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The chief part of the stories,however,turnedupon the favorite specter of Sleepy Hollow, theHeadlessHorseman,who had been heard several times of late,patrolling thecountry;and, it was said, tethered his horse nightlyamong thegraves inthe churchyard. The story was immediately matchedby athricemarvelous adventure of Brom Bones, who made light oftheGallopingHessian as an arrant jockey. He affirmed that onreturningonenight from the neighboring village of Sing Sing, hehadbeenovertaken by this midnight trooper; that he had offeredtoracewith him for a bowl of punch, and should have won ittoo,forDaredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but just astheycameto the church bridge, the Hessian bolted, and vanished inaflashof fire. All these tales, told in that drowsy undertonewithwhichmen talk in the dark, the countenances of the listenersonlynowand then receiving a casual gleam from the glare of apipe,sankdeep in the mind of Ichabod. . .

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a shortstoryby Washington Irving contained in his collection The SketchBook ofGeoffrey Crayon, Gent., written while he was living inBirmingham,England, and first published in 1820. With Irving'scompanion piece"Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" isamong theearliest examples of American fiction still read today.--------------------------THIS BOOK IS CREATED BY APPMK (http://www.appmk.com)