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Found Among The Papers Of The Late Diedrich Knickerbocker.

           Stillhemusthavehadfireandmettleinhisday,ifwemayjudgefromthenameheboreofGunpowder.Hehad,infact,beenafavoritesteedofhismaster’s,thecholericVanRipper,whowasafuriousrider,andhadinfused,veryprobably,someofhisownspiritintotheanimal;for,oldandbroken-downashelooked,therewasmoreofthelurkingdevilinhimthaninanyyoungfillyinthecountry.

           Ichabodwasasuitablefigureforsuchasteed.Herodewithshortstirrups,whichbroughthiskneesnearlyuptothepommelofthesaddle;hissharpelbowsstuckoutlikegrasshoppers’;hecarriedhiswhipperpendicularlyinhishand,likeasceptre,andashishorsejoggedon,themotionofhisarmswasnotunliketheflappingofapairofwings.Asmallwoolhatrestedonthetopofhisnose,forsohisscantystripofforeheadmightbecalled,andtheskirtsofhisblackcoatflutteredoutalmosttothehorsestail.SuchwastheappearanceofIchabodandhissteedastheyshambledoutofthegateofHansVanRipper,anditwasaltogethersuchanapparitionasisseldomtobemetwithinbroaddaylight.

           Itwas,asIhavesaid,afineautumnalday;theskywasclearandserene,andnatureworethatrichandgoldenliverywhichwealwaysassociatewiththeideaofabundance.Theforestshadputontheirsoberbrownandyellow,whilesometreesofthetendererkindhadbeennippedbythefrostsintobrilliantdyesoforange,purple,andscarlet.

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