. The school house lielng de
serted seen fell te decay, and was ro re
Kirtud te Ik? haunted by the ghost of the
unfortunate pedagogue, and the plow
Ixiy, loitering homeward of u still sum
mer evening evening, has often fancied
Ills voice nt a distance, chanting u mel
ancholy psalm tune among the tranquil
solitudes of Sleepy Hellew.
l'OSTSCHIPT.
reuMi in Titr. HANPwitmxu or mu.
KMCKIilinOCKEH.
The preceding tale b given, nlme'.l iu
the precise weids in which I heard it lo le
lated at a coiperatlou meeting et the
ancient city of the Mauliuttecs (New
Yerk), nt wliich were pieiient many of
Its sagest mid most illustrious burghers.
The narrator was a pleasant, shabby,
gentlemanly old fellow in pepper and salt
clothes, with a sadly humorous face; and
oue whom I strongly suspected of being
iioer he made such efforts te lie enter
taining. When his ntery wns concluded
there was much laughter and approba
tion, Particularly from two or three dep
uty aldermen, who had been nsleep thu
greater part of the time. There was, how
ever, one tall, dry looking old gentleman,
with beetling eyebrows, who maintained
a grave and rather sovere face through
out; new nnd then folding his arms, in
clining lib head, and looking down niten
the fleer, as if turning u doubt ever iu
his mind. IIewus ene of your wury
men, who never laugh but upon geed
grounds when they have I canon and
the law en their side. When the mirth
of the rest of the company had subsided,
and silence was restored, he leaned ene
arm en the elbow of his chair, and stick
ing the ether a-kimbe, demanded, with a
slight but excitingly sage motion of the
head, and contraction of the brew, what
was the mera! of the btery, und what it
went te prove.
The story teller, who was Just putting
it gkiHs of wine te lib lips, ns a icfresh
inent after his tells, paused for h mo
ment, looked ut lib inquirer with nil air
of Infinite deference, und lowering the
glass slowly te the tnble, observed that
the steiy was intended niebt logically te
preve:
"That thcre Is no situation in life but
has its advantages) mid pleasures pro
vided we will but take u joke us we
tin i it:
"That, therefore, lie that runs races
with goblin troopers b likely te have
tough riding of it:
"1'rge, for i country schoolmaster te
l.e tefiised the hand of a Dutch heiress is
a certain step te high preferment iu the
btate."
The cautious old gentleman knit lib
blows tenfold dener after this explana
tion, being sorely puzzled by the ratioci
nation of the bjllegbm; while, ine
thought, the ene in pepjier end salt eyed
him with something of a triumphant
leer. At length he eWrved that nil this
was very wi II, but ktill he thought the
btery a little en the extravagant there
were ene or two points en which lie liad
his deubts:
'Tuilli, sir," replied the story teller, "us
te that matter, 1 don't beliuvu one-half cf
it iu) self."
AcrlniUurul Kitt,.,
The American Jersey Cattle club Ins
Issued volume '.'3 of its "Herd Itegbter."
The iiumlier of bulb b carried fiem 20,
001 te yi.OOO. und that of cows from 10,
001 te 01.000.
The department of ugrlculture reports
the uveragc condition of horses through
out the country us US. 1, a very high
average.
According te l'rofesser Henry, combi
nations of Indian coin mid bkim milk
nfferil n most economical ration for
young pigs, shoats and breeding stock
w here geed lione and imucle ure essen
tial te the highest icsult.s.
IVach growing piemlsc te become mi
important Industry in Connecticut. The
Connecticut Valley Orchard company
has two iuimeiise erclu.rdi at Merldeu
and af Berlin, und this ear is the first
fruitage of llie trees and it is expected
that the yield will leach -10.000 baskets.
Red peper may Iks fit! te poultry in
moderate quantities wiih geed results,
but de net make their foeJ se stieng
with It that you could net swallow it
yourself, advise Poultry Yard.
THEY ARE TOLD BY STATESMEN
OF THE CAPITAL, CITY.
rtlir U Alie Story Tettt by the Wlf
or Corporal Tannr, tl Mw Int!nn
CommUtleosr, nl tt It About ft Lady
with a Fin Completion..
Special GorrapendoQce.
Washington, June 20. Senater Wade
Hampton Is a geed story teller. As far
as is known he is up te this time the only
man who has had the temerity te tell the
president an Impious tale, and Ocn. Har
rison was actually very much pleased
with the narrative, "I always did like
army stories," he says, "and you can't
expect army stories te be geed enough te
tell a Sunday school class. I for fer fer
gave the profanity of Senater Hamp
ton's story out of consideration for
Its wit" The president Is still rather
fend of array reminiscences and mili
tary matters in general Yeu can
sce that Iu the soft side which he is
ever ready te turn toward veterans of
the field, In the correctly military Balutcs
which he makes In the presence of offi
cers passing befere him iu precession, in
the old military slouch hat which he in
variably wears whlle taking his consti
tutional strolls, The story Senater
Hampton told was an army story net
particularly new uud fresh, but new te
the president
"One day during the war," said the
senator, "the colonel of a Seuth Carolina
regiment was making n round of inspec
tion. Sitting lazily en a rail fence,
whittling at a piece of shingle, he found
n man whose face was net familiar te
him, The colonel wns Indignant Ap
proaching the loafer he called out te him
ith all proper severlty: 'Who the
are you, sitting here in this fashion?1 'I,
sir,' responded the man en the fence,
continuing his whittling, 'am the chap
lain of the st regiment New, who
In nre you? "
That thepiesldent hasn strong sense
of humor, despite his habitual dignity
nnd that poise of manner which by some
Is mistaken for coldness, is becoming
rapidly apparent During ene of the
many discussions which have been had
at the Whlte Heuso about the status of
the colored men of the south, n new story
was told by Cel. Parsons, of Alabama,
and greatly enjoyed by the president
Cel. Parsons was contending that the
jicople of the south knew the colored
man better than the poeplo et the north,
and really like him better and treat him
better. Te lllustrate lib point he rotated
a story which was first brought te Wash
ingten by Maj. Jenes, of Fine Bluff, Ark.
Maj. Jenes is a colored man himself, but
a rich one. He is, in fact, the richest
man iu Pine Bluff, where he owns the
street car line and is Interested in ether
large enterprises. Maj. Jenes, like Cel
Parsons, lielieves the south is the place
for the negre, nnd that the people of the
north, with all their sentiment about the
freedtnan, nre net ene-half se ready te
give him practical help as the men of the
south,
"Thore was a nigger named Sam who
used te drlve n street car for me hi Pine
Bluff," said Maj. Jenes. "Sam could
read, and in the newspapers he had seen
se much of the leve the pcople of the
north bear for the colored man that ha
concluded the north was the place for
him. He talked te me ubeut it, and said
he was going up te Iowa and bee if he
couldn't de better. 1 ndvised against it,
I but he would go, and go he did. In
Iowa he was pretty well t lea ted. The
folks up there called hltn 'Mr.' and shook
hands with him, and talked politics with
him as if he were an equal But they
didn't give him any weik. Nobody
seemed unxleus te have Sam work for
him.
"This went en (111 the little meney Sam
had taken with him was nil geno, and
he then concluded the best thing he
could de would be te go back te Arkau
saw, where whlte men might call him
hard names, but tit the same tlme give
him something te de and cat. Ke he
started, en feet, hoping te pick up
enough feed en the way te keep him
going. The first place he struck for
grub was at a farm heuse where n man
from New Yerk lived. The fanner was
very pelite te him, but when the grub
business was montlencd, said times were
hard and he didn't bcllove he had any
thing te spare Sam trudged uleng te
another farm heuse, and another, and
lib cxpcricuce at the first was repeated
at each of the ethers. Everybody was
pelite, but nobody gave him any
chuck. Fer two or three days Sam
hadn't a mouthful te cat, nnd his
belly wns fairly hanging up against lib
backboue when he came te a place where
a man was out in the front yard mewing
grass. Te him Sam told lib new old, old
story of leaving Arkansas, of lib bad
luck In Iowa, of lib desire te get back te
Pine Bluff, and of his great hunger. Be Be Be
eoeo lie had concluded lib story the
farmer Interrupted hlnit 'Yeu d il
black idiot,' he exclaimed, 'why didn't
you have sense enough te stay in Arkau
saw? Sam's face brightened instantly.
He almost fell ou lib knees for joy, uud
cried eut: 'Bess, jeu dunne hew glad I
is te bce you. When did you leave the
seuf youseir? Oh, boss, but I is glad te
git 'meng friends agin.' 'de in the
heuse thcre, you black feel, an' git seme
chuck. Perhaps you will knew enough
another tiine te stay where you belong.'
And Sam did go in and he filled himself
with chuck. And he staid all night, and
started out In the morning with a bag
full of bread and meat te keep his belly
off lib backboue whlle he journeyed en
toward Pine Bluff."
Barnes, of Georgia, theSOO pound con
gressman, and the heaviest man who sits
in tlie United States Capitel, is another
geed story teller. Indeed, story telling
appears te be ene of the accomplishments
of southern statesmen. Barnes is net iu
Washington new, lwlng at lib Geqrgia
home drinking buttermilk. Probably
Congressman Barnes drinks' mero butter
milk than any ether man In the United
States. Ter twenty years or mero Barnes
has uet seen lib knees, except Iu a mir
ror, and the mountain of tlcsh which
stands bctvveei lib eyes and lib legs ha
rubs about twenty times a day in sum
mer, gulps down a glass of buttermilk,
smacks lib lip uud exclaims: "Thcre is
neil lug like buttermilk In summer. "
"But, Mr. Barnes," said a friend te him
ene day last summer In Washington,
"doesn't the drinking of n score or mere
of glasses of buttermilk In u day have a
tendency te increase )our llesli?" "Oi
course It does," the congressman replied,
"and that b why I like it 1 am fat, uud
am glad of it I like ful, und wouldn't
be leaner if I could '
Te see lUrm-s in his seat Iu the house
you would think him tee dignified te tell
a story, but be isn't A story which he
started gein hcie list winter is still
going, ami prehahl) by this time has
traveled nil evet the country. Stories
are rapid travelers This one was about
a small boy, his mother uud the bishop.
The bishop vv us exkvled te dinner, and
the mother was coaching tlie email boy
iu hopes of gettin;; his rfennauce, for
'lib occasion enlv , up te uu abnormally
high standard "Johnny, ' said the fetid
mother, "the bishop w ill be here te din
ner. After he lias removed lib hat and
coat, und greeted the ether members of
the family, he will cull you te him. taks
your nana, ask your name, your age,
who made you and then tell you te be
geed boy, and run out and gambol en
the green. Yeu must tell him that tow
name is Johnny, that you are 9 yean
old and that Ged made you. New, dea'l
forget"
The bishop came and proceeded te
prove that the mother was a prophet.
He called Johnny te him, took his hand
inn patronizing way, and in the pres
ence of the proud and smiling taethet
nnd father began his foretold catechism.
But Johnny was ene of theso smart
youths who like te get ahead of people
by anticipating their remarks, and ee
when the bishop asked him what hli
name was, the young terror struck an
attitude, squinted lib left eye, pointed
his linger derisively at the geed bbhep
and replied!
"Johnny. Nine years old. Oed.
Y-a-a-al"
Even the ladies tell stories, and right
geed yarns some of them ate. Mrs. Tan
iter, wife of the pension commissioner,
has a story of the experiences of a friend
of hers which nevcr falls te excite wild
and undignified laughter. The friend
was a Brooklyn lady, and her amusing
cxpcricuce occurred at Cooperstown, N.
Y., in the summer resort hotel there,
made somewhat famous by the Cartel
divorce trial in Chicago. The Brooklyn
lady was the envy of nil the ether femi
nine guests of the heuse, for the reason
that her complexion was always cleat
and bright Ne matter hew often sht
went beating in the het sun, or played
lawn tennis nt high neon, she was sun
te appear at dinner with a complexion
white and clear as a rese In early morn
ing. The ether ladles, who tanned and
burned and blistered, despite all theii
precautions, could net understand tin
secret et the Brooklyn woman's immu
nity. Ne cosmetics were ever seen or
her face, and she exposed herself te tin
sun iu n most reckless way. Fer two et
three weeks the mj story remained un
solved, and probably would have con
tinned te this day but for the interposi
tion of a peculiar and amusing accident
Oue afternoon the Brooklyn lady left
the veranda of the hotel, saying te hoi
friends that she was going te lle down
iu her room and take her dally "beauty
nap." Fi ve minutes liter, with her doei
carefully locked, she was sitting in het
rocking chair with a complexleu mask
en her face. This, then, wns the secret
of the clear skin mid deflance of sue
and wind. The "beauty nap" ruse had
been played with great success, and at
yet no ene had suspected the true stat
of ulTaim. On this occasion, however,
a bell boy rapped nt the lady's deer witb
n package in lib baud. Hitherto all suck
knocks liad geno unheeded, but for one
the bclle from Brooklyn forget hersdll
and went te the deer with the hideout
complexion mask en her face. As seen
as the Ml ley liad set eyes upon the un
canny apparition he took te lib hcelt
nnd ran down the hall screaming at tht
top of lib lungs.
He had liad no cxpcricuce with com
plexion masks, and naturally supposed h
had seen n ghost Net thinking that tht
boy's strange conduct was caused by hei
own appcarance the lady stepped out
Inte the hall te see what the matter was.
She thought the hotel must be en fire,
and se did the ether guests of the house,
for, alarmed by the boy's cries, they
came rushing into the hall by scores,
lu a twinkling thu corridor was filled
with men, women nnd children, all ex
cited, shouting inquiries at ene another,
uud running up and down te ascertais
where the lire was or what the treublt
might be. In the midst of them was tin
lady with the line complexion, entire!)
uiimludful of herself and thinking only
of the danger wliich threatened the ho
tel and its guests.
As one after another of the people die
covered the secret of the uproar the fail
dlsturlier was surrounded by a curieui
and mirthful crowd, and among the very
- last te understand the situation was tin
weurcr of the hideous mask. Chancing
te put her hand te her face, the herriblt
reality was instantly revealed te her,
With a scream that rose high above tht
laughter of the crowd In the corridor,
she made a wild plunge for her room,
locked the deer nfter her and relapsed
Inte hysterics. She did net go down U
dinner that evening, and for once then
were no whispered Inquiries at tablet
"Hew In the world docs she keep bee
face se clear?" Early next morning a
closed carriage conveyed te the train a
lady who concealed beneath a heavy veil
the finest complexion iu Cooperstown.
By the way, there is no mero interest
ing woman in Washington than Mrs.
Tanner. She nnd her husband live in
two small rooms iu the Ebbitt house,
Every day Mrs. Tanner gees te tliOjSetv
slen olllce for two or three hoursTe help
her husband at lib work, nnd te makt
sure that he eats seme luncheon and in
ether ways takes at least a little care et
Ids health. She has learned the rou
tine of lib work, and if necessary could
take lib desk and keep the machine a-run-ning.
Walter Weluun.
Mutlimcluni.
The varieties of the muakmeleu are
readily divisible into two classes, uauio uauie
iy, the green fleshed and orange fleshed.
Tlie former have softer, sweeter and
moie juicy flesh, while the latter are
Armer and mero highly flavored. Each
class has its advocates, but the latter are
generally preferred. As a rule, the
smaller the fruits produced by a variety
the higher the quality, and when the
seed of any variety is pure its quality
can be fairly judged by the color of the
flesh and the slze of the fruit, without
much regard te the particular name the
seedsman has seen fit te give it And
yet we cannot get along without the
name.
Emerald Gem, Miller's Cream Nut
meg, Casaba, Surprbe and Christiana
rank very high in quality among the
orange fleshed muskmelons. Among the
green fleshed the New Orange Cream,
Queen and Baltimore Nutmeg have
proved very geed. Livingston's Perfec
tion is a happy combination of the or er er
aneo and green fleshed muskmclen, a
union beldeui met with. The rich, yel
low flesh unites te a very considerable
extent the juiciness and sweetness of the
oue class with the high flavor of the
ether, and in quality it is very difllcult
te surpass,
A Crep of rear Iuved Cleven,
ncre is iv curious circumstance In nat
ural histery: Last spring, In the time
when dabies blew, u lady living en
Mount Bovvdeiu went out te gather a
bunch of the geldeu hearted flowers.
Seeing seme exceptionally large and
deeply colored clever blossoms, sht
steeped te pick them, and discovered a
four leav cd clever, and another, and an
other, until she had found seventeen four
and ene six leaved ene en the ene plant,
net larger tliun her own hand. Tht
plant was in a rocky spot, and its roots
readily detached themselves from tht
scant soil and came up in her hand,
She took it home, set it out in her garden,
and it produced its kind through all tht
summer long. The phnt never increased
iu size, its roots refusing te spread them them
belves, but she rarely, visited it without
being rewarded by from one te eight
four leaved specimens. In the autumn
the lady transplanted the root te a small
salt box, which it does net nearly fill,
but since that time it lias borne thirty
seven four and a dozen five leaved cloven. '
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