Mosses From An Old Manse - Feathertop: A Moralized Legend

In which a cunning old witch, in a rare humour, fashions a scarecrow into a finely attired gentleman named Feathertop, imbuing him with a mysterious life bound to the smoke of his enchanted pipe. This fanciful figure ventures forth into society, where the fragile illusion of his nobility captivates a young maiden, until the inevitable revealing glance of a mirror shatters the spell and exposes the tragic emptiness beneath the show.