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Excerpt from Programm des mit Realabteilungen in Tertia und Sekunda Verbundenen Progymnasiums zu Aortheim f�r das Schuljahr von Ostern 1900 bis Ostern 1901: Inhalt: I. Abhandlung des Professors Dr. Sprenger "�ber die Quelle von W. Irwings Rip von Winkle"; II. Schulnachrichten, vom Direktor Dr. Roesener
At this critical moment a fresh comely woman pressed through the throng, to get a peep at the grey-bearded man. She had a chubby child in her arms, which, frightened at his looks, begam to cry. Hush, Rip, cried she hush you little fool, the old man won't hart you. The name of the child, the air of the mother, the tone of her voice, all awakened a train of recollections in his mind. What is your name, my good woman asked he. "judith Gardenier. "and your father's name? "ah, poor man, his name was Rip Van. Winkle; it's twenty years since he went away from home wit his gun, and never has been heard of since. His dog came home without him. I' was then but a little girl.
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