Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-08

Snarivtte, aun0UGn icoftenty received . mucu
THE son Of one Of myoldest and best friends
i to be sent here as assessor" said my father
ore day at the dinner-table. as he took letter
who !! its" asked my mother. '.Yons Es-
erhard?' IA - ~ 4
me: Let me recommend my pm Carl to Jour
of your sons should come to Borlin, he win Ind
the door of nv house always dPen to I'm, and
am sure Cs,i viii always be welcome victor
aCertainiy he wfllw cr,ed nv no.
Their; "and don't orf'think you had better write
to say that we shall be glad to have the Young
gentiem stop with US until he finds rooms to
THAT Is Just what was about to suggest to
you, my dear "feplied my father. every we'll
l will write tiR evening. He ~ill doubtless
fzffhest. There are plenty vacant, 90 where
Thus |. wa. that Carl Eberhard came to be
our guest e.. to occupy the cosey little spare
with the large acquaintance Of my hospitable
parents, was never long without an occupant
IL was, therefore, nothing new for us 10 have
peciaily father somewhat more curious than
stranger TO us an.
ance, was very like his father, who had been at
our house often. He was tall aud slim, with a
handsome face, the most attractive feature of
which was-not in my opinion alone-hiH large,
me of Charlotte's. a..
"what PITY thought to myself, ''that
Charlotte is not at homei 1 should be glad to
see what the effect would be Of these two pairs
of eyes looking at each other" ~
l.. at that time, had passed my eighteenth
birthday, and still 1t seemed to me that our
guest was inclined TO treat me as child, al
though 1 could not complain that his manner
toward me was not perfectly well-bred and re-
sPectful: Short and slight as I was, he liter
ally looked down on me; and, still accus-
my younger brother Albert, I thought little of
supporting the dignity of young lady.
Albert, who was at college, was of course
too, had learned something of Latin. partly
en- pdssant with my older brothers, by hearing
them say over their task and by devoting q
70 % ana he z
at not only adds to our general knowledge of
language, but it accustons US to think logical
", the latter is Of more Importance than the
former"
Albert sat in the garden near the house,
The more difficnlt he found 1t to get them
into his head, the louder he repeated them. I'D,
dpud, ante, he began any number of times,
always sticking fast to the seventh or eighth
"Circa, cireifer, ergo" I helped him for
ward, as 1 continued to weed my fayorite flow
er-bed.
600, pene per-" and he stuck again.
"Post, praeter," cried out to him; and, as
he still stumbled over them, L began the list,
and went through them with a celebrity that
would have done credit to AN old-time peda-
II have them in my memory so fast that
shall never forget them" added; shut they
are terribly hard to learn at first
Albert.
sMiss Elizabeth, can you repeat the preposi-
tons with the ablative also?" asked familiar
i looked up. Eberhard was leaning out of
bis window, and had heard and seen all that
bad passed.
was silent; then burst into hearty laugh and
began, "d, ob, dbsgtse," and SO on, with light
ming rapidity to the end of the list.
'.is it possible, Miss Lizzie, that you know
Latin? and so wen!"
Albert and L Tau ghed heartily at the question,
which, more in the tone than in the words, ex-
from the window, and a few mo-
ments after joined us i'm the garden.
Il thought at first" he began, ''you had only
picked up little-from your older brothers,
ssOho!" cried Albert, at the top of his voice,
sour little learned Lizzie knows her Virgil and
Cesar with the best of them, 1 can tell you.
wish only knew them half as well :"
There was an expression of such utter amaze
ment in Eberhard's face that we could not help
laughing again.
"You are the first lady I have ever seen who
fore 1 came, should have imagined the daugh-
ter of my fathers old friend very different from
what found her." 't
And when asked CHOW soe" the reply was
in accordance withthe notions that have pre-
vailed since the time of Moses and the bulrushe
i imagine-that q learned woman must be old,
ugly, and pedantic: ''Instead Of this, find
yeu,' added Eberhard, ga veritable Amarylis,
even TO the rake" had picked up one few
minutes before he came down.
81 never could understand" said I, "why
n i 50 t ssSIS that girl
and proper that she should learn French, Eng
fish, Spanish and Italian.n
This was the starting point of quite lengthy
conversation, the first really that had ever taken
place between us, and / can, therefore, truly
say that our acquaintance began with the ac-
cusative.
man, J" said Eberhard, ethan real culture-soid
attainments; but we meet with it so rarely, es-
Pecially in women of your age! How do you,
pray, chance to form such a notable and praise
worthy exception? how did you acquire so much
So much knowledge, knew well that I, in
reality, possessed very little--that had learned
.'How did 1 acquire what little know" 1
asked.
..Yes; that is what 1 should like to know.
returned Eberhard.
''well, left school at fifteen, the age when
men-those, atleast, who are considered liberal
ly Enthusiastically begin their Studies" re-
Piled. "Since then, my only opportunities have
been those afforded me by my home associations
and my only teacher has been my father; but 1
have necessarily been very irregular in my
studies, and, what yeu are pleased to call my
learning, in man you would, am sure,
call only superficial smattering. So little is
demanded of woman in the higher branches
Of human knowledge that q little goes great
way"
From this theme we went to others of q kin
dred nature. I talked a good deal, and talked,
Thought afterward, unusually well, for, al
though Eberhard spoke with a certain air Of
superiority, he nevertheless listened to me very
respectfully, and felt healthful inspiration
In exchanging ideas with him that was as agree
able as II was new.
have long since forgotten what had said,
but looked up to Eberhard for q reply. He
was silent, and the expression Of his face was
entirely changed. He seemed occupied with
some thought foreign to the subject We were
but he looked me full in the face,
and ID seemed as though his large, dark eyes
would penetrate my Utmost soul.
felt strangely embarrassed and confused.
Suddenly it occurred to me that he was looking
at my turned eye. MY face became crimson at
the thought; I turned away, and my uncOn-
strained manner was gone. He tried to reestab-
fish the former familiar tone, but his endeav0rs
proved fruitless.
Eberhard experienced great difficulty in find
ing rooms that suited him. Now he objected to
their northern exposure, now to their being on
the third floor, and now t0 their being too far
from the side of the town on which we lived.
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