Chapter 23 ICHABOD GETS A BIG SURPRISE

It was about daybreak on the following morning when the sleepy Ichabod stumbled from his bed and wobbled out into the open, rubbing his eyes. He gathered the dry stuff for the campfire, which had gone out, and proceeded to make a smudge which got into his eyes, causing him further distress.

The colored man had fussed about his duties for a full