The Owosso times., 1881-07-22

| Il leIlaflJ Oh uer ldtner, the luulSild-
ton of her parent had known no
bounds, and it left upon her mind
an impression of the sintulness of
meeting young man, that could never
be effaced. And afterward, to ball
or party she was never allowed to
90, or even asked to go. She was
like the Princess in the Arabian tale,
unconscious of her captivity. She
never pinned for some daring knight
to climb up to her tower and release
her, and even the serenader, had he
played his guitar under her window,
would have received no welcome.
Her education, too, had been of
the exclusive sort. She never went
to the common village school-never
was pulled by the shawl according
to the coarse intimacy of scholars
and never had been "Georgie'd" by
the other girls. She had never
heard herself called anything but
Georgiana---a name full and su-
perb like herself.
1t would not have been strange if
under such circumstances some no.
ton of self-lmpOrtance had develop
ed itself in her. There are not want
ing those who think that all proper
education should begin with such
a notion, that every child should be
told that even his blackboard chalk
was, deposited expressly for him,
ages before he was born, and that
he is the roof and crown of things. !"
Perhaps Deacon Ganson was of this
class. AT ANY rate, his child had
either been taught by himself, or
some one whom he knew to be hedg-
ed in by pride and propriety. And
what seems strange to the wild young
democracy of our public schools, it
suited her. q The Deacon had the art
to give her. mind such a bias, that
whatseemed her requirement to 9TH
ers, was matter of her own no.
ton and pleasure. And so George
ana. was a good deal alone, but al
ways proud and happy. And even
now, at eighteen years of age, she
had no notion. of what some of our
young damsels call CELEBRITY"
Inlevery little village there is a class
of girls--the best indeed, that the
town generally affords-who are a
great deal on the streets-who dote
on elerks-who walk up and down
past the church long before the hour
for the prayer meeting, with arms
interlocked, imparting little conf
dences, and giving furtive chances
around. them to see if some young
gentlemen are not in sight, whom
they can carelessly meet and careful
ly go home with after the meeting
is over.
One OF these, Myra Weston, the
daughter of the village dry goods
merchant, said to some of the other
girls, loud enough to be heard by a
passer, 81 am really sorry for Georgi-
ana Ganson," the fact being that
instead of sorrow for her, she was so
glad that she scarcely knew what to
do with herself when she found that
Miss Ganson would probably never
enter into any social competition
whatever. These words having been
reported to Georgiana by the pass
er, who happened at that time to be
her lady teacher, the look upon Miss
Ganson's face would have entirely
satisfied the most incredulous that
she was not in need of sympathy,
and would have gone far to salve
Miss Weston's conscience concern
the awfullie she told when she utter
ed them. 1t is little singular, that
there is no evidence of any kind that
Miss Ganson desired anything 9TH
or than she had.
But what puzzled the other village
beauties was the constant allusion to
her in terms of admiration, by the
most desirable young men. They
could not see, and such young wo-
man will probably never see what the
experience of every generation teach
es, that to move mems hearts requires
a long lever, and that to get hus-
band surely, you must go away from
him. Now here was young lady
VINO hardly ever spoke to men of any
age, to whose house no young men
for a moment presumed to GO, and
who was glad of it and wished it So
about whom Miss Weston and her
companions were constantly obliged
hear such words as "peerless," "beau-
tiful," &c. 1t was terribly provoking
IN itself, but what made it worse was,
that it would not do to show that it
had produced any effect. 1t was
much easier to be "sorry" for her,
than to deny her qualities. A young
woman will do almost anything rather
than betray the fact that she is piqued
by any allusion to another.
Thus did the life Of the little village
of - 60 on, SO far as it concerns
this story, at the time | write, and so
it continued for some time.
1t is strange that it had not occur
red to Deacon Ganson that he must
in all probability lose his treasure at
sometime in the future. Nay, that he
was far more likely to lose her, be-
cause he kept her so secure. There
is a certain paradox in love matters.
1t nearer to the back of flying horse
from a barred and bolted fortress,
than from garden with its gate openl
But then, there was this difference in
Georgiana's case 7; she was suited
with matters just as they were, and
would not have them otherwise.
However, let it be said for the
benefit of Deacon Ganson, that in all
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