...decorated with rows of buttons down the sides, and bunches at the knees. He bore on his shoulder a stout keg. that seemed full of liquor, and made signs...shy and distrustful of this new acquaintance, Rip compiled with his usual alacrity; and mutually relieving one another, they clambered up a narrow gully,...

...decorated with rows of buttons down the sides, and bunches at the knees. He bore on his shoulder a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Rip to approach and assist him 18 with the load. Though rather shy and distrustful of this new acquaintance, Rip complied with his...

...decorated with rows of buttons down the sides, and bunches at the knees. He bore on his shoulders a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs...complied with his usual alacrity; and mutually relieving one another, they clambered up a narrow gully, apparently the dry bed of a mountain torrent. As they...

...decorated with rows of buttons down the sides, and punches at the knees. He bore on his shoulder a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs...with the load. Though rather shy and distrustful of his new acquaintance, Rip complied with his usual alacrity; and mutually relieving one another, they...

...first sign of a sacred presence in those mountains. Rip sees a little man who "bore on his shoulder a stout keg that seemed full of liquor, and made signs...for Rip to approach and assist him with the load" (33). Nevertheless, denial of festivity marks the tale: "What seemed particularly odd to Rip was, that...

...his chair. I read on about the stranger Rip met one day in those woods. '"He bore on his shoulders a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs...for Rip to approach and assist him with the load.'" "Ha! Here comes trouble," Grandma said. "Liquor is Satan's own water!" "Let the boy read, Polly!" "Go...