spot where the hat and pumpkin had been found. The stories of Brouwer, of Bones, and a whole budget of others were called to mind; and when they had diligently considered them all, and compared them with the symptoms of the present case, they shook their heads, and came to the conclusion that Ichabod had been carried off by the Galloping Hessian. As he was a bachelor, and in nobody's debt, nobody troubled his head any more about him: the school was removed to a different quarter of the hollow, and another pedagogue reigned in his stead. 69. It is true, an old farmer who had been down to New York on a visit several years after, and from whom this account of the ghostly adventure was received, brought home the intelligence that Ichabod Crane was still alive; that he had left the neighborhood, partly through fear of the goblin and Hans Van Ripper, and partly in mortification at having been suddenly dismissed by the heiress; that he had changed his quarters to a distant part of the country; had kept school and studied law at the same time; had been admitted to the bar, turned politician, electioneered, written for the newspapers, and finally had been made a justice of the Ten-pound Court. Brom Bones, too, who shortly after his rival's disappearance conducted the blooming Katrina in triumph to the altar, was observed to look exceedingly knowing whenever the story of Ichabod was related, and always burst into a hearty laugh at the mention of the pumpkin; which led some to suspect that he knew more about the matter than he chose to tell.

70. The old country wives, however, who are the best judges of these matters, maintain to this day that Ichabod was spirited away by supernatural means; and it is a favorite story, often told about the neighborhood round the winter evening fire. The bridge became more than ever an object of superstitious awe, and that may be the reason why the road has been altered of late years, so as to approach the church by the border of the mill pond. The schoolhouse, being

deserted, soon fell to decay, and was reported to be haunted by the ghost of the unfortunate pedagogue; and the plowboy, loitering homeward of a still summer evening, has often fancied his voice at a distance, chanting a melancholy psalm tune among the tranquil solitudes of Sleepy Hollow. -Washington Irving

STUDY PLAN OF "THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW" Paragraph 1-Tarry Town and the Little Valley

Words: spacious, coves, expansion, denominated, prudently, St. Nicholas, rural, adjacent, inveterate, propensity, tavern, vouch, advert, precise, authentic, uniform, tranquillity.

Questions: Where is the Hudson River? How did it receive its name? Locate the Tappan Zee2 on a map of New York or the Middle Atlantic states. How did Tarry Town receive its name? How far from the town and in what direction is the little valley that this story has made famous?

Notes: St. Nicholas-He is generally known as Santa Claus, the patron saint of children. He was regarded with special favor by the Dutch settlers of New York, who held an annual festival in his honor. He was also considered the patron saint of sailors. Tappan ZeeTappan Sea, or Tappan Bay, is about twelve miles long, four miles wide, and twenty-five miles distant from New York City.

Paragraph 2—Irving's First Acquaintance With Sleepy Hollow Words: stripling, exploit, peculiarly, prolonged, reverberated, retreat, distractions.

Questions: Why does Irving say "the Sabbath stillness"? What sentence contains a fine mingling of humor and pathos? Do you recall the use of stripling in preceding work?

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Words: listless, descendants, sequestered, glen, rustic, pervade, wizard, powwows, reverie, marvelous, subject, trances, visions, abounds, superstitions, meteors, nightmare, gambols.

Questions: How did Sleepy Hollow receive its name? How may this influence have been cast over the place? What sentence pokes the most fun at the Sleepy Hollow people? Why does Irving say "twilight superstitions"? Do you know people who are unwilling to

start on a journey on Friday? to sit at a table when thirteen are present? Do you like to see the new moon over your left shoulder? Do you know how some boys think they can cure warts? Are you acquainted with any relatives of the Sleepy Hollow people? In what sense is nightmare used in this paragraph? Do you recall the use of prophet in preceding work?

Paragraph 4-The Principal Ghost Story

Words: dominant, apparition, gloom, adjacent, authentic, collating, allege, quest, blast, owing, belated.

Questions: What is the principal ghost that haunts Sleepy Hollow? Explain the powers of the air. Who were the Hessians? What is a nameless battle? What two words carry a gentle hit at the Sleepy Hollow people? Do you recall the use of specter and ever and anon in "The Courtship of Miles Standish"?

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Words: purport, legendary, superstition.

Questions: What peculiar meaning has shadows in this paragraph?

Paragraph 6-A Strange Atmosphere

Words: visionary, propensity, imaginative.

unconsciously, imbibed, inhale,

Questions: What is the effect upon any one who resides in Sleepy Hollow for a time? Why?

Paragraph 7-Quiet Dutch Valleys

Words: laud, retired, population, fixed, torrent, migration, incessant, unobserved, nooks, mimic, elapsed, trod, shades, vegetating.

Questions: What word in this paragraph best suggests the quiet, easy life of the Dutch settlers? Do you recall the use of torrent in "The Argonauts"?

Paragraph 8-Heading to be Written by the Pupil Words: abode, remote, wight, sojourned, tarried, pioneers, legions, frontier, cognomen, inapplicable, lank, snipe, spindle, profile.

Questions: Why does Irving call Sleepy Hollow "a by-place of nature"? Why does he speak of "thirty years" as "a remote period"? Explain pioneers for the mind. Why was the schoolmaster well named? What humorous exaggeration is found in this description? Explain the genius of famine.1 What is peculiar about the use of eloped in this paragraph?

Note: The genius of famine-The evil spirit that causes famines,

Paragraph 9-The Schoolhouse and a Golden Maxim

Words: rudely, glazed, ingeniously, secured, withe, embarrassment, architect, situation, formidable, conning, authoritative, menace, peradventure, appalling, loiterer, conscientious, bore, maxim.

Questions: Upon what plan does Irving say the schoolhouse was probably built? How is an eelpot constructed? Why a formidable birch-tree? How did Ichabod help slow pupils along? Who is the author of the maxim that Ichabod bore in mind? Do you recall the use of maxim in "The Courtship of Miles Standish"?

Note: 'Mystery of an eelpot-A trap made of willow rods having a funnel-shaped entrance leading to a point near the back, so that eels may easily enter but can not escape.

Paragraph 10-Punishment and Consolation

Words: potentates, smart, subjects, contrary, administered, discrimination, severity, winced, indulgence, satisfied, urchin, dogged, sullen, chastisement, assurance, consolatory.

Questions: How did Ichabod satisfy the claims of justice in his school? What expression in the last sentence is full of humor? What part of Ichabod's prophecy was probably true? What part do you think was false?

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Words: convoy, behooved, revenue, dilating, anaconda, maintenance, successively, effects.

Questions: What does Irving mean by "the comforts of the cupboard"? Which do you think had the stronger attraction for Ichabod, "the pretty sisters" or "the comforts of the cupboard"? How often did Ichabod change his boarding-place? Was moving very troublesome to him? How does cotton strengthen the thought in the last sentence?

Paragraph 12-A Helping Hand

Words: onerous, rustic, patrons, grievous, drones, rendering, dominant, absolute, sway, ingratiating, whilom, magnanimously.

Questions: Why did Ichabod make himself useful and agreeable to the parents of his pupils? How did he do it? How do you know that he understood mothers pretty well? What is an absolute monarchy? Compare Ichabod's manner in school and out.

Paragraph 13-Musical Talent

Words: vocations, shillings, psalmody, vanity, station, gallery, parson, resounded, quavers, legitimately, descended, divers, makeshifts, ingenious, denominated, pedagogue, tolerably,

Questions: On what accomplishment did Ichabod pride himself? What does carried away the palm mean? What was peculiar about Ichabod's tones when singing? In what humorous way does Irving inform us of that fact? What did most of the people think about a teacher's life? What word in this paragraph shows our English parentage? Do you recall the use of this word in "The Courtship of Miles Standish"?

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Words: rural, personage, taste, swains, supernumerary, sweetmeats, peradventure, parade, epitaphs, sauntering, bevy, bumpkins, address.

Questions: To which part of the female circle of Sleepy Hollow, the married or the unmarried women, was Ichabod of most importance? Why? What day of the week brought Ichabod the most smiles? How so? How was he regarded by the country youths? What expression in this paragraph seems most humorous to you?

Paragraph 15-A Walking Newspaper

Words: gazette, budget, esteemed, erudition, potently.

Questions: Explain half-itinerant life. Why was Ichabod welcomed as he went from place to place to board? Why did the women think he was very learned? What does this teach you as to their education? What word carries a very humorous idea? Look up Salem Witchcraft in your history, and prepare to report upon it in class.

Paragraph 16-Going Home at Dusk

Words: shrewdness, credulity, marvelous, digesting, gross, monstrous, capacious, direful, wended, quartered, boding, harbinger, vividly, varlet, token, resource, nasal, melody, dusky.

Questions: What does the first sentence mean? Had Ichabod's belief in witchcraft and wonderful happenings been strengthened or weakened by living in Sleepy Hollow? Why so? What was Ichabod's delight after school? Why was the woodland awful? What was the witching hour? How did Ichabod drive away evil spirits?

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Words: spluttering, anecdotes, omens, portentous, prevailed, woefully, speculations, absolutely.

Questions: What kind of stories were the old Dutch wives fond of telling? How does Irving make these stories seem humorous? How did Ichabod repay the old wives for their stories? Why were they frightened at his speculations on comets and shooting stars? Why was this swapping of stories a source of fearful pleasure to Ichabod?