ng Rip Van inkle once-old Rip Van inkle no;

    All stood amazed, until an old ottering out from among t o  in  exclaimed, quot;sure enoug is Rip Van inkle--it is y long years?quot;

    Rips story old, for ty years o  as one nigared o  eac tongues in tant man in t, o t the assemblage.

    It ermined, o take ter Vanderdonk, orian of t name,  accounts of ter  ancient inant of ts and traditions of ted Rip at once, and corroborated ory in t satisfactory manner.

    it , or, torian, t tskill mountains ed by strange beings. t it  t  discoverer of try, kept a kind of vigil ty years, ted in to revisit terprise, and keep a guardian eye upon t city called by  c ninepins in tain; and t ernoon, tant peals of thunder.

    to make a long story s, turned to tant concerns of tion. Rips daugook o live out ced for one of t used to climb upon o Rips son and to of  tree, o  evinced an ary disposition to attend to any t his business.

    Rip noime; and preferred making friends among tion, o great favor.

    o do at  t y, ook  triarcimes quot;before t; It ime before  into track of gossip, or could be made to comprerange events t aken place during orpor.  tionary  try , instead of being a subject to y George tizen of ted States. Rip, in fact, ician; tates and empires made but little impression on  tism under ticoat government.   an end;   of trimony, and could go in and out yranny of Dame Van inkle. ioned,  up  pass eition to e, or joy at his deliverance.

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