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Found Among The Papers Of The Late Diedrich Knickerbocker.

           

           Brom,whohadadegreeofroughchivalryinhisnature,wouldfainhavecarriedmatterstoopenwarfareandhavesettledtheirpretensionstothelady,accordingtothemodeofthosemostconciseandsimplereasoners,theknights-errantofyore,—bysinglecombat;butIchabodwastooconsciousofthesuperiormightofhisadversarytoenterthelistsagainsthim;hehadoverheardaboastofBones,thathewould“doubletheschoolmasterup,andlayhimonashelfofhisownschoolhouse;”andhewastoowarytogivehimanopportunity.Therewassomethingextremelyprovokinginthisobstinatelypacificsystem;itleftBromnoalternativebuttodrawuponthefundsofrusticwaggeryinhisdisposition,andtoplayoffboorishpracticaljokesuponhisrival.IchabodbecametheobjectofwhimsicalpersecutiontoBonesandhisgangofroughriders.Theyharriedhishithertopeacefuldomains;smokedouthissingingschoolbystoppingupthechimney;brokeintotheschoolhouseatnight,inspiteofitsformidablefasteningsofwitheandwindowstakes,andturnedeverythingtopsy-turvy,sothatthepoorschoolmasterbegantothinkallthewitchesinthecountryheldtheirmeetingsthere.Butwhatwasstillmoreannoying,Bromtookallopportunitiesofturninghimintoridiculeinpresenceofhismistress,andhadascoundreldogwhomhetaughttowhineinthemostludicrousmanner,andintroducedasarivalofIchabod’s,toinstructherinpsalmody.

           Inthiswaymatterswentonforsometime,withoutproducinganymaterialeffectontherelativesituationsofthecontendingpowers.

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