This eBook was produced by David Widger TALES AND SKETCHES BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER CONTENTS: THE LITTLE IRON SOLDIER PASSACONAWAY THE OPIUM EATER THE PROSELYTES DAVID MATSON THE FISH I DID N'T CATCH YANKEE GYPSIES THE TRAINING THE CITY OF A DAY PATUCKET FALLS FIRST DAY IN LOWELL THE LIGHTING UP TAKING COMFORT CHARMS AND FAIRY FAITH MAGICIANS AND WITCH FOLK THE BEAUTIFUL THE WORLD'S END THE HEROINE OF LONG POINT THE LITTLE IRON SOLDIER OR, WHAT AMINADAB IVISON DREAMED ABOUT. AMINADAB IVISON started up in his bed. The great clock at the head of the staircase, an old and respected heirloom of the family, struck one. "Ah," said he, heaving up a great sigh from the depths of his inner man, "I've had a tried time of it." "And so have I," said the wife. "Thee's been kicking and threshing about all night. I do wonder what ails thee." And well she might; for her husband, a well-to-do, portly, middle-aged gentleman, being blessed with an easy conscience, a genial temper, and a comfortable digestion, was able to bear a great deal of sleep, and seldom varied a note in the gamut of his snore from one year's end to another. "A very remarkable exercise," soliloquized Aminadab; "very." "Dear me! what was it?" inquired his wife. "It must have been a dream," said Aminadab. "Oh, is that all?" returned the good woman. "I'm glad it's nothing worse. But what has thee been dreaming about?"