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He
would
delight
them
equally
by
his
anecdotes
of
witchcraft
,
and
of
the
direful
omens
and
portentous
sights
and
sounds
in
the
air
,
which
prevailed
in
the
earlier
times
of
Connecticut
;
and
would
frighten
them
woefully
with
speculations
upon
comets
and
shooting
stars
;
and
with
the
alarming
fact
that
the
world
did
absolutely
turn
round
,
and
that
they
were
half
the
time
topsy
-
turvy
!
But
if
there
was
a
pleasure
in
all
this
,
while
snugly
cuddling
in
the
chimney
corner
of
a
chamber
that
was
all
of
a
ruddy
glow
from
the
crackling
wood
fire
,
and
where
,
of
course
,
no
spectre
dared
to
show
its
face
,
it
was
dearly
purchased
by
the
terrors
of
his
subsequent
walk
homewards
.
What
fearful
shapes
and
shadows
beset
his
path
,
amidst
the
dim
and
ghastly
glare
of
a
snowy
night
!
With
what
wistful
look
did
he
eye
every
trembling
ray
of
light
streaming
across
the
waste
fields
from
some
distant
window
!
How
often
was
he
appalled
by
some
shrub
covered
with
snow
,
which
,
like
a
sheeted
spectre
,
beset
his
very
path
!
How
often
did
he
shrink
with
curdling
awe
at
the
sound
of
his
own
steps
on
the
frosty
crust
beneath
his
feet
;
and
dread
to
look
over
his
shoulder
,
lest
he
should
behold
some
uncouth
being
tramping
close
behind
him
!
And
how
often
was
he
thrown
into
complete
dismay
by
some
rushing
blast
,
howling
among
the
trees
,
in
the
idea
that
it
was
the
Galloping
Hessian
on
one
of
his
nightly
scourings
!
All
these
,
however
,
were
mere
terrors
of
the
night
,
phantoms
of
the
mind
that
walk
in
darkness
;
and
though
he
had
seen
many
spectres
in
his
time
,
and
been
more
than
once
beset
by
Satan
in
divers
shapes
,
in
his
lonely
perambulations
,
yet
daylight
put
an
end
to
all
these
evils
;
and
he
would
have
passed
a
pleasant
life
of
it
,
in
despite
of
the
Devil
and
all
his
works
,
if
his
path
had
not
been
crossed
by
a
being
that
causes
more
perplexity
to
mortal
man
than
ghosts
,
goblins
,
and
the
whole
race
of
witches
put
together
,
and
that
was
—
a
woman
.
Among
the
musical
disciples
who
assembled
,
one
evening
in
each
week
,
to
receive
his
instructions
in
psalmody
,
was
Katrina
Van
Tassel
,
the
daughter
and
only
child
of
a
substantial
Dutch
farmer
.
She
was
a
blooming
lass
of
fresh
eighteen
;
plump
as
a
partridge
;
ripe
and
melting
and
rosy
-
cheeked
as
one
of
her
father
’
s
peaches
,
and
universally
famed
,
not
merely
for
her
beauty
,
but
her
vast
expectations
.
She
was
withal
a
little
of
a
coquette
,
as
might
be
perceived
even
in
her
dress
,
which
was
a
mixture
of
ancient
and
modern
fashions
,
as
most
suited
to
set
off
her
charms
.
She
wore
the
ornaments
of
pure
yellow
gold
,
which
her
great
-
great
-
grandmother
had
brought
over
from
Saardam
;
the
tempting
stomacher
of
the
olden
time
,
and
withal
a
provokingly
short
petticoat
,
to
display
the
prettiest
foot
and
ankle
in
the
country
round
.
Ichabod
Crane
had
a
soft
and
foolish
heart
towards
the
sex
;
and
it
is
not
to
be
wondered
at
that
so
tempting
a
morsel
soon
found
favor
in
his
eyes
,
more
especially
after
he
had
visited
her
in
her
paternal
mansion
.
Old
Baltus
Van
Tassel
was
a
perfect
picture
of
a
thriving
,
contented
,
liberal
-
hearted
farmer
.
He
seldom
,
it
is
true
,
sent
either
his
eyes
or
his
thoughts
beyond
the
boundaries
of
his
own
farm
;
but
within
those
everything
was
snug
,
happy
and
well
-
conditioned
.
He
was
satisfied
with
his
wealth
,
but
not
proud
of
it
;
and
piqued
himself
upon
the
hearty
abundance
,
rather
than
the
style
in
which
he
lived
.
His
stronghold
was
situated
on
the
banks
of
the
Hudson
,
in
one
of
those
green
,
sheltered
,
fertile
nooks
in
which
the
Dutch
farmers
are
so
fond
of
nestling
.
A
great
elm
tree
spread
its
broad
branches
over
it
,
at
the
foot
of
which
bubbled
up
a
spring
of
the
softest
and
sweetest
water
,
in
a
little
well
formed
of
a
barrel
;
and
then
stole
sparkling
away
through
the
grass
,
to
a
neighboring
brook
,
that
babbled
along
among
alders
and
dwarf
willows
.
Hard
by
the
farmhouse
was
a
vast
barn
,
that
might
have
served
for
a
church
;
every
window
and
crevice
of
which
seemed
bursting
forth
with
the
treasures
of
the
farm
;
the
flail
was
busily
resounding
within
it
from
morning
to
night
;
swallows
and
martins
skimmed
twittering
about
the
eaves
;
and
rows
of
pigeons
,
some
with
one
eye
turned
up
,
as
if
watching
the
weather
,
some
with
their
heads
under
their
wings
or
buried
in
their
bosoms
,
and
others
swelling
,
and
cooing
,
and
bowing
about
their
dames
,
were
enjoying
the
sunshine
on
the
roof
.
Sleek
unwieldy
porkers
were
grunting
in
the
repose
and
abundance
of
their
pens
,
from
whence
sallied
forth
,
now
and
then
,
troops
of
sucking
pigs
,
as
if
to
snuff
the
air
.
A
stately
squadron
of
snowy
geese
were
riding
in
an
adjoining
pond
,
convoying
whole
fleets
of
ducks
;
regiments
of
turkeys
were
gobbling
through
the
farmyard
,
and
Guinea
fowls
fretting
about
it
,
like
ill
-
tempered
housewives
,
with
their
peevish
,
discontented
cry
.
Before
the
barn
door
strutted
the
gallant
cock
,
that
pattern
of
a
husband
,
a
warrior
and
a
fine
gentleman
,
clapping
his
burnished
wings
and
crowing
in
the
pride
and
gladness
of
his
heart
,
—
sometimes
tearing
up
the
earth
with
his
feet
,
and
then
generously
calling
his
ever
-
hungry
family
of
wives
and
children
to
enjoy
the
rich
morsel
which
he
had
discovered
.
The
pedagogue
’
s
mouth
watered
as
he
looked
upon
this
sumptuous
promise
of
luxurious
winter
fare
.
In
his
devouring
mind
’
s
eye
,
he
pictured
to
himself
every
roasting
-
pig
running
about
with
a
pudding
in
his
belly
,
and
an
apple
in
his
mouth
;
the
pigeons
were
snugly
put
to
bed
in
a
comfortable
pie
,
and
tucked
in
with
a
coverlet
of
crust
;
the
geese
were
swimming
in
their
own
gravy
;
and
the
ducks
pairing
cosily
in
dishes
,
like
snug
married
couples
,
with
a
decent
competency
of
onion
sauce
.
In
the
porkers
he
saw
carved
out
the
future
sleek
side
of
bacon
,
and
juicy
relishing
ham
;
not
a
turkey
but
he
beheld
daintily
trussed
up
,
with
its
gizzard
under
its
wing
,
and
,
peradventure
,
a
necklace
of
savory
sausages
;
and
even
bright
chanticleer
himself
lay
sprawling
on
his
back
,
in
a
side
dish
,
with
uplifted
claws
,
as
if
craving
that
quarter
which
his
chivalrous
spirit
disdained
to
ask
while
living
.
As
the
enraptured
Ichabod
fancied
all
this
,
and
as
he
rolled
his
great
green
eyes
over
the
fat
meadow
lands
,
the
rich
fields
of
wheat
,
of
rye
,
of
buckwheat
,
and
Indian
corn
,
and
the
orchards
burdened
with
ruddy
fruit
,
which
surrounded
the
warm
tenement
of
Van
Tassel
,
his
heart
yearned
after
the
damsel
who
was
to
inherit
these
domains
,
and
his
imagination
expanded
with
the
idea
,
how
they
might
be
readily
turned
into
cash
,
and
the
money
invested
in
immense
tracts
of
wild
land
,
and
shingle
palaces
in
the
wilderness
.
