The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-05-23

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CORNET wINTHROPn STORY.
Once on time, said Cornet Winthrops
ssthe quiet town Of Higglesworth was fright
ened from its propriety by very well au-
thenticated apparition. twas about six
feet high; had powerful pair OF whiskers,
bold, ioyous-looking black eyes, and the
most fashionably made clothes that had ever
been seen in the county. Every night, just
Is it became dusk, it madeits appearance un-
der the garden wall of fine old manor house
about half q mile from the town, paced
slowly up and down for considerable
length Of time, and on the approach Of auy
passenges, either glided noiselessly past him,
or, as was most commonly the case, disap-
peared. Various conjectures were hazarded
as to this very unusual occurrence; many in
quiries were made, and the conclusion to
which the wise people Of Higglesworth came
was this-that the apparition, whatever it
was, was that of very handsome fellow,
about four or Eve and twenty, with the
pride of bashaw and the stiffness Of
Turk, from which two circumstances they
unanimously decided that it had very much
the appearance Of military man. It was
traced to the gateway Of the Piebald Horse,
the principal hostel of the borough, and, in
fact, the most skeptical in such matters were
convinced that the reports on this occasion,
like some Of the fashionable songs, were
ieunuea IN ..S .aS, aa .oa ae .h". 'e sa ~ sne
aioresaiu nos.sl uepysel, .na' ior 'ne las.
ven Gays 'ns iuenllca gnos, nau occupieo lee
ms 'Wo pess fooms' Ieing Nv. ~ ane y;
ana, moreover, was .ne oest Juage OF port
VINE W. .na' hau Ever esel 'aAen up nls resloence IN
tne fieDaiu morse. IN rev oays aI.er
1nese 1ac,s were ellcl'eo, .ne pnan.om us
contlnued its appearance out not oeiofelt was
rumorea, tnat on on one OF TWO occasions II
nao not ''walkea alone, out nad Deen ac-
compamed Dy announcer apparition IN Don
net ana CLOAK. "ne1ner TINS last clrcum.
stance was t,ue OF 1aise, tne gooo iolKs OF
Hlggiesworth never discovered; out nave
every reason 10 peheVe u was true, as1
nave neara the story over ana over again
from the TWO persons VINO were Principahy
concerned IN the adventure. MY TREND
Harry vliiers was as nne, loSlal heart-
eo Ieilow as couia DC lmaglned' some
people might perhaps say ne was not 50
ciever as ne misnt nave oeen, az oe.eve
ne oid NOT Pretend 10 see mueh peauty IN
haa, tna 9refaGe 70 81 19eiiendenus, never having
- aoas;da. =. ~ .e @ sah.a, nance, ana was inchnea
w.,,Il Iae. ua ossaa .no a;hen, as ne nlmsen
hnos. Rnt his indictment in horse-f'esb.
nleasant small talk. and excellent disposition
e
probation of the classical merits Of my old
pedagogue, DR.. Parr. In the manor-house
which have told you was about half
mile from Observation-Disclosures gentleman
of the name Of Tracy, one of those charac-
ters who are commoner in life than is often
imagined, who make up, by prodigious sua-
vity to strangers, and an affectation of good
ness and generosity, for the peevishness and
meanness they display to their dependents.
Every one was eloquent in the praises of
Mr.. Tracy-the kind, the good, the indul-
gent Mr.. fracy-except his servants, whom
he nearly starved, and his daughter, whom he
tyranized over Is if she had been his slave.
idon't exactly know whether Harry yilliers
troubled his head much about the suffer-
ings of our sable brethren in the colonies,
but know he was most interchangeable in his
zeal for the emancipation of the beautiful
Julia Tracy. For this purpose, he would
not have grudged twenty millions out of his
pocket, if he had had them; unfortunately,
though he had neither enough to pay of the
national debt, nor even, as he feared, to sat-
isfy the expectations of the grasping and
ambitious papa. However, he had one con-
ISOLATION, and that was, that he knew the
daughter was neither grasping nor am
bilious. A captaincy of dragons, small
estate, a few thousands in cash, the strength
of Hercules, and expectations from an
ancient aunt, left him very little room for
care or despondency-not to mention that
his fortnight's visit to the venerable bor-
ough of Higglesworth left him very little
room to despair in matter in which he was
more deeply interested than even the con-
dition of his funds.
On mounting the coach which was to con-
vey him to Cheltenham, his reflections were
by no means unpleasant. He had no doubt
Of gaining the full approval OF his aunt, and
he was now proceeding to her house to lay
the whole story of his love before her. This
aunt Of his Mrs. Edward Villiers, was
very well known in the gay society Of the
city Of pomps and vanities. Fat, fair, and
ffty-two, fortune in her own right, and
surprising genius for whist-what more had
she to desire? She had everything that
could conduce to happiness or comfort; and
had only two impedilnents to her felicity,
and these were heart with the susceptible
ity Of sixteen, ahd esrtiaaats Of her birth,
which was dated 1851. How she had got
through the twenty years OF her widowhood
without second yoke; nobody could mag
inc. 1t could not be from the circumstance
OF no one making her an oifer, as sne had
seldom fewer than haif dozen, VINO were
anxious 70 prove t9eir esIima'lon oi ner