The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-06-26


DENMORE RECOVERED THE LOST WILL.
Far away back in the days of early child
hood remember being gazed upon in Gu
rious manner, and hearing the remark, in
suppressed tone, 'Poor child-she has
nose!' Whether it was expected Of me to
have been born without this appendage
couldn't exactly understand; especially as
in looking around upon tho circle Of my
friends and acquaintances l saw that they
were all provided in this respect.
Vague hints and mysterious remarks upon
this unfortunate feature threw sort Of
shade over my carly years, and the first NOR
tiiieation that ever experienced arose from
the same cause. $50
Twas then at the sensitive ageof eleven
years, and at child's party little boy,
whom l had distinguished by calling him up
to exsricate me from 'the WE'LL imprinted a
kiss upon one end Of my nose amid the tit
tcring of his companions. A quick, angry
flush shot through me, and from that time
forth the unpleasant consciousness that had
indeed 81 nose never left me.
Why machine for the compression of
extensive noses should not be put into prnc-
tical operation was at loss to conceive, and
that it should one of these days be attempt
cd | was fully determined. When, there
fore, read Miss Bromer's Home," it was
i,hcI i,i plan. peruseJ the history y'se tts stica
Frank, read tho failure of her admirably
arranged plan for reducing the. size of her
noso, and went of and cried myself to sleep
in paroxysm of despair.
Nv nose was a never ending source of
amusement to a family of cousins, who gave
me no peace of my life. There were five Of
them, aIl girls, all handsome, and full of life
and spirits. was fond Of them, and be-
lievc they were Of me; but they never would
restrain their jokes at my expense. Poor
things! They were mothcrless, and if they
sometimes lacked tho refinement and sensi-
tiveness Of those more favored, was not
disposed to be unforgiving,
Uncle Althorpe was barristcr, md his
pretty daughters when they arrived at lady
hood, were in fair way Of being spoiled
with adulation. They were beautiful, those
girls-Celestine tho eldest, was perfec,
trical, with beutiful dark eyes and moonlight
face-a picture to be studied. Then came
Anna, who always played 'Rowena' in all
the tableaux; tall, graceful blonde, with
an air and manner so distinguished, that on
entering a room at any assembly there was
always u murmur of 'Who is she? Emma
was a piquant little thing, with look of a
ripe poach, her cheeks were so downy, with
a rich color glowing through the olive tint,
Matilda was my especial favorite; and l,
who have always been an ardent admrer Of
beauty, would often gaze upon her in kind
of wistful rapture. Bright, laughing and
lovely, she was seldom ever still for two
consecutive moments. l watched her dip
her head in basin Of water, and the rich,
dark hair, with tingle of auburn would
emerge one in dripping mass of curls, which
she tossed about with tho quiet contempt of
conscious beauty. Those large laughing
brown eyes were always sparkling with mer-
to u ripe cherry that have seen, and her
nose was just sufficiently rctrousso to give
an expression Of archness to the face. Add
to this cxquisitely fair complexion that ac-
companies auburn hair pale, except when
emotion called tho color to her face, or a
kiss pressed on her cheek gave it the appear.
ance Of fresh rose leaf-and you have a
lengthy but truthful description Of my cousin
Matilda. lneyer saw any one half 50 beau
tiful.
Last of all, there was Hilly; who, having
been handed over to an ancient aunt Of her
! fathers for " name, was christened by that
ludy 'IIildcgarde.' Iiilly was thu boby,
perfect imp Of mischief, but with such a
way Of throwing herself on ones Protection
that she always came OF as tho Injured par
ty. Very deep violet eyes, with the reddest
of lips, and tho brightest Of Complexion,
and very brown hair, had my little cousin
Hildergradc.
Any one Of those girls had sufficient at
fractions for half dozen ordinary bellies;
then what was poor l, with my unfortunate
nose, to do among five of them? Precisely
what did; feel like the beast, to which they
all played the part of beauty, aud wonder
what was to be done with my nose,
Uncle Al,hrope lived some distance from
US, and one day, after had left nv school,
and considered myself young lady, re-
ceived the following characteristic letter
from Matilda
'For goodness sake, Becky, Il had the
name of Rebecca added to my nose,) do
come and see us! suppose you hadn't the
least idea where we had located for the
summer; but you can't think how delightful
and romantic it is! l should scarcely be
more surprised if Noah's Ark had been dis
covered and fitted up for US; but that wouldn't
be half so charming as to be in this old
mansion. 1t is said to be haunted too! A
queer old woman, Mrs. Eleanor Pyott, who
nad out lived all her family, owned this
place and died lately. A nephew used to
1--we with her, and tho people supposed that
the place would be his, but they couldn't
Snd any will and all the connections went to
law about it. Of course none of them
could live in it until it was settled to whom
it belonged; SO papa has taken it for the
summer, and hero We are all It's the
queercst place you ever saw; do come ut
once. There is portrait of Mrs. Eleanor
here, and it looks just like you-shc has the
funniest uosen -..s-ar. .rs ~,-
This is an extract from my pretty cousins 5
rather ineohercnt letter and by the time