The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-02-24

why how could I know you were there q / re-
piled, with some spirit, for ! was quite provoked at this
~absurdity.
True he replied, with . smile At his own uureason.
ahleness, but l am most anxious to hear the story
told him the whole foolish affair, from beginning
to end but interruptiug me, As I dwelt upon my own
,, folly, be declared that be fully believed me to have been
heaven sent; and that but for my folly as / was
pleased to call it, the will would, most probably, never
have been discovered.
There was an embarrassing pause and l rose to g.
to the house, but Mr.. Denmore detained me.
You have already done me an inestimalle favor be
began, sbut I have still smother to ask i
/ called myself couceited, and tried 70 remember my
nose; but | could not help imagining what he meant
from his manner.
.Reheoca + 10 Whispered, viii Jon promise to bright.
the means Of restoringf
Il thought / replied, in confusion, that Hilly-'
Mise Hildegrads il . very pretty child said he,
s and I have had the most delightful conversation with
her, Of which you were the subject
81! I exclaimed, in u~nfsigned astonishment.
Yes, you,' b replied. pressing the hand Of which be
he continued, the first time / Jaw you, for your rssem.
blance to one who has been 70 me more than . mother ;
and I have become better acquaintsd with you than you
can imagine through your little cousin. All that she
told me confirmed my FIRST suppression and the dis
covery Of your smasquerading folly to use your own
words, has filed me with the deepest gratitude. But
you have not answered my question ?
What followed is Of no consequence to any one but
myself; suffice it to say that, in proper time my uncle
and cousins were duly informed but they perversely
refused to be astonished. They all declared they had
had a presentiment of this from the beginning; and
uncle ~Althrope mischisvoasly@ask If he had not
p~rophesied that ! would 3d. .
who,, NJ nnv,ooeo fcl1o-o6 ro hn~o 40 h. s~,oonk
ed by those more near and dear to me, be passed the or.
deal With credit; and no very long time elapsed ere l
was installed mistress of the old mansion.
Strange to relate, none Of my Eve beautiful cousins
have ever married ; while I have gained q prize which
| believe any one of them would willingly have sppro-
priated. do not regret my masquerade; and | have
become reconciled to my nose, for l believe that, had it
becn:diferent, I should never have found my hush nj.
[very provokingly, the following part of the story
was omitted after the 24th line, last column of the first
page] -
bly, settled in the cars, that tho girls have been fright.
ening you With all sorts Of stories about the place? =
mo, sr,' l replied, Il am not easily frightened
sNo?' said my uncle, looking ct me with additional
respect, Il have always heard that a long nose iudica.
ted a clear head
My poor nose again Why couldn't be let it alone ?
The girls are half beside themselves with fear he
continued, there is a story that the house is haunted
walled up room-British officer, during the Revolu.
ton, shut up his daughter there for loving an American
of6cer-walks about at night and all that. Have l
frightened you p II ,eaw 500 l
mot in the least, sir; I don't believe in ghosts g
That's q sensible girl ! emphatically; and my Nm.
Gle seemed to be considering this, for he said very little
more during the journey. -+, 5s D.. -
l kept an eager look. out for q glimpse Of the house !;
but it was nearly night when we arrived at the station,
and then my uncle's carriage conveyed US to P~inehurst,
a distance Of two or three miles.
The carriage stopped at an ancient gateway, and the
FIRST sight of the place filed me with ecstacy. The
house was entirely out Of sight, hidden by tho trees;
and as We approached it, through q noble avenue of elms,
[ gloricd in the dense retirement around us. Once in
the avenue, We seemed shut in from the world and the
broad walks, the sloping lawn, and the aristocratic 81.
lence were all exactly to my taste. / had a passion for
mystery. and my uncle's summer residence was exceed
ingly mysterious. 4IagH. EFGH
There was the house, and on the broad steps stood
the FIVE Graces waiting to receive US. Oh, that grand
old hall 1t did my heart good to see it. Everything
was lofty and spacious and as the old fashioned furni-
ture had been left undisturbed, the room presented a
perfect picture Of a century ago; and claw feet, lions
heads, and all eorts Of queer designs started upon me
from all directions. 5s rr .s
But nv five cousins would not allow me much time
why Becky ! : exclaimed Matilda, after regarding
me in considerable astonishment, you've really grown
pretty ,s,z nsy.Ls - ems syfri-ny. si .s.gs1f
nose hardly shows at all! q. -. ry a1t
This was not meant to imply that the organ in ques.
ton was too small to be seen, but only that the mon.
strosity Of it was not quite 80 prominent as it had hith-
erto been. .s- E-..rr f-f rt-st .st.
4 love to look at your mouth, Becky said Celestiue,
graciously. rs srsgo I,asa.r III tnf .es
I had rather q decent mouth.
what have you been doing to make your eyes so
hrsrht - oeko1 Ammo hv wav IF oddsno hor confrihn.
ton. $50 aal.4el ..at 10 vols.
WELL exclaimed Emma, you've left me nothing
to say, but ! prophecy that Becky will cut US out yet
was beginning to feel extremely foolish, when uncle
Althorpe turned me gravely around, and surveying me
from head to foot, remarked. ra-4-a4 .ae4
Stature, average, figure, good, neither fat nor lean
hair, very passable; eyes, fine, a straight forward, hon.
est look in them nose, but that is a prohibited subject;
mouth, just what a mouth should be chin, very pretty,
| love to see a pretty chin complexion, delicate, yet
healthy; expression, modest but sensible. You'll do
Do what 2 l inquired.
THAT remains to be seen, and uncle Althorpe vanish
ed to his paper, and was heard no more that evening.
We girls sat and talked until twelve and by that
time I had become pretty well posted up in the history
of Pinehurst. sa,9 Ia
It had, belonged to the Pyott family from time i'm
memorial, and I proud and arstocratic family they were.
Staunch old federslists they had esjqyed the friendship
Of Washington, and had always been considered tia
cream of republican society. But the family bad al
died out, with the exception of an elderly maiden lady,
who lived there alone in her grandeur until she adopted
. nephew, the only child of a sister. who had made what
the world calls a mesoNi"nce.
This Miss Eleanor. Pyott was the talk Of all tho ooun-
try around; and every one had something to say about
her stately bearing, which people, who had never been
out Of republican America, pronounced exactly that OF
an old dowager duchess. Every fibre OF her heart seem.
ed twiued about the old place and refused to have the
slightest alteration or Improvement made in it.
The Pyotts, for generations had dined in that dining
room-slept in those chambers-and held courtly recep.
tons in those drawing ROOMS ; and as one generation Of
Pyotts went ont, and another generation came in they
followed tenaciously in oil the vays Of their ancestors.
l was speedily shown the portrait Of Miss Eleanor ;
. very grand old lady, indeed, with . long, sharp nose.
delicate complexion, and hair done up in old fashioned
puts. ! I was rather struck, myself, with the likeness
which | bose to the portrait but | = would not acknowl-
edge this to my cousins. abfsa4 Lm d aa
Miss Pyott never walked when seen beyond the pre-
cincts Of her ancestral mansion she rolled a~ristocrati-
callv alone in an old fashioned carriage, driven by an