 | Casket - 1873 - 874 pagine
...home without him ; but whether he shot himself or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. 1 th great scenic display. Of the part quoted above...thy beauty— nothing further. The face of the ea New- England pedlar." There was a drop of comfort at least in thi> mlclligcncc. The honest man could... | |
 | Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878 - 462 pagine
...been heard of since.—His dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl." 16. The honest man could contain himself no longer. He caught his daughter aud her child in his arms.... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 pagine
...been heard of since—his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl." 15. Rip had but one question more to ask ; bnt he put it with a faltering voice: " Where is your mother... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pagine
...dog came home without him ; but whether he shot himself or w-as carried away by the Indians, nobody, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl." Rip had but one more question to ask; but he put it with a faltering voice. " Where's your mother ? " '• Oh, she... | |
 | 1875 - 324 pagine
...heard of since — his dog came home without him ; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl." 13. Rip had but one question more to ask ; but he put it with a faltering voice : " Oh, she too died,... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pagine
...heard of since, — his dog came home without him ; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl." Rip had but one question more to ask ; hut he put it with a faltering voice : " Where's your mother?" " Oh, she too had died but a short... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pagine
...heard of since,— his dog came homq without him ; hut whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl." Rip had hut one qucstion more to ask ; but he put it with a faltering voice : " Where's your mother?" " Oh,... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1878 - 510 pagine
...heard of since, — his dog came home without him ; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a...blood-vessel in a fit of passion at a New-England peddler." There was a drop of comfort, at least, in this intelligence. The honest man could contain... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 pagine
...been heard of since. His dog came home without him ; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a...faltering voice : " Where's your mother ? " " Oh, she too died but a short time since ; she broke a blood-vessel in a fit of passion at a New-England peddler."... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 206 pagine
...been heard of since : his dog came home without him ; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a...more to ask ; but he put it with a faltering voice : — ma " Where 'a your mother'} " There was a drop of comfort, at least, in this intelligence. The... | |
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Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since,— his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can... 
