The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-01-20

Nemesis.
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r. G.f ti> ucieirl4nr ara himself, mosi tue;
,V,,1, u-i. her favnlns
T,on.i- or wrench from giving all his due.
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ar ,r..Rs Dor shunnes the an, but doth calmly stay
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Wsa.par. p. .r>or ais Tor he doth "-HeyIeyt
Clara sat with Constance in her chamber.
.R-nr ulv--new white dress, Annette said
,fo Liter. and the gloves, and fan, and all the
,,ia,s with / from the wardrobe, and lay them
o- anon the bed. for Miss Arden to see."
,...fte snirked, hustled, and did as she was
igI.u. Clara rose, went to the little French
he'd. sxamined, and admired. She was to be
tr.. ',-nlaid, of course, and had stipulated that
.as TO be allowed TO assist at the nuptial
taiee
Lawsl calculated Annette, "Whar dat
s,,ndiierous veil come from, like to know?
Didn ,etch dat out de armo're nohow!"
Annette, hold your tongue" said Clara,
sat,, roce. She had brought it in her pocket,
and -iealthily dropped it on the pillow.
aVea." SAID Constance, taking her laced
r,c,et.handkercheieff from her bluedu-drawer at
rhe oner end Of the room, and catching only
one word : 1t will be sent home tomorrow.
ordered it this morning, 1t is to be tuite."
She cane 10 the bed, and took up the most
beautiful poiht-ace veil in the world. "Where
could th., haze come 'front.'!
"Par:s, said Clara.
Annette ggged. Clara was convicted, kiss
ed. and thanked, and proceeded to rehearse the
arrangement of the woven hoar-frost over the
rngets Of the destined bride, that she might be
an0 loss about it on the next occasion. Very
exquisite did Constance look in it, like queen
rosy eilt with sivery rhine. Clara led her to a
lo1kng-glass and babe her behold herself, tell
ing her that the next time she had the honor of
being her dgessing;maid, she would either be
IN poor Uncie Ned's condition. and "hab no
ewes for to see or else she would probably
have been injudicious enough to cry and rouge
them 50 that she would not be so we'll worth
seeing Constance looked timidly, and then
forgot herselfin looking, and even forgot that
Clara was looking, too. Why should not beau
It'll Young creature, who enjoys everything else
that Is beautiful enjoy herself?
Constance Aspenwall was tall, 1.-THE, buoyant,
in the first freshness and prime of her beauty.
Her shoulders were not broad; but the natural
talrring of her long slender waist gave them
their Just proportion. Her arms were long. not
large. but round, smooth and white as those OF
marble venus. She had a well-formed and
Peculiarly wellset head, which she did not car
n. as most 90 AS do, depending in front of her,
Ike responding COW on the lookout for better
pasiuraye, but reared 1t grandly, like a watch.
tower, from which a lofty soul would contem
plate earth and heaven. Her complexion was
Of that finest kid-lke iiy-white, and bright rose
colorc'i kind, which is neither the blonde nor
jn,ett. but ds all the brilliamcy of the one and
the richness Of the other. Her face was of a
gOVi-yal shape. So much of her forehead as
apl,aied below and between the lefty tresses
which clustered a, the top and sides of it, was
very smooth aai white; but whether it was high
O .ot, MAS nrt easy 90 say. She had too much
Intellect Ia rhe Inside other head, to be very soici
tods about CHRONOLOGICAL display of it on the
oui-dy. i.,i temples were as delicate as those
d yeariiLe R4iij, and had sky-blue veins il
them. oi.c saw whcn the wind blew back hel
ha.r Her eyes were of n very uncommon
Teit dark, transparent steel gray, of the color
Precisely oi the handsomest ewes in the best ell
Cravings. Ihey were long, and rather large, n
iurs intensely though not sharply radiant, anC
hai AIRY expansive pupils, which, when she wa:
little eNcited, as ofien happened, almost over
slf al tie lrdS. l hesitate to say that sh,
hac IA aguiliue nose, both because | am hard
Is rbtaai"gical enough to know what sort o
nos eagles haye-and do not believe that my
relHtrs are-UilieSs, like those of most othe
Or'>' 'b'S CONSIST chiefly of a couple Of pune
tln just below the forehead which, in young
.al.' would be sLull-lke, and not ut all becom
az .'''id ''ecaus0 that expression Is not uncOm-
H'iE lroianodI 10 siEuiiy horrid parrot-likt
'eaA. line tAc are Of IA circle, or monstrous
'ogheaFy doao-hke prOtuberance, which, how
sS,tF lromouye Of respiration 1t may be, and
csei~l es!ocialig when HtigaOaette is in blossom
: ANYTHING bal ornamental to the wearer But
she Lai nose Of that rare kind, which, while
!" j rs l"gular and delicate as the Greclan, Is
a: Hl"ch more expressive and spirited, as q
"o,At cathedral Is than a Doric temple. Il
"ohtd quite straight in front, and was neither
100 Giant n9r TO sharp, too big nor too little
MOI anliii!ng else that nose has no right tC
De vi" II Was a two-stOry nose, and had, as
enc saw, who was so fortunate as 20 sec her turn
ntr mead SIDEWAYS, a little aspiring prominence
MIDWAY betTecll the bridge and the tip, which
"as neither an angle nor quite an arch, but
teUeF imam either. Her mouth was very elo
qlen'. Il always looked as if it had Just said
sO"e'Ains so charming, that when one looked al
a, Ole longed tosay, :" What ?" Her lips were
u HE color and polish of ripe roseberries The,
yer delicate, lt't full, scarcely full enough per
10: some tastes, but expressed the great
- innate refinement. The upper one turned
IP llt'e AT the corners, and then down, ant
'sA up ahd then down again, to a little rounded
'A' 81 coral IN the middle. Her teeth wer,
iOAs enough. not broad, and perfect in shape
~ anu regularity. They resembled an ever
8" Aestra Of young white polished Indial
Va me cob turned sideways. Her chil
worthy Of the rest, and had little depres
'o.' Ia 'he middle of it, as if nature, on finish
A'F most iOl ely work. had taken hold of he
= l" take survey of her, and the imprin
'.i' grasp had not had time to die out. He
49, was as beautiful as--some, who preferre'
f'.i'eS' sald more beautiful than-her full face
.'i"' she seemed TO have two beautiful faces in
- u one. Artists and connoisseurs declares
mere We're lines in her face that artists ant
7r ,',-o'9aeGrs only could appreciate but Their
'Clhing IN 1t that everybody could appre
1'e' uo"n 10 the little child in the railroad
sT1- " 40 ONCE, when it smiled on him, brok
ones nom his father, ran to her, and, laying
eiioS SHlo 1 hand on her knee, gazed up and rev
~; S'eu win his wondering gaze in it, like be
Tho, ;.o-ly mock. Thrown over it all, there wa
MIL ma, lneApheable charm of expression and har
m MY winch sometimes by itself suffices t
~ 30 Gountenances, otherwise plain and un
marked, bewitching. ~
!. lar, 9r gazed oo, glad of the opportunity.
aln. one =, reads of such Beauties thought she
~. dlu not expect ever to see one! | di,
a. n ,.i that she was 50 lovely three year
loo chiSeliql, too cameo-ike. too sbarn an,
cod, and hard. Time. sorrow. low, and low
mad melowed and softened. and sweetened he
now As She gazed on. and unused. and apnr,