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And
for
a
whole
week
the
guessing
continued
;
during
which
the
spectral
rider
was
repeatedly
seen
;
now
going
at
a
quick
gallop
,
now
moving
in
slow
,
tranquil
pace
,
across
the
treeless
prairie
:
his
horse
at
one
time
halted
and
vaguely
gazing
around
him
;
at
another
with
teeth
to
the
ground
,
industriously
cropping
the
sweet
gramma
grass
,
that
makes
the
pasturage
of
South-Western
Texas
(
in
my
opinion
)
the
finest
in
the
world
.
Rejecting
many
tales
told
of
the
Headless
Horseman
--
most
of
them
too
grotesque
to
be
recorded
--
one
truthful
episode
must
needs
be
given
--
since
it
forms
an
essential
chapter
of
this
strange
history
.
*
*
*
In
the
midst
of
the
open
,
prairie
there
is
a
"
motte
"
--
a
coppice
,
or
clump
of
trees
--
of
perhaps
three
or
four
acres
in
superficial
extent
.
A
prairie-man
would
call
it
an
"
island
,
"
and
with
your
eyes
upon
the
vast
verdant
sea
that
surrounds
it
,
you
could
not
help
being
struck
with
the
resemblance
.
The
aboriginal
of
America
might
not
perceive
it
.
It
is
a
thought
of
the
colonist
transmitted
to
his
descendants
;
who
,
although
they
may
never
have
looked
upon
the
great
ocean
,
are
nevertheless
au
fait
to
its
phraseology
.
By
the
timber
island
in
question
--
about
two
hundred
yards
from
its
edge
--
a
horse
is
quietly
pasturing
.
He
is
the
same
that
carries
the
headless
rider
;
and
this
weird
equestrian
is
still
bestriding
him
,
with
but
little
appearance
of
change
,
either
in
apparel
or
attitude
,
since
first
seen
by
the
searchers
.
The
striped
blanket
still
hangs
over
his
shoulders
,
cloaking
the
upper
half
of
his
person
;
while
the
armas-de-agua
,
strapped
over
his
limbs
,
cover
them
from
thigh
to
spur
,
concealing
all
but
their
outlines
.
His
body
is
bent
a
little
forward
,
as
if
to
ease
the
horse
in
getting
his
snout
to
the
sward
;
which
the
long
bridle-rein
,
surrendered
to
its
full
length
,
enables
him
to
do
,
though
still
retained
in
hand
,
or
resting
over
the
"
horn
"
of
the
saddle
.
Those
who
asserted
that
they
saw
a
head
,
only
told
the
truth
.
There
is
a
head
;
and
,
as
also
stated
,
with
a
hat
upon
it
--
a
black
sombrero
,
with
bullion
band
as
described
.
The
head
rests
against
the
left
thigh
,
the
chin
being
nearly
down
on
a
level
with
the
rider
's
knee
.
Being
on
the
near
side
it
can
only
be
seen
,
when
the
spectator
is
on
the
same
;
and
not
always
then
,
as
it
is
at
times
concealed
by
a
corner
of
the
serapé
.
