Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-05-17

ne-pins-h hagon-"Oh! hagon wicked hagon
thought Rp-"what shall make Dame Wrinkle
He looked round for his gum in place clean we'll
oiled owngpiece old frelock lying by barrel
ncusted with the lock falling off, and the stock
He now suspected that the of the mountain had
trick upon him. and having dosed him with liquor had robbed
him OF his gun Wolf had Disappeared but he might have
strayed after squirrel partridge He whscd after him
and shouted his but all in the echoes repeated his whistle
and shout, but no dog to be seen.
He determined revisit the of last evenings gambo and
he met with the party demand his dog and AS he
walk he the joints and wanting in his
usual activity "Thesc mountain beds do not with me-
thought Rip and this oc should lay with fit of the
rheumatism, shall have blessed time with Dame Van Winle
With difficulty he got down into the glen: he found the gully
which he and his companion had assembled the preceding
ing; but his establishment oamng
down it, eapng from rock rock filling the glen with bab
bling murmurs He however, made shift to scramble its Sides
working his tosome way through tckets of birch saaas and
wichhaze and sometimes pped entanged by the wild
gapcvncs that twisted their coils tendrs from and
spread kind of network in his path.
AT length he reached where the had opened through
the cliffs to the amphheatre but of such opening
remained The rocks presented high mpeneable wall
which the umblng sheet of feahery and
fell into broad deep BASIN black from the shadows the
rounding Here, then poor Rip brought a He
again called and whed after his dog he only answered by
the Cawing of flock of idle sporting high
tree that ovehung precpce; and who in their
vaon seemed to look down and scott the poor pepexcs
What be done? the morning passing away Rip
amshed for of his breakfast He geved give his dog
and gum he dreaded his wife, but would do
the mountains He shook his head houdered the
rusty eock and with heart full trouble anxiety
his steps homeward
AS he approached the village he number of people, but
whom he which somewhat surprised him,
thought himself acquainted with the round
Their dress different fashion which
accustomed They all stared at him with equal marks SURPRISE
and whenever they their upon him. invariably oked their
ch The of this gesture induced Rip nvol
unfairly do the when his astonshmen he found his
beard had grown foot long
He had the skirts o. village A troop OF
strange children his heels hootng after him. and pointing
his gray beard The dogs which he recognized
old acquaintance bakcd him he passed The very village
altered larger and popuous There OF
houses which he had before and those which had been
his familiar had disappeared Strange the
doors-srange faces the wndoWs-cvcy thing strange
His msgave him. he began doubt whether he
and the world around him bcwtchcd Surely this his
village which he had left but the day before There
the Kaats mounansthee the silver Hudson
there every hill and dale precisely had always been
Rip orey perpcxcd hagon last night thought he
has added my poor head sadly
1t was with difficulty that he found the way his
which he approached silent ave. expecting every
hear the shrll of Wrinkle He found
the house gone decay the roof fallen in the
and the doors off the hinges halaed dog
Wolf skukng about Rip called him by name
snarcd showed his teeth passed This cut
d"AIy very dog sighed poor Rip, forgotten
He entered the house. which, tell the truth Dame Van Wrinkle
had always kept neat order empty oron and appar
entity aDandOned ms dcSOaeneSS ONerCame all his
carshc called loudly his wife and chdrcn-he lonely
bcrs rang with his voice, and all again
silence.
He fastened resort the village
nnbut it gone large rkcty wooden building stood
place. with great gaping windows, broken
mended with old hats and pettcOa and the
The Union Hotel by Jonathan Dooite Instead the great
that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn there
reared tall naked POLE with something top that looked
like nght-cap and huttering flag which
singular assembage of and stripes all this strange and
ncomprehensbe He recognized sign ruby
King George which he had smoked