are you going to take me to?

GUSTAFFE.

Your daughter.

RIP.

Yes, yes, take me to my child. Stop, my gracious!--I am so
changed,--suppose she should forget me too; no, no, she can't forget her
poor father. Come, come!
[_Exeunt._

*Footnotes*

144 In K., "Kilderkin."

145 In K., "_and pointing at_ RIP, _who comes_ on."

146 In K., "Vhere I was I wonder? my kneiber freunds, sprechen sie
deutsch?"

147 Not in K.

148 Not in K. After "who is he," read, "I do not know him, but--" and
continue with next Rip speech.

149 "But, now, I'm going to ask a ticklish question" in K. This speech
is in dialect in K.

150 In K., "is his old voman dead too?"
SETH. No. She's alive and kicking.
RIP. Kicking--yes, she always vas dat.
SETH. And she's married agin.
RIP. She's done what agin?
SETH. She's got a second husband.
RIP. Second husband!--I pities the poor creetur. But there vas--vill
you tell me, my friend--
SETH. I can't stop any longer, because--

151 In K., the stage directions are, "VILLAGERS _hurry on, shouting._"

152 In K., read, "Duck him--duck him."

153 In K., read, "_Music. All are rushing on_ RIP.--GUSTAVE _enters._"

154 In K., read, are you not ashamed--a score of you to attack a
single man?
RIP. [_Aside._] Yes. I am a single man--now my vife is marry agin;
dat is a fact!
From this point, the two plays differ so that what remains in Kerr
is here reproduced.
GUSTAVE. And a poor old, gray-haired man.
RIP. Yes, I am poor, dat is a fact; but I know I'm not old, and I
can't be gray-haired.
GUSTAVE. Take yourselves off! What cause had you given them to
attack you?
VILLAGERS _sneak off._
RIP. I don't know--do you?
GUSTAVE. [_Smiling._] How should I--
RIP. I say--vhere do I live?
GUSTAVE. Don't you know?
RIP. I'm stewed fun I does. But, young man, you seems to know
somezing, so, perhaps you knows Rip Van Winkle?
GUSTAVE. Young Rip Van Winkle--I should think I do.
RIP. [_Aside._] Here is von vhat knows me! dat is goot!
GUSTAVE. I only wish his father hadn't gone away and died, twenty
years ago.
RIP. [_Aside._] His fader! Ah! he means my young Rip, and I'm