. The Catskills . s poetry. Poets praiseand proprietors appropriate. Look at Words-worths little lakes; think of the crop of touriststhat Longfellow raises on Evangelines baremeadow. And yet, this degenerate village— Well, of course I didnt say all that to the de-fenseless lady, not even when Helena came backfrom the closet without the book. But I thoughta good deal of it as I turned away in the often I have inquired abroad for a great manin the vicinity of his greatness, and have had togo farther afield to find him. The exact quantityof honor done a prophet in his own country canbe r
. The Catskills . s poetry. Poets praiseand proprietors appropriate. Look at Words-worths little lakes; think of the crop of touriststhat Longfellow raises on Evangelines baremeadow. And yet, this degenerate village— Well, of course I didnt say all that to the de-fenseless lady, not even when Helena came backfrom the closet without the book. But I thoughta good deal of it as I turned away in the often I have inquired abroad for a great manin the vicinity of his greatness, and have had togo farther afield to find him. The exact quantityof honor done a prophet in his own country canbe reduced to a formula: the lack of interest in-creases in intensity the nearer one gets to thecenter of inspiration. Never inquire for an ap-preciation of a lighthouse at its base. Palenville is not unique. Indeed, I am not surethat Irving ever visited the place, and almost cer-tainly there was no real Kip, though van Winkleis a common name. Brute and I found our vol-ume, and our search had so whetted his appetite. m^ ^^ ^^*;-,-^ Vhotojrraph by CO. Bickelmann Profile Near Palexville THAT ELUSIVE VAN V^INKLE 109 for the story that his enjoyment of it was verygenuine. Indeed, it was he who insisted on rovingup into the little clove that (in order to be as con-fusing as possible) the neighborhood calls SleepyHollow. There is the hollowed stone whereBips bed was, the amphitheater where the gameof nine-pins went on, and the little ravine thatgoes dry in summer, just as Irving described them. Our visit to Palenville was vastly more produc-tive, however, than any but Chance had in had just brought our pursuit of Rip to a sat-isfying close, and were seeking about for a meal toreinforce our climb back to the plateau, when weslid into the agreeable clutches of an old gentle-man who might have been Eip himself except forthe completeness of his attire. He was quiteabrupt and vigorous for age, and after our firstquestion beckoned to us. We followed at a goodpace, coming to a long, w
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