Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1844-06-29
LANCASTER, W. t. SATURDAY. JUNE 90, 1914.

her own heart was not invulnerable;
she recoslected that she had listened
with pleasure to jones' disquisition on
the Ptolemaic Kings, she who had new
er listened for two minutes together to
'anybody-it was ominous.
The intercourse between the parties
became daily Of more particular de-
scriptisn, and Miss Pallister was de-
lighted to find that she had subdued
the stubborn heart Of Jones. How she
would tease him when he had once been
brought 10 confession. But to bring
about this confession was more difficult
than the lady expected. If she gave
him encouragement in the presence of
her uncle, Jones would follow her lead
briskly enough; but alone, he was
grave, frigid and polite-but, alas! not
loving. Now this was exactly the
contrary Of what Miss Pallister wished !;
she had no objection to coquette, but
she had a great aversion 10 being found
out. She knew that her uncle would
not allow her to make fool of any n,dh,
and if Jones were to make declar&
ton in consequence Of any public CO.
quetry, she must either at once accept
him, or incur that nobleman's sevous
displeasure; and she was always unea-
sy if any difference took place with
that relative, to whom she was sincere
ly attached.
But all things come TO close; so did
Miss Pallister's visit to her uncle-and
Mr.. Jones had neither made declara-
ton nor seemed inclined to do so; and +,
left alone in her carriage as it bore her
to London, her reflections were none
Of the most pleasant. She felt that,
in playing the game of coquettry, she
had not only failed in her object, but
had lost her heart-and doubts and
fears possessed her breast, that perhaps
Jones. disguised with her conduct,
might direct his attention elsewhere
and she burst into tears at the thought
Now Lord Pallister had seen the
game his niece was playing, and was
pretty well aware Of the state Of her
heart, and it rejoiced him that her afiec-
tons had fallen where they had: but
he laughed heartily at the thought, that
a mere country squire like Jones should
so completely out-manGuvre apractis-
ed coquette like his niece. "Joneslikes
the girl" said bis Lordship to himself,
"and he shall have her, but LET her suf-
fer little; and suffer she did Let
tiers from his sister-in-law described
his niece not well, pale, out Of spirits.
49," said his Lordship, "she in love
at last, is she. I must give her anoth-
err chance, suppose"
Lord Pallister's next letters mention
ed incipient symptoms of govt, and
his afcctionate niece soon arrived TO
nurse him, but he was shocked to per-
ceivo that she looked horribly i'll.
"Poor things thought he, 81 must be
merciful," but in the course Of a day
he gave her hint respecting her coun-
try beau, Mr.. Jones-and Miss Pallis-
ter, in passion Of tears, threw herself
at her uncle's feet, and confessed at
once her love, and besought him not to
allude again to her wicked and foolish
conduct.
at was wicked" said she, "because
| intended 10 injure the happiness of a
worthy man, and | suffer now justly"
Lord PalIister thought to himself
"Thou art good and honest girl after
all, and thou shalt be Mrs. Jones yet"
Lords have great power, no doubt,
but how his Lordship contrived. few
weeks after, TO detect Mr.. Jones in the
act Of imprinting kiss upon the lips
Of the fair Elizabeth, we cannot tell
neither have we heard that either his
Lordship or his neice expressed any
violent Indignation at the audacity OF
Mr.. Jones. Nay; il has been insinua-
ted that the said kiss was given with
the full appreciation, not only Of Lord
Pallister, but also with that OF his niece
-tut this seems incredible.