 | Washington Irving - 1861 - 474 pages
...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 tell. I was then but a little girl." Kip had but one question more to ask ; but he put it with a faltering voice : " Where's your mother... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...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 tell. I was then but a S5 little girl." The honest man could contain himself no longer He caught his daughter and her child... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 532 pages
...home with his gun, and ncver has been heard of since — his dog came home without him ; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians,...she broke 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 520 pages
...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,...more to ask ; but he put it with a faltering voice : " Where 's your mother ? " " Oh, she too had died but a short time since ; she broke a bloodvessel... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 pages
...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 tell. I was then but a little girl." Kip had but one question more to ask; but he put it with a faltering voice : " Where's your mother... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 304 pages
...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 tell. I was then but a little girl." Kip had but one question more to ask ; but he put it with a faltering voice : " Where's your mother... | |
 | Golden gift - 1868 - 168 pages
...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,...since. She broke a bloodvessel in a fit of passion at a New England pedlar.' The honest man could contain himself no longer. He caught his daughter and her... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 260 pages
...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,...a blood-vessel in a fit of passion at a NewEngland pedlar." There was a drop of comfort at least in this intelligence. The honest man could contain himself... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm P. Oertel - 1870 - 244 pages
...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,...faltering voice : — "Where's your mother?" " Oh, she died but a short time since ; she broke a blood-vessel in a fit of passion at a New-England pedlar."... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 pages
...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,...; she broke a bloodvessel 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... | |
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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... 
