The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-30
CHAPTER Y
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! \ general laugh went up "Ilp Van
Wnkle' Rip Van Wrinkle Of canrse We
! he" asked RIP Where IL he Why.
| there he l., there. under that tree Rip
turned his eyes In the direction in which
| the members of the crowd, ~ u by
unanimous consent. waved their hands
! Nnd. there leaning idly and nOnChn-
lOntly against the trunk NJ q tree, was n
precise counterpart of himself o. he had
appeared when he went w the noun
hmg
rim was now completely ~ loss.
The man before him was apparently ns
lazy and certainly ns ragged as Rlp
had been when hc and Wolf had started
ont upon that fatal hunting expedition
into the rcCosscs " the muuni1inr Rip
began To doubt his own identity aud
gasped weakly 81 that me or am |
him. IN that him ur Ia thnt me''
Nobody venturlng TO pnsw y jhls sim
pie question NJ ribs, the man with III"
cooked hat sharply demanded, What Is
your namc'"
"God knows" replied Rip NJ his wits
end. II am not myself NJ nll am some
body else That's me Nundcr No that's
no, me: that's somebody that's got into
nv shoes | was myself last night"
N was apparent to the constable that
Rip had been drinking or Wns ligh'
headed. person 20 be taken in charge.
anyway For the last Time said the
constable. where did YOU come from"
4 cnmc from the mountains" answered
Rim 4 went out with my gun aud my
old dog. Wolf into tho mountains hst
night And they have changed my gun
they have changed my clothes every
things changed | don't know my name
Al this declaration ~ Rlr's the by.
ISLANDERS hevun 10 look Significantly a.
each other and shake their heads There
also vns n whisper running through the
crowd that somebody ought 20 secure his
sun and prevent tho - old dotnrd from
donr innr, 10 himself NJ somebody else
At this suggestion the sclf-lmporiRn'
man retired from the scene with prcClpl-
iatiun Hut fresh -complcyloned comclv
Young woman pushed her way through
the crowd trying To get look NJ tho
gray bearded man She held chlli In
her arms n chubby child which. upon
seeing Rip, se' up n veil Hush. Rim
YOU little fool" sRd the woman Hut
tho child suupllcd nh tho more Justify
and tho husom mother said THE old
man won't hurt YOU. YOU little fool
The name ~ tho child. the air of the
mother. the tone vi her voice, awakened
y train Of recollection In Rlp Amid nh
tho strangencsa which had cncompasscd
him about since he had laid himself dow n
10 sleep upon that natal knoll above the
silent, flowing Hudson, here, At last. ne
heard y familiar tone
an" asked Rip With trembling voice
Judith GARDENER tho woman replied
holdly Tho name conveyed no infnrma.
ton To Rlp And yet there WAS that
familiar ring tn the voice that music
from OH, that past whirh Was 40 familiar
10 Rip which made him feel that MI
thirgs were not changed
And wha, was your fathers namcs"
went On Rlp
MY father replied tho woman; alas
poor man, hin Van Ninklr wns his name
Ne went away one dRNa' IL now twenty
Years since went away into tho noun.
inlns 60 shoot squirrels ana never came
hack Nsnn Nof has hu been heard NJ
since His dnr came home Ni,hnu, him
nut M tn Rip Van Wlnkle himself. no
body had ever got nnN clue aH 10 what
became " him MhNhcr roor father
was carried away h, tho Indians nr
whether he shot himself nobody knows
l'ut tha, IL long aro was little riri
then This uhlld sir. is named after
father call him Little mir
Twenty years. twenty Scarsi Had he
been asleep Tot twenty ycarsl or was