The Leyend of Sleepy Hollow

A Long Time After

It is true that an old farmer who went to New York on a visit several years after, and who provided this account of the ghostly adventure, brought home the information that Ichabod Crane was still alive.

Apparently he left the neighborhood partly through fear of the ghost and Hans Van Ripper, and partly because he was so uppet by Katrina's rejection. It seems that he moved to a distant part of the country, that he taught at a school and studied law at the same time, that he was admitted to the bar, became a politician, alectioneered, wrote for the newspaper and, finally, became a judge.

Bron Bones, who shortly after his rival's disappearance led Katrina in triumph to the altar, locked very knowing whenever the story of Ichabod was told. He always burst into a hearty laugh when the pumpkin was mentioned. Some people suspected that he knew more about the matter than he chose to tell.

The old women, however, maintain to this day that Ichabod was spirited away by supernatural means, and it is a favorite story aften told around the fire on winter evenings. The bridge became more than ever an object of superstitious awe.

The schoolhouse soon fell into decay, and was reported to be haunted by the ghost of the unfortunate teacher. Young farmhands, traveling home on still suramer evenings, have often thought they heard his voice in the distance, singing a sad psalm in some secluded corner of Sleepy Hollow.