The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-06-03
g Charming STORY,
MY NOSE:
(CoNTINUED)
OR, THE LOST WILL.

CONTINUED
Miss Pyott never walked beyond the
precincts of her ancestral mansion; when
She had occasion to go further, she roll
ed aristocratically along in an old-fash-
ioncd carriage, driven by an ancient
coachman who considered a quick pace
decidedly plebeian. The old lady al
ways looked like a portrait of one of
her ancestors descended from its frame;
rich, coffee colored lace ornamented the
heavy brocadcs in which she attired her
self, and she sported a muff that would
have extinguished an ordinary woman,
But the story of Pyott Denmore, her
nephew, interested me most. From ear
ly childhood he had played in these
broad avenues, roamed through the wood
ed paths, and made those empty cham
bers resound with gleeful notes; he had
listened with deferential attention to
Miss Eleanor's long stories of this or
that ancestor, and faithfully promised
to keep up the old mansion in its origin
al style, when she should be gathered to
her fathers; and now in his matured
manhood, when he could fully appre-
ciate the value of the beqUest, he was
turned away as one who had no right
there, merely because she, whose heart
was set on installing him as master of
the old house, had neglected to commit
her wishes to writing. 1t was very hard,
I thought; and in spite Of Uncle AL
thorpes learned arguments, I persisted
in denounoing the injustice Of the law.
Fortunately, however, for her nephew,
Miss Eleanor had the good sense to give
him an education calculated to make
him depend upon his own resources.
"You can't think what a charming
person he is, said Anna, confdentially.
awe have never seen him; but we hear
he has lovely dark eyes, and such a sweet
smileI just the style I like; and if he
succeeds in getting his property, we are
all going to set our caps for him."
Hence it was agreed that if he regain
ed the old house, he would also come
into possession Of a lovely wife; for that
any one of my beautiful cousins should
not succeed in wining any man upon
earth never entered my head My un-
fortunate nose looked larger than ever
as / gazed upon my reflection while un.
dressing for the night.
Matilda and / occupied the same room,
and she amused herself with relating to
me all the various alarms they had ex.
perienced, with the benevolent inten
tiou Of frightening me. But remain
ed perfectly uncOncerned, while M
cousin involuntarily trembled, and be
haved like the veritable little coward sh
was.
! Several times during the night was
compelled to rise from the couch ant
iexplore the apartment in order TO ALA,
her tremors Now it was the huge fire
place, in which something was certainl
moving, then the moon sent an unusu
al light into the room, and next a mys
terious tapping on the window pane ha
to be explained This somewhat puz
zled me at frst; but I soon discovere
that the branches Of the trees, whic
were very near the window, were con
tinually driven by the wind against th
glass, aud thus produced the perploxin
noise.
Again and again, as I laughed at poo
Z Matilda, was 1 thankful for not being
coward; and in the midst Of these alarm
1 could have explored the whole hous
alone with perfect serenity.
/ enjoyed life at Pinehurst, althoug
the girls pronounced it dull; and so Ell
raptured was with the place, that i
consequence Of this and my resemblance
to the portrait, it became quite a stanC
ing joke with my cousins 20 call NJ
Miss Eleanor Pyott Now this was %,
agreeable; i was very sensitive respec
il ing my nose, and Miss Eleanor'5 co
tainly was a little larger than mine
When, therefore they urged me 10 do
some old bonnet that had been discoye