The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent[pseud.] together with Abbotsford and other selections from the writings of Washington Irving .. . n purity beaming through the shadesof retirement. A gentle slope descends from it to a silversheet of water, bordered by high trees, between which, peepsmay be caught at the blue hills of the Hudson. To lookupon its grass-grown yard, where the sunbeams seem to sleepso quietly, one would think that there at least the dead mightrest in peace. On one side of the church extends a widewoody dell, along which raves a large brook among brokenrocks and trunks of fa
The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent[pseud.] together with Abbotsford and other selections from the writings of Washington Irving .. . n purity beaming through the shadesof retirement. A gentle slope descends from it to a silversheet of water, bordered by high trees, between which, peepsmay be caught at the blue hills of the Hudson. To lookupon its grass-grown yard, where the sunbeams seem to sleepso quietly, one would think that there at least the dead mightrest in peace. On one side of the church extends a widewoody dell, along which raves a large brook among brokenrocks and trunks of fallen trees. Over a deep black part of the THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW 321 stream, not far from the church, was formerly thrown awooden bridge; the road that led to it, and the bridge itself,were thickly shaded by overhanging trees, which cast a gloomabout it, even in the daytime, but occasioned a fearful dark-ness at night. This was one of the favorite haunts of theheadless horseman; and the place where he was most fre-quently encountered. The tale was told of old Brouwer, amost heretical disbeliever in ghosts, how he met the horse-. Slbepy Hollow Church and Cemetery man returning from his foray into Sleepy Hollow, and wasobliged to get up behind him; how they galloped over bushand brake, over hill and swamp, until they reached the bridge;when the horseman suddenly turned into a skeleton, threwold Brouwer into the brook, and sprang away over the tree-tops with a clap of thunder. 53. This story was immediately matched by a thrice mar-vellous adventure of Brom Bones, who made light of thegalloping Hessian as an arrant jockey. He affirmed that, onreturning one night from the neighboring village of Sing Sing,he had been overtaken by this midnight trooper; that he hadoffered to race with him for a bowl of punch, and should havewon it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, 322 THE SKETCH-BOOK but, just as they came to the church-bridge, the Hessianbolted, and vanished i
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