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ME AND.RysT.•
.C.rtur do not kir ; . .
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~AVe sllall. .ch . onr time to-night,
For the sky it.. clear --
,ini ihe waters _bright ;
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, . A n d t he reezes hare scarcely strength
-: -..- •-, To i fold that little cloud,
•
Thai like a shroud
Epread3 ii 'ilia fleecy length.
Theo bare no. fear, .. -. . . .
).' Ac ire el:o , re noir - silver way- ;.: 1 / 4 , .. -
' Thrip.gh the waters clear. .. .
Fea# ot, my Child! ,..4
• Thongt,..le maces are white and higlii ..
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1 •.: And, he storm blows wild
Vi
re igh the glooiny sky; -
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On the_ed e s of the Western sea
- . . See ithat line of golden light • - •
IS I.IM haven bright • • •
,
Where lane is awaiting' thee. •
- • Wll it., this peril past,
. . •
We shall fest-from our stormy voyage
. • In.lidace at last. • - - -
i ,
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' ge.ni fraid-i' -'. , - - . ..=
But give ; e thy hand, undrsee
• liotithe wares hare made , ' ,
' A c dle.for thee.' ', .
Night is t n :ne, dear, and we shall rest; •-,.....„
So th from the angry skies, . ..
And
, loscr - ttirne eyes,
b . '
Lay thy ad44pon my,breast ;
• the
&knot weep, :. ' •
In the calin,:cold, purple depths
Theie we shall sleep:
1
we
1
Fas atfa back in the days of early ch,ild.r.
hood I r.errktiriber being gazed ußon in a• cu•
rious manner, and hearing the •remark, in .a
suressed i*ine " Poor .child !z:---she has a
il
nose pIN
, ,' ether it vas expected ' . ipf me":to
haveheen I orn without this, appendage I
couldn't ex# tly understand ; especially as in
looking arnica d upon the circle of my - friends
andaequainances I saw that. they 'were all
well providild in this ;Aspect ~
Vague 141 is and mys,terious remarks upon
this imfortn;
ate feature' threw a sort of shade
over my,
,Jarly, years,- and t he' 11 rst morti flea-.
ton that I ,Ver experienced- arose from the
same eaus d. • . .
I was the l at the sensitive age -11" - f,leven
•, ..
yea r s; andltit a child's parly, a little' "boy,
1 1
whom I h,' distinguished by_nalling liiin.ufi_
o extricate me from g.' flth well, — imprinted
it kiss upo' the end'.of my nose amid the tit
tering of lis -cirr.pantons. A • quick, tuigr y
flush shot I t:vim-ill me, and. tinam that time
forth the *pleasant'consciousncss that 1 had
NOSE.
indeed " nvcer lq.ft•
Why a f nachine far the compression of
wensire n scs should not be put •into prac-
Ilea 1 opera. on 1-w4s Itt loss-to conceive,: and
this it'sboti d.one'ef , these : da Y s be 'attempt
ed ly detainineil. When; there-
fore - , 1 re.qiiikiss Bremerlt -!'home,"-it was
11;e overthrow of . 4 IonET-eher
i,:be.d_plarr,4 il.peruseci tbetistory Of Petrea
- Frank, rea . the failure of her admirably._ ar- i
'rant•ell - .pliti for reducing the site of her nose,
and wentto 1 and eiied Mys'e'S to sleep in a
paroxysini if despair: \ -
My node was a -.never-ending source of'',
amusemen • to a fiimily,;, of cousins, who gave
nie no pea ci of rny.l:te,. - There were five of
them, all .g rls, all handsome, and-full- of life
and spirit's • l'ivitsN'etyj fond of ..them, and 1
believe th,v : were of me; but they :never
would reiqain their jokes at my expea..e.-,
Poor thirs 1; They' were motherless ;.and
if they aoinetimes lacked the refinement' and
sensitiveness of .thbse more favored, 1 Was
not dispo4Od'to be . unforgiving. .
Uncle.:4.llthorpe :was 1 l'arrister,. and his
pretty daughters, ashen the arrived at young
yladyhood,l were in. a fair wa • of being spoiled '
.with adblation . ; 'Amy averi beautiftil, those
'cirl—Cei tine, the eldest, wag a -perfect
is
type of *s i uthern heaiity. - l'ender,'symmet.
mil, with beautiful dark e esi and moonlight_
fitea--4. t p eture to"be stu ied. Then-came
Anna, wh„ always'played "Eowena". in• all •
the tableiiux ; a tall,grace ul blonde, with an
air and nianner-sci : distingti i shed,, that . on mi
tering a t i ocip at any asset bly There was 'al
, ways a r - Arnaur of " Who is she?" %turns
.•was a Piquant little. thing, with a look of a
ripe pencil; her cheek§ Ivre. so downy; With
a rich collir glowibg through :
h the plive colt.
Matildii Was - my especi 1 favorite •, and 1,
who hayq always been an Ant admirer of
be.autY,'•mfould tiften l
gaze 'pony-her in a lind
t ar
of wistful rapture.: Priiht, laughing,' and
lovely, sHe was seldom still for two icoaseca
tive moments..;.. -1 haVe watehed-_her. dip her
head in a basin Of Water,:'and the . rich*, dark.
:hair, witfl a tingayof aubern, would -emerge
one drippingtaasi of eurls„.whietrshe tossed
about*wi,ll thequiet contempt .of conscious
-beauty.
:(Those large,:latlghing :broWn eyes
t
were,always Spark:lia,g With. merriment;-her
month wAs the nearest 'approach to a ripe
cheiry that Ihave ever -yet _seen, and,: her*
nose was' just sufficiently retrousse to give an
expression of archness to the , face. Add. to
this the exquisitely fair complexion that sac-,
companies - auburn ' hair4-pale, except when
emotion filled-the whir to her face, or a kiss
' pressed _sb 11,9•. cheek gave-it-the - - op - penance',
of a fre4l7rose:leaf—,and you. have a lengiNA,
but-truthful dekriptiou of my: : cousin Alitil. 7
da. • I n!ever saw : anyr one. half so beautiful. :
Last id' all, : there Was billy-; who, bating .
been bilded over to an •andent aunt of :her.
father's for a name, Waal. christened by that
lady " . ildegarde.." Iply was the'-baby ; a
li n
perfect pof rnisebief,"rbut with such away
of thro ing herself ; on tne's protection • that
sh e alwiis same ofitaStihe injured party.
Very d4ep violet.ey,es, twitif , the reddest- of
._red lips - and the•cbrightest 'of complexiams,
and very brown liar,' laid' my ; little -cousin
lliidegcrde,: . • i
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Any Tone of these girls had sufficient: at
tract:Jo:fp for half.adozeil ordinary belles ;---
i then Fiat was pont 1; With my: unfortnnite
nose, ti, do monk' five ik)f them ? .Precisely
what I lilid-: feel like the beast, to whieli.they
allpfafed•the part of lqeinty, and wonder
:what ttias ever to be.ddne with my nose. •
• 'Fade Althorpe • liVed. at. some*distatice
foam u it; and one day, after - I had left, school?
and considered myself a Yoting 'lady, I re
tAveci la m m follOwii characteristic: letter fom
Matildli is-'-- -•-, - e ' • . . y .
• :` Ftfr * goodness'. sake, Becky, j 1 had . the
naine of liebecca addd in to my ' nose.). -do
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yeit e +I see ail* . -I a ppirse:you hadn't the
least idles where-we ha - located for-the aunt- •
. Tiler •,' ut you can't thiiik how delighttul - and
Niaart• ;644 - al . ,' I sho4searcely be - mare
‘ll rPriS xi if !Noali's Ark had'been discovered
, I .- and fit et up for us;" liut•that wouldn't.' be
14f s c a'rniina as tote in Ibis Mansion.
It is id to 1 - Itntedc too l. •A queer Old.
%vow.' Miss Eleanor IP yott, who had -out
lved 'l
her•family, 'oivbieti. : this •plaee; and
died la 1';,'.,.. .A
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be his:. but they couldn't find any will, and'
all the connexions went to law about it. Of
course none of them could live in it until it
was settled on 'whom it belonged ; so papa
has taken it for'the Summer, and here we are
all! It's the queerest place yOu ever saw ;
do come at once. there is a- portrait of Miss
Eleanor here, and it looks just like you—she
has the funniest nose !"
this is but an estradt• from my pretty
eousin's tit,ther incoherent letter and by the
time flid - finished the epistle I was
,pretty
well myitified. But Uncle Althorpe soon
made hi 4 Appearance, nn purpose, he said, to
escort m'o to Pinehurst, and. Hilly sent Inc a
saucy message 'to "pack up my nose. 'with-.
•
out delay." 7 -
• Lwas not tacg in making _preparations ;
and withAucli curiosity •to behold the old
mansion, I set forth wittrUncle Althorpe.
"1 suppoSc," Said my .uncle, when we were
_comfortably settled in the railwdy carriage,
"that the girls - have been frighteninl -you
with all sorts of ktokies about the placei"
" No, sir," 1 said, " I am not easily fright
ened. 7 •
"No?" said;my uncle, looking at me with
additional respect; "well, 1 have alwdys
heard that a 19ug nose indicated welearliead."
'Efy poor hose again. 'Why couldn't he let
it Alone ?- : • .
Thegirls are half beside themselyeS - with
fear,” he continued ;. " there is a :story that
the house is haunted ; there's a •walled.up
rooni; a gentleman once shut up hi<dangh•
ter there for loving -a young oil ; "And she
walks about at:night, and all :that ! nave 1
frightened you V'
-Not in the. teat, sir ; I don't believe in
1 -
,--
. ghosts."
" That's a sensible girl !" said my uncle,
b
emphatically,; and he seemed to be iconsid
ering this, for he said very little more"during
.
the journey. -.;
• I - kept an eager look-out for a gliMpse of
the house; but it was nearly night witen.,w . e
arrived at, ehe station, and then my imeles
carriage conveyed , us to Pinehurst, a distake
of two or three miles. ••
' The carriage stopped at -an ancieno gate
way, and 'the first sight, of the plaCe filled me
with' ecstady. The house was entirety out
of sight, hidden by the trees, and as we ap.
proched it.thrc,ugh a noble avenue, I gloried
in the dense retirement around us. opce..in
the avenue; We scented shut in front The
world - ; and the trroo walks, the Sloping
lawn, and the aristocratic, silence, were all
exactly to my- taste. I • had a passion fur
_mystery, and my uncle's summer residtnee
was exceedingly mysteilous. '
•' : There was the house, 'and ort the broad
steps stand the five Graces' waiting. to re
,
ceive us. Oh. that grand old hall ! It di I,
my , heart Band to see it. - Everything was
lofty and spacious, and as the old-fashioned
furniture had been left undisturbed, the room
presented arperfeet.picture of a 4ntury ago,
and claw-feet' lions'heads, and 41 sorts of
queer designs started upon 11- :44m all di
rections. - But nay jive cousins w uld not al
low me Much time for a quiet-su4ey.
•', W by, Becky I" exclaimed :11 - 4 'lda, after
regarding me with considerable astonishment,
. - v , . • • !" , .
"you've really grown pretty ;
"So you have !" chimed in !illy ; " I de
-1 clate y - out i rrose hardly shows at fill !",
: • This was not meant to imply - that tihe or
gan in-question was 'too small to be seen, but ,
only that the monstrosity of it was not quite,
so prominent as it had hitherto been.
. " I like to took at your .mouth,' Becky,"
said Celestine, graciously. t .
I had rather . .a decent Mouth. 1 -,
" What. hive you been .doing tnl, make your
eyes so bright ?"• asked A.nua, by Way of add
i mg. her contribution. . , i : .
' " Well.!" exclaimed Emma, "you've deft
me rothing to . say ; but I prophesy that
•Beeky will_cut us all out yet." • , ."- ,
I was beginning to..feel extremelk foolish,
when Uncle Althorpe timed- me ittifely
round, and surveying me Rom head to haat,
yet:narked, ." Stature average height 7..• figure
:good, neither fat nor lean • hair
,very:".pals-sa
,ble ;* eyes fine, a straight-forwavd,,,honest
look in them ; nose—but that is aprohibited
subject; mouth just, what a month 'should
be;- chin_ very pretty,--I love to set a pretty
chin ; Complexion delicate, yet. healthy ; ex
. pression'mo,dest, but sensible. YUt'll do.",
Do what ?" ?inquired. •
"That remains to be-seen," said Uncle Al
thorpe—and he vanished to read his -paper,
and was heard, no, more •that etening.
We'girls sat and talked until twelve; by
that time I had. become pretty well acquaint
ed with.the history Of Pineburst.
It had , belonged to, the Pyott family from
timeimmembrial, and a 'proud and aristo
! cratic family they were, who had illways'
'been considered the very cream of society.
'But the family had all died cut, with the ex.'
eeption of an elderly maim lady, who lived
' there-alone in hel. grandetir until she adopted
a nephew, the only child of a sister who had
niarle•iihat the world's Ills a mesalliance.
~ice hicss Eleanor PYott was the talk of
all the country around, and eery one had
something to say about her stately bearing,
'which they pronounced exactly that of an old
dolagenducliess. . Every fibre of her heart
seemed twined about the old place, and she
refused to hive the slightest alteration or im
provement made in it. The Pyotts for gerr
erations h - ad dined in -that dining-roorn, slept
in those chambers, and ,held courtly recep
tions in -those drawing-looms; and as one
generition of Pygtts.went out and -another
getteratioti came in, they followed tenaciously
in. Lathe ways of their ancestors. ,
I was speedily shown the portrait 'of Miss
Eleanor ; very -rand old lady indeed, with
a long sharp nose, delicate complexion, and
hair done up in old fashioned puffs. I was
father struck, myself, with.the likeness which
I bore to the portrait ; but I would not ac
knowledge this to my eonsins..
Miss Pvott never'walked beyond the pre-
Anc‘s'of ter ancestral mansion ; ;when she
had scission to go farther, she rolled ariiito
eratilealry alongin an old:faAlioned carriage,
driven by an ancient coachman, who e.onsid
&et,' quick pace decidedly plebeian. The
old 1 1 1`dy always looked likes - a-pot:trait of one
of her ancestors descended from its frame;
rich, i3Bee:colored lace ornamented the hest
..vibreades in which she attired herself, and
she'sported a muff that; would have extin-
Lottished any ordinary wornan:
BUt the story of i'yptt Denmore, her
nepheii, interested Ine most. From 'early
afildhood he.had played in these broad aye
nues,.roatned 'through the wooded paths,• and
made those empty chambers resound with
uleefel'uotis i he had iistenod with deform-
m IFREREDONLI
tial attention Volk
of this'and that a
ised to keep up
inal style, when sl
her fathers; and
hood; when- he co
de of the'hequest
one who bad no r
she, whose heart
piaster of the of
commit her wish..
hard, I thought ; I
thorpe's le4rned
flouncing the inju
• Fortunately r • I
Miss Eleanor ha
an education .calc
upon his oft res
. .
" You can't thi
he is," said Anna,
never seen him ;
dark eves, ands
style Ilike; and
poverty, se are
him.'
•
a ' Hence it was kmee.d that
,
old house, he pro Id also e (
slow of a lovely vile; for ti
beautiful cousins should not
ring any man.up n earth ni ,
head. My. ur.fo tunate no:
than ever as I ga .ed upon M;
undressing for the-night; . ' J
, . Matilda and I occupied thi
~...1
sh amused herself with eel
the •arious alarnr they had
the enevolent ihtention of
But I remained 1 erfeetly un
'my cousin involuntarily tr
hayed like the veritable 1
- I
was,
Several .limes during the
•pelled to rise er m the emu
apartment in or er to ,allay
Now it was the
'something was
moon sent ah nn
next a mysteriot
pane had to be
puzzled me at I
that the , branche
very near the wi
en by the_ wind
produced the pe
A t guin and ag i
tilde, way I than l
and in the mids
explored the
serenity
I ed life
girls pronounce
vas I with the
this and m res
becaniequite
iris to call me
this WA, not ag t i
respecting my
certainly a littitj larger 111
therefore, they rged me l l
bonnet that had been disco
the house, and rrange m
declined affirdi g them tl
r:1
which they teas d me dail'.
1
The walled-u chamber, which was regard
ed with 'a mixt re. of hor or and curiosity,
was soon point d out to .• It was in a sort)
of wing that„joi led on at t le extreme end of
the mansion , a d looked t upon the dens
estspart of the- rounds. . cilia in the second
story, a narro flight of s eps cilia
up, 'from
the outside to low door t at opened directly
into the room. Thts was neVer Unfastened,
and the one window was, tightly bbarded up.
I regarded thi's spot with
. longing eyes, and
often propcied an exploration of the haunted
m
apartent; b t this uncl Althorpe decided
lyi opposed, all king that 9 be was only a
temporary ten nt, Fie had o right to pone ,
trate into thes carefully guarded recesses
One day nt) cousins ha'd been more than
usually,aggrav ting upon ,the subject of my
reseniblauce t . Miss Ere :nor Pyott, and I
i t
retired to rest.t night iinot very pleasant
frame of mind..•
Matilda was. soon -iislc , but I lay awake
thinking of tb former oc upi tt eof the man
sion, and won erect if Py
considered_
would
ever be restor d to 'wits I eonsidered . his
rightful puiti n.. .-• . •_
I was restle s, and fine ly 1 ... r05e frOm the
bed, and, light no u candl proceeded to view i
AlissEleanor'4 portrait, The more I looked,
the more I lietime convi ced that I did look
like it; and- e, desire le over me to at
tire myself in the ancient dress and then corn
pare noses: Idly had d light a glimpse of.
some old lash' ned thing_ in the back part of
a deep closet., land thithe I accordingly re
paired. A faded dressstrifebrocade, that
had eVidentlyjseen long. ervice-soon replaced
my white wr*per,. and having rolled my
hair - into puffs; ala Dais Eleanor, 1. donned
. f
a green cglecliO, and alaist trembled at My
reflection in the glass. .
I looked.at the portra7
thht it was re il.y I; an'd
stepped from her frarnA
ingly directin! my step*
. I
up room, I th tertnined t
sible to effect f an entranc
• It Was a ricieulous exi
ed gravely ra through. tt
til I dame to a little eutm
closet. Carefully- gum
peered around in seareh,
knewi that thfii closet wal
housS near the mysteriol
The narriarness of in:
rattlitig ilium, id the cal
dress, and dritwing fortl
grasped iv tiOitly for fr
fy Can dle 'w not bi
shouldbefor have disci
window at t. e end of ti
secured by h oks, that, I
fastened, andl then Iloul
)11
room, from e' further
.to pi , oceed a ight..
I was staggered, and. y first impulse was
to turn back; but resii ving to. inquire into
the cause of this strang "phenomenon, I pro
ceeded trernblingly f. ward. I could not
have told wliat I expee ... to see, but I serf
tuinbr`was npt prepari for
. the sight that
met triy_-eyei. .
The rooin i into whit I entered led to a
larger one, and in thi. seated by, it' table, was ‘
a gentlemarri complete y absorbed in the pe
rusal of some old yell w letters. - His face
wore ap exp.e.ssion of adness as he sat thlre:
but I.ciould See that h: wus very distinguish ;
ied-loalting, 4hd quite young. -
The; situation in iwhi h I foutui myself was
extremely nabarrass g,--- - -alone. there, at
midnight ; .. hut instead of retracing my steps,
I stood spellbound, et ring at the, ouparit
olthe mysterious rop ;
s
D PUCUMIT aa
lIIMItiIEI3
ER
rs long stories
faithfully'prom
:ion in its trig
e gallered to
niatured map
. reciate the val
urned away as ,
flerely because
installing him as
,d neglected to
It was very-
iss Elenn
castor, an
lle old mat .
e should
ow in lii
`ld fully a
he- was,
ght there,
vas set on
house, I)
to writin
! nd in stii
!rguments,
tice of the
owever,
the good
Wed to n '
iureeS.
Of Uncle Al
persisted in dc
law.
r her nephew•,
_llse to give him
ke him depend
harming person
Ily. "We have
r he has lovely
smilei just the
ds in getting his
set our caps at
tic What a
eqnfidenti.
but he;
eh a sweet
if-he suece
all
,going t
Iflie regained the
F ine into posses
any one of my
!sileeeed in win-
Ever entered my
te looked larger
1, reflection while
same room. and
sting to me all
xperienced, with
frightening me.
concerned, while
embled, and 'be
ittle coward she
night was I coin
and explore the
her tremors.—
huge, fir place, in which
:rtaiply loving, then the
:sual light ito-the room, and
Is tapping on the window.-
explained. This somewhat
first; but 1.1 soon discovered
of. the 0ce.4,. which were
ndow, were continually driv•
:gninst the glass ; and thus
plexing nose.
n, as I lat 'lied at po:ur-Ma
ful for n : being ,a coward;
of - these A ~../taid hare
)le house a one With perfect,
i;t, although the
at 'Pinehu•
it dull;
lace, that i
mblanee t
LI so • enraptured
consequence of
the portrait, it
to with my cons
nor Pvott. - Now
'as very sensitive
iss Eleanor's was
t mine. When,
,to don .some old
c'e.red at the top of
hair in puffs, 1
:., gratification, fur
tanduig j
tis 4 Ete4
ueuble;
use, and
be sure
ie old lady
then unhesitat-
again,
towards the walled
, see if it were pos
there.
; but I walk
. e silent passage un
that
t•ding my- candle,
of some outlet, for
is at the end of the
s chamber.
I. quarters caused a
.acious'pacliet — Of•my
L a roll of paper, I
ure investigation.—
) 'limit enough, or I
vered a sort of board
e closet.
.This was
'ere noiselessly un
,id
myself s in a small
end of whisk seemed
`Agir g3LAWERV an) w2oma."
DAY, JUNE 17,' 1858.
I'd and. saw , me. Ills
exclaimed in-a husky
gl Merciful heaven !
Presently ho turn ,
face grew white,.as h
voice, "Am I dreami!
that nose!"
tack upon my much-in.
asperated me, and with
i er what (did, I threw
at the speaker and glid
t , I thought that Illear4
thoroughly alarmed at
: , I hastened, breathless
oum.
t; and divesting myself
attire, I sat down and
ngular adventure. As I
id not believe in ghosts,
mm I encountered had
et being a living man, I
C Pyntt Dentnore ; tho'
, and fur what reason, I
l i:vidently impressed him
hat he had been visited
and with a sort of mis
. little inward trembling,
dering what would come
. l b
the
.breakfast-table;
of the 'performance of
cle Althorpe looked per.
the scene that had been
to brekhe freely.
.
; me daring the day for
ilent ; but my thoughts
a to the melancholy
nd I wondered what had
would not do to trust the
I; for they would laugh
hat I had been dreaming,
all, as gieat a coward as
~.
thicket, that was iminedi
,firded window; but all
; Serted as before, and I
-lif 1 lied: not imagined
This unprovoked
jured feature.quite e.
out stopping to consi
the paper in.rny
ed back to my eloSet
a heavy fall; but no
my - own imnrudenc
and panting, to my
'My cousin stir sle ;
of my masquerading
pondered over my s.
-bad told my uncle I
and .the gentleman
given full evidence 4
fully believed it to '
how he came there,
could not tell. I ha(
with the conviction
by his aunt Eleanor
chievous glee, and a
I retired to bed; pom
of it. -
I half feared to go
hut nothing was sal
the night before; u
fecq unconscious o
enacted, and I begat
My' cousins tease(
being so unusually r
were wandering
looking gentleman,
become of him. It
girls with-my secre
at Inc arid declare t
and that I - was, afte
theinselves. •
I stole off to the
ately under ;die
looked dark and d
almost asked mys,
the'whole
Uncle Althorpe
ing, and returned
on his appearance,
host of questions r,
case. The usual
lug still, as everyt
on the evening silk
made his appearm
was a perfect seri
" What is it, -
five ci;ir....-cut. Re
trembling seized t
" DC strangest
said-lny uncle, at
ner. " I cannot
" Why ?" excl:
has old Miss Py.
ew, and told him,
'to find her will 'V
went to toWn every morn
! very night; and always,
he was besieged with a
specting Pyott Denmore's
f t
was that it was stand.
ling in law always is; but
*ceediag niy promenade he
lee with a countenance that
us of notes of exclamation.
!ann.?' w.. , : , 4...nfuuled. by
s; bqt lin unaccountable
Ile, and I remained silent.
story I ever listened to!"
length, in - a solemn 'man.
ossibly account WI- it."
imed the volatile E4nma,
tt appeared to her neph•
in a sepulchral voice,whene
like . it,"'was the reply,
w five eager faces chrEely
"Something
v
in a tone thatdri
around him.
•• "Dennuire's s ory," continued my uncle,
began with ati . pology. It seems that the
walled-up room i. not walled up at all, lint
only hoarded, an. to one nelipainted with the
locality iris very .easy to effect an entrance,
unperceived, frot the outside. _ Knowing, he
says, that 4 , w - on d not interfere with the arJ
rangements of th family, he has been accus
tomed to spend hours in what is called the
haunted room; : tid there he loved to sit,
thinking of the p st, and devising means to
prove his lawful laim to the beloved house.
-Last night he di• overed, in an ancient secre
tary, scitne-cdd-1 , ters written by his mother
to his aunt
. 12efu he was Ittrit ; and, losing
all thoughts oft i present, Ikhad been read:
c ,41
ing them or at ast an hour, when suddenly
a rustlin c antind ttracted his attenti&n, and
the figure ; his t unt Eleanor stood in the
doorway. -...4 e
eemcd to gaze upon him in
quiringly, and. •r hand grasped a roll of pa
per. nut at th sound of the • exclamation
which he could ot suppress,she immediately
c i
started, and thr ving the paper towards him
vanished front It sight. •
He lost his e sciousness for 'II. time, ,and
when he recover d he found himself lying on
the floor, ere e must have fallen. Aitho'
a man ofAreat steength of mind, , it is impos
sible to persuade him that he did not really
see his aunt Eleanor ; and the strangest part
of it is, that, when he came to himself, the
roll of paper was there before hint ! and what
-
do you think it proved to be?"
" The will !" whispered several awestrick
en voices..
"Actually the will," said my uncle, "-which
says - beyond all doubt, give and bequeath
to my nephe4, - Pyott Denmore, the old fiwn
ily mansion with all its appurtenandli:' and
after a few legacies to servants, and depend
ants, the whole of her property, personal and
real 'estate, „ oes to the said Pyott. So you
may prepar e to change your quarters as soon
as possible,”
the girt looked anything but unwilling,
and a sort of subdued horror pervaded the
party.
"Now don't be such foolsrsaid uncle Al: .
thorpe,." i:4;to suppose that Miss Eleanor re
ally applOred -in' prep& ,persona 'to her
dreamingitephew; if he believes it, that is
no reasorcwhy I should ; and it is my opin
ion that some old family servant has manag
ed to discover the will and invest it. with this
little air of mystery.; I shalt make diligent
inquiries in the village, rind I have no-doubt
that it willCtunt out just , so;' don't you
agree with me; Becky ?"
" No, sir," I replied abruptly,: without a
moment's, reflection.
" What!" exclaimed my uncle "have the
girls the infected you with their ridicuroils
tears-? Where-is all your boasted courage ?"
I pretended to be absorbed in a book ; but
I could see that my cleiir headed- uncle was
observing me closely through his, spectacles.
4 " Well;,papa," said my cousin Celestine,
" are we to obtain a •sight of tins hero and
ghost seer before we vacate hls establish
went' ?"
" If nothing happens to pre*
my uncle," we shall be faVofed ti
pany to-morrow evening." •
" To-morrow evening !" Such a state of
excitement ! All the next day My five Cons- -
ins were discussing„ the respective merits of
various hued dresses; and one might hav4
sup - posed from their copversation that, "in,
stead of spoiled beauties, they we're unattract ,
ive who had never had a beau in their
lives.
Hilly, who was but sixteen, Was gravely
advised by her elder sisters to be sweet situ
plicity in white muslin, with'a sash' tied be
hindi to which the damsel retorted by de
claring that I ought to present 'Myself before
Mr. Denmorn dressed as Miss , Eletinor
VA, This took Ouzo qt the bcc4iltfasttabho,
" Why 1" asked my uncle, sharply. " Does
Becky bearszio close a resemblance to Miss
Eleanor when. dressed in, her clothes V' '•
• " So they choose to imagine," was, my re,
ply.
" Then they have had no means of proving
their supposition 7"
"Not the slightest," said 1, as Unconcern
edly as possible. - • ,
Uncle-Althorpe'gave me another,penetrat
ing look, and then departed for the day.
In the evening came Mt:Delmore, "arid
one glance
,satisfied me. 'I had seen that face
before. •
My beautiful cou'ains . were Tresented to
him in succession, and I brought up the-rear.
.1 saw his look of admiration, as his eyes turn
ed friim one tact to another ; but when they
fell upon me, he started visibly, and I trem
bled so that I could - searcely stand.
Uncle Althorpe was watching us •- and as
he said, "My niece, Miss EntwiCk," Mr.
Denmore bowed low; and his voice had a fal
tering tone of tenderness that,.l knew was
called forth by thoughts of the departed.' It
was decidedly uncomfortable, this looking so
much like somebody else; and as soon as I'
could politely do so, I left Mi. Denmo're's
presence, and watched him from a distance.
lie was a fine looking man ; not habdsome
enough'to,be 4istingulthed fbr'his beauty, as
far as mere features Were concerned, bini lr he
had a-good look, and his face wore- an ex
pression ofAningled - resolution and sweet
ness,,which I had arways admireil and. sel
dom seen. „Ile interested me, -and at the
end of the evening I was fully convinced that
he deserved the term "gentleman" iii its
widest sense. A thoroughly - poliihed gen
tleman, unobtrusive,'yet attentive, - one who
has acquired an entire forgetfulness of self,'
was it character I had rarely met with. I
had rather a- contempt fur men in pneral,
andstddied Mr. I)enmore as a pleasant
discovery. •
When he ) left us his eyesighln rested on
me with that tender yet melancholy express.
ion ; and rather. piqued that I ,was- made
,a
sort of escape-valve for thoughts that were
busy with another, I hastened up stairs.
My little cousin Hilly was laughingly
boaiting of Mr. Denmore s attentions.
"Talk of words indeed'."' exclaimed Em
ma, as I entered, " words are nothing,--.1 be
lieve in looks, and here comes the magnetror
Mr. Dern.rt..ro , ct °roc,. I'tl tots yoil 'whim It
is, Becky," she continued, " I dont like it at
all—for when he bade me good night, he
looked at you. It is- not fair. .„
" What a pity it is;" I said, rather bitter
ly, "that you don't all look like 1%16s Elea
nor Pyotf."
At this outbreak; Hilly tenderly embraced
me, and t! ey all declared their imlnounded
affection ; but I felt movoked with the world
in general, and went moodily to hed.
Mr. Demnore kindly insisted that my un
cle should occupy the mansion during the
full time for which he, lair engaged it.; we
were therefore just as coliffortalde as - before,
with the addition of a very agreeable,visltor.
•He had a habit of staring at me that was
by no means pleasant •,‘lont his conversa
tion was most frequently addresSed to my
little cousin Hilly. I could not construe this
into anything flattering., He often asked
questions, too, that struck me after Wards as
tieing very peculiar: One nightodter gazing
at me for a time, lie inquired if I ever walked
in my sleep . ; and on my replying with an:
astonished negative, he looked disappointed.t
I began to think. Mr. Denmore a little out of
his g mindrand avoided him as much us possi
ble. Mt, one evening, just at sunset, as I
stood beneath the bearded window, whither
had a habit Of staying` of rate; Mr. • Den
more suddenlY appeared; beside me. .
" Have you - ever Visited the haunted
room V' he asked 'abruptly ) .fixing upon me
what I imagined a most penetrating-gaze.
" No," I replied, without - thinking; " that
is--yes," I stamthered— , -"lct trre go:Mr.
Denmore !" for he stood directly hip), path.
"Where did you find the will ?"The con
tinued, without heeding my reiluest:
"In the pocket," I replied, mechanically.
felt that I was behaving like a fool, and I
made a strong , cttoit to recover my dignity;
but it failed, and I burst into tears. -
Mr. Denmore took my hand With respect-,
ful tenderness and led me to a rustic seat
that stood near.
" I owe you more, Miss EntWick,"V.aid he,
"than I can ever repay. I only dkre to
have this mystery explained. How could
you contrive to make yourselg so • exact a
personation of my aunt—all save the wrin
kles? You did not mean to 4O cruel in thus
exciting me'?"
" Wliy,now could I know yoti were the're?"
I replied with some spirit, fur I was quite
provoked at this absurdity. • • '
," True," he replied, with a smile'' . at his
own unreasonableness ; " but lam most aux
ious-to hear the story."
. _ _
I told him the whole foolish affair, from
beginning to end ; Uut interrupting me, as I
dwelt upon my Own folly, he declared that
he fully believed me to - have been.' heaven
sent ;• and that but fur " my folly," as I was
pleased to call it, the will would, most prob
ably, never have been discovered.
There was an embarrassing pause and
y I
rose- to go to-the house; but -Mr-De:3loore
detained me.
"You have already' done me an inestima
ble 'lava," he began ; " but I have still an
other to ask."
1 now thought nif self c:onceited; and trick
to remember my nose ; but I could not help
imagining what he meant from his manner.
" llebecat," he whispered, will you prom
ise! tO brighten, with your presence, the old
mamnon you have been tho means of • restor
lug 1"
"1 thought," I• replied, in confusion, " that
Ililde4jarde is a very pretty child,"
said he, "and 1 havi had most delig h tful con
b •
versations with her, of 'which you were the
• -
subject." •‘•
I!" I exclaimed, itt, unfeigned astonish
ment. '
il," replied
ith his core-
"Yea, you." he replied, Fres:it - 1g the hand
of which he had somehow contrived to Oa
seas himself." * loved you,".he continued,
-$ the first time I saw you; 'for your resem
blance to one Who has been to , me:more than
a mother, and through your little consin
have become better acltuainted with ymi
than you imagine. All that she told nut con
firmed'my first impression; and the discovery
of.your masquerading folly," to' use your
dWit words, has filled me, with the deepest
gratitude. But you have nut answered my
citteaion -
EMEI
:7 1 H. H. FRAZIErt, PUBLISHER---V0L.4.N0. 24.
What followed is of no conscqueitce 'to
any one' but myself; suffice it to - say that in
pl , Oper time my uncle and coushfs'were dtkly .
informed ; but they perversely refused to be
atonished. They all declared, that they had
had a presentiment of this from the ;,begin
ning, and Udcle Althorpe mischievously
rifted if he had not prophesied that; I would
4t r, ' •
When Mr. Penmore followed' Inc home to
be inspected by those move near and dear to
joil ir
me, he passed.the ordeal Wi edit; find no
very long time elapsed 'was installed
mistress of, the old mansion.
•
Strange to relate, none of my five beauti
ful cousinshtive ,ever married, -while I haVe
gained a prize which I believe any one of
them would willingly-have appropriated. I:1
do not regret my masquerade, and I have lie- I
come reconciled to my nose; fOr I believe 1
that had it been at•all 7 ditferent I'sltbuld never
hive found my husband.
iFor the Inileprnclent Republican
HOME HAPPINESS.
Dow in the c6dar
- Where the zephyrs gently blow ;
Where the spring birds sweetly warble, •
And the wild wood blossoms grow ;
. .
• Where the-easeade waters murmur,
Arid the' tall, majestic trees
WaTe their tops above the valley,
And their branches to the breeze ;
Where the mountain hawk and.eagle
'ear, and play upon the wing;
Where the mticking-bird and sparrow
Mak . e•the . wOods with musk ring—
,
There two lovers dwell together,
• In that lone, sequestered spot,
Happy in each other's friendship,.
And contented with their lot s • .
Hand in t hand they journey onward,.
Side by side and heart to heart :
Joined in love and pure affection •
t • That no power on earth can pert. • .
, .
They have two sweet, bright-eyed children:
Lovely girl and,eharming boy,-
'Tie the whole of their earth's-treasure, •
Their continual hope - and joy.
They tire joyful, they' are merry;
Oh! what happiness is‘bere!•- 7 • :
Life is smooth ; the earth agardgn ;
Summer lasteth all the year.
Auburn, May - 9, '5B. • 1/1111
_
Prom the Demorratie Prey,
ELI THAYER :AND THE FIRE-EATERS
ELI THAER is.an-enigma to the SoutlL
Of all the opponents of Slavery 'whom , the
chivalryaneet in Washington, no one so mys
tifies them, so utterly overturns all their pre.
isconeeived notions of Yankee 'character, as
He says nothing of .nsive to their feelings,
predicates every argument which he employs
upon southern statement of fact, gives slave
hOlders credit fur all and even more than
claim,tadvances no impracticable theory of
immediate - and. unconditional - emancipation,
utters never a word of indignant denunciation
either of the system or of it , upholders, nev
er makes a point which lie does not substan
tiate by southern concession is genial and wit
ty as well as profound and pliildsophie, and
while his southern hearers enjoy the former
they are utterly confothided by the latter.—
As the originator of organized emigration.
Thayer's fame had preceded him to Waslra
ihgton. The fire-eater fancied him to. be
another' incarnation •of fitnaticistn„ corning
among them.armed'with the old anti-slavery
.weaporis and arguments with which they were
grown familiar, and fur which they eptertain-.
ed a very sovereign - contempt. Fancy their
surprise when the fanatic proved himself to be
a man of imperturbable co - idness,.of thesmoit
intensely practical, turn of mind, discarding
all tropes and metaphor, all tricks of oratory,
and planting himself-down in the'most unta
natie manner imaginable upon solid facts,
ris
ing them alone as weapons, save when, to'vaii
ry the entertainment, he would pluck al jave
lin from the pro-slavery -armory and hurl it
at its owner in sportive mood, hurting him
terribly, but doing it in so kindly a manner
that he could not find it in his heart to take
ollimee. Mr. Thayer first mystified;pleased
and displeased the southerners by• his speech
on Central American affairs. He granted all
their postulates in relation to the necessity of
undertakink the government of that distract-
NI country. HE was prepared with' even
more potent arguments than they to prove
that both destiny and duty demanded our in
terference there.
,They were..astoniShed.—
Where they had expected an unrelenting the
they found an ally of herculean power. But
scarcely had they got through with their self
felicitations. before Eli demonstathd the utter
inability of the southern-Suites to spare the
material necessary for the renovation and fu
ture control of Central America:
Nay-in
stead of being able to do anything fur. 'Cep
tral America. the southern States stood' al-,
most as greatl \ y in need of help themselves, and
the only sure hope of either must-be upon the
Free States, which he demonStrated to be
rich in all the elements requisite to the-salva
tion of the furinco
This surprise. over, they fancied they had
taken the measure of the roan. Ile was .
somewhat different of build: from what, they.
expected to find him,,but now they knew his
temper; hisidiosynerasies,, and whatever else
he might undertake he.could not at least be
tray them again into so great a surprise \ --
The man who had gone down into Virginia
unattended and unarmed, and elicited a warm
invitation to return from -these wlui threaten
ed-to hang him with hemp and grapevine 'at
should he dare profane Virginia soil
.with his unhallowed. feet, the five-eaters •at
WaShington fancied had-exhausted all his re
sources on-thiS one SpAch cat Central Amer
ican ailiiirs. 'The result proved they were as
much mistaken in the latter (=elusion as they
had been in their, original estimate of his char
acter. Mr: Thayer made his second .speech
in Congress on the.Z.Jth ult. On that occa
sion he diseessed the slavery question, and
mystified and astonished' the. fire-eaters more
than ever. Mr: Shorter, of Alabama; . had
just pronounced his famous philippic. against
the - memory .of the ; Pilgrini Fathers ; and
sundry others of hiS politic copfreres had,
been especially ►
severe upon; Massachusetts.
Whtin Eli took the floor these gentry expect
ed it was for the pupose of answering them.
But nothing could have been farther from his
purpose. Said Mr.;Thiyer:
"It may be expected, Mr. Chairman, that
at this time'l should say something in defence
of the Pilgrims, and of the State of MaSsa:
chusettes; for they have-been repeatedly as
sailed on `this • fidor, within the iast two
Weeks. But make no defence. , -There
'are some things which I never attempt to de;
:fend. Among:these are the Falls of thei:Ni.
agar; the Whtte.Mountains of Now Ilitinp•
EMI
shire, the Atlantic Ocean,. Plymouth Rock,
Bunker Hill, and the history of Massachu
setts. Any Man •may assail either or .all -'
of them with impunity, so far-as lam con
cerned. Any words of diaperagementer VI- . •
tuperation direeled .againsteither of these ob
jects, by any assailant, excite in me feelings
very . different from those of • indignation
whether• the assailant comes with, a bow - as
long as that of that of Robin Hoo, or with-a
lio-Iv of s4Urter range, like that A f. the gentle
man from. Alabama, (Mr. Shorter.) . But .1
deprecate the •disposition- that impale
6.shafts against the sister States of this
ti e..„,
c I t slefacy. 1 deprecate this sectional-ani
mosfty whenever and wherever I see it evinc- .
ed. I
. have heard too much of .the aggres
sions of the north and the egressions 'of the
: south, in the past, to be very much -in lotre
-with either of these ideas. lhavettever been
necustoned to speak of the aggressions of the
slaye povrer, and 1 htive''no purpose of doing
it now or hereafter.' If the one-hundredth
part of the_ people of this country can make
dangerous aggressions on the rights and in-
s•terests of the other ninety-hind. hundredth ..
parts of the people, either :by 'the fdree of ' •
\sti-ength O7' by the arts of diploroacy,‘ I' as--;.
•
sure you that I will he the last man to,.com- ,
plain of it. I think that this slavery question
.-
is altogether too small a questionto disturb
•se great a people as inhabit the United States- .
'of America." , '. -
Passing from this sarcasm upon the weak
ness, the utter impotency of the slave power, .
Mr. Thayer. proceeds to state that -he has •
" nothing to find fault about;" but that he .is .
" viry pleased with the present 'tendency - df
events." But-while enjoying this degree of
complacency himself, he cannot shut hip eyes .
-to the fact that there are those who areirest
' ly. dissatisfied, and who are inclined to invoke
a certain deity—a false deity as ho 'thinks.— .
'This falsl, deity,, "invoked bpsreat men ,on
great occasions, and by .little Men on Be .
occasions,' -" in 'whose expected ' presence . _
both the people and the . politidiane -"have
sometimes stood aghast"—" this sulphurons .
god is . Disunion." After intimating hip be-
lief that the god • thuS invoked -has rither
"gone On a eery long journey, or else in 'a,
very deep sleep," Mr." Thayer proceeds :
, Well, sir, shall We have this ditty of -Dis
union invoked forever? • Who is to.-blame?.
If the north has- given cause, nliat have,we
done ? ' What cause of disunion has ever pro-,
ceeded from us? Have you not bad. every-,
'thing your Own Way ? . Have we not lo -you
have the Demneratie4;Party 'to 'Use 'os you
please? - [Laughteil Have you not had the
Gouernment fortk , l , 4 ,. ng time ? . And - have - we
not let you use it) a as you had a Wind to P
We. sir, were busy about our Commerce, ex
tending. it around the, world; about pur,rail- -
roads; our internal improverneuts ; :Ours col s
leges„ and all those things which interest our
people. ' We knew that you had a taste for
'governing, and that by the indulgence you
might he gratified without serious injury to
us. ..For'many ylears s.ou have had your own
way, tut now you , here and cot out
"disunion." Why', what -mere 'can we do?
.. . .
Well, it may be that we have encouraged•
a mistake on your- part. It May-le that we
have
.0 yen you some reason to . suppose that .
,this temporary ceurtesy . of governing,. was a
permanent right. •lloWever," if yow•have fal-
len• into that erron.we.will, perhaps, at some
future time, disabuse •arid correct yOu. ' But.
hatever blame there-is anywhere, whatever
c. use there is for disunion, must attach to the
i!k
action of the slave power, cmmanding and
&nitrating the Democratic party, and to no
one else in the. country. Therefore at this
time, t come with exUltation=--to speak fora
few moments upon the ,decline- and fall - of
slavery—nay, sir, further, upon the suicide
:of slavery in thislantl. • I.will shOw you by
what acts the two most important', pillars of
its: sapporChava been removed; and that the
whole system of slaiery must therefore fall.
And these two events have been accomplish
'ed, if not by its direct efforts, at least by the
connivance of this same pity, impelled by
'this same controlling agency.. •- •• '
I will first show you ho'w the moist povi%er
of this institution has been destroYed, by
what act, and then I will show - you
. how. ant'
by what act its, political, power is forever
doomed.,, But, sir, how did an institution
like this ever have a moral powerl is aquas
tion for us to examine. In the first place we
are told by Southern men that- we have a na
tion .of heathen in our land ; and-wkare told
by the same authority that we hale an ingl
teflon here for their-regeneratine '.: '.
Mr.. Thayer, then procedds to establish by
quotatichis from. eminent Southern °divines,
statesmen - ,judges, and authors of •admitted
authority,_ the two facts that the African:race'
in the southern States, is a heatlien,race, and .
that the institution of slavery furnishes the
only possible means of civilizing, and (like .
tianiiing these heathen =people.. Having made
his point good, he continues: .
"Mr. Chairman, these are not the only au - -
thornies off this subject. You
,and ' I havS --
heard - from the other side, day ' after . day,
quo_tapons from the Bible intending to prove ,
the same thing ; and you .and I know there
are honest men in the sieve States - who be—
lieire that this is a fact;.l ;have. seen such
men - myself, and have conversed:-with theti.
They have told me th& Mallory- was a curse;
and that the only reason why they ' . held their.
slaves a day was,.that they owed them cer
tain religious duties, and must keep them, to
look after their spiritual :welfare. -I heard
this from a gentleman from Kentucky, end'
. again from a gentleman from :Augusts, Ga;,
and I beliive in my heart 'that• both theib
- gentlemen sore holiest in these views. .
....:, '
I am not here to impugh any mania mo
tives. I put, this upon the ground' that is
claimed by southern men ; and 'When 1 1 isten -•
ed to the gentlemen on the other side reading
honestly from the sacred -volume • in defence
of this institution, as coming from God, and,'
ae a means for the regeneration;of a -heathen
race in our, land,.l felt impelledto use . the ,
language of the Apostle to tlie.Giittiles,'which
he emptoyed on Mars Hill: ' G I 'Athenians, •
1 - perceive that, in 41 these things' ye are. ex
ceedingly given ; di. religion. „,- New, sir,
since this,inatitution :has done all it-ever can
in this capacity, and since it ise now destroy- -
ed as a converting and regenerating power, !-
stand here to give it its proper piticain et:cleat
astical history, for . its. right:plat* 'thaw* y4'
had:, r- . - - ,• . .. : ; '... \,.
,Intiliscussing,thie point, Mr. ThlYee• takes
.Northern -religkitits journals tiflaik for-having
oftentimes most unreasonably - milted over
their religious efforts when ,they!'eoutrasted
them with those of their Southern
,brethren.
The contrasts which they were in the habit of
drewing-by publishing in parsliel. colums
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