Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-09-25
LOVE AND ORTHOGRAPHY.


RTgs "a Tale of the Times.
Charley Carey is young naval officer
of fair education and fine promise in his
profession. Like most of his class, he is
In love. and his sweetheart, Annie Nc
WhOrter, is as devoted as a sweetheart
well can be. In fact no lovers in Ameri-
ca could possibly be happier than these
two.
But not long ago there came near be-
ing a serious rupture between them. II
was all brought on by this spelling cpl
demic which has lately spread over the
land.
Charley rather pridcs himself on his
photographed skill, and Annie, though
perhaps q shade more diffident has at
ways been ready enough to declare that
she did not go to school eight winters for
nothing, and read the story paper con-
stantly ever since.
/, One day this spring, Charley received
n letter from one of his comrades at sea,
and being about to pay visit to his dull
cinea, he postponed its perusal until af-
ter reaching her house. While waiting
In the parlOr he availed himself of the
chance to see what his friend had to say.
There was nothing of importance, how
eive I'm his pocket when he noticed the
word sepurdte in the postscript. 1t
struck him as incorrect, but ON the ar
rival Of his dear intended the circum-
stance was forgotten.
AS we have before intimated, these
young people were ardently in love, and
we therefore draw a veil over the inter-
view until the time came for Charley s
departure. Then the mispelled word Oc-
CURED to him, and he remarked:
u had letter from Robinson this
morning, and how do you suppose he
spells separator"
:" can't imagine replied Annie.
perhaps not" said Charley, laughing.
lie spells it s-e-p-u-r-a-t-e, sepurdtc."
1t is no doubt mere slip of the pen, y
said Annie. "Any one would know how
TO spell so simple word as that"
"How do you spell it?'' asked Charley.
"Well. am not i'm school now" she
playfiilly replied. and don't want to go
over any of the hard times L used to have
there
"That's very good excuse" exclaimed
her lover. Maybe you don't know
how?-
Annie bri,lled up little at this, and
slowly spelled out pirate, SEPT
rate.
well. well :" laughed Charley, throw
Ing himself on the sofa THAT'S the
worst l ever heard. Why. Annie. you
are no better than Robinson"
Maybe am no better than Il great
many people," she retOrted. reddening to
the roots of her hair, but at all events
flatter myself know how to spell few
simple words"
But You missed it on one, any way"
replied Charley. 49, @
"HOw do you spell it yourself. Mr..
Smartness?" exclaimed the young lady,
now thoroughly vexed.
why, spell it the only way it can be
spelled correctly. Sep -er-a-t-e, sepe-
rate.
$50 that's your way of spelling the
word, is it? Well, my lad! you may be
very good hand at splicing ropes or
singing tar, but when it comes to spell
ing, you certainly ought to take a back
seat Why, you amt fit to teach a
. If amt fit to teach primmer class
didn't have to work every summer be-
fore l could go to school in the winter,
like some folks | know not a thousand
miles from this sofa"
"You might as well have worked win
ter and summer both as far as learning
is concerned" replied the angry miss.
"But as you seem to have come here this
morning only to insult me, shall retire
from the rO0m.'
So saying, she started to leave the par
Tor with that ipdescribable swing of the
skirts which only an injured female can
give, but at the door she met her father,
who was just coming to lunch.
"Why, Ann Eliza, what's the matter?'
c0id no. M
into fit of high strikes"
There's nothing the NATTER" replied
the irate girl "except that Charley
thinks he knows it all, and know that
he don't know enough to hoist an UNI
brella when it rains."s Is susnE1
"Hoity, toity p cried the old gentle
man, entering the room. "See here, my
young fellow, what have you been going
and doing to my little pet? I'll fling you
out neck and heels If you come round
here vexing her."
ats nothing at all, Mr.. McWhorter,"
said Charles, deprecatingiy, ''except that
we have disagreed about the spelling of
word" -,.-,,, sf,s. -
II don't want to hear any more about
1t, sir" cried Anna. 81 want you to
send me my photograph and letters to-
morrow and I'll ship you all the thing
'em-bobs you gave me, as soon as l can
get them together
~Go slow, Annie, 60 slow, said the old
gentleman. az am afraid you both have
been trying to corner the market on
spelling, and come up short. What's the
word? Tip it out! / was sound on
spelling in my young days."
Its very simple word" said Char
ley. ats only separate"
well, well, wellr' exclaimed the old
gentleman. "And yeu two have been
and gone and had a red-hOt scrimmage
ABOUT ssch thing as that Why look
now red you both are. By lingo, / can
almost smell birthstone. But what both
ers my Judgment is. how you ever came
TO disagree. That is one of the easiest
words in the English language-one of
the very easiest
show do you spell it, PAP" asked An
sHSw d i spsll ftsr said the old gen.
uenan. "Why spell it the only wav il
Should be spelled: sep sep, per Der.
scpper, r-a-t-e-sepperrate."
And that's your way :" said Charley,
derisively.
Eyes, sir. That's the way l spell it,
and that's the way every other educated
man spells separate"
II don't care if they do" said Charley,
L9ey spell 1t wrong.n
see here, young fellow" cried the old
Sentleman, turning as red in the face as
ooued beet. "Tye been a kind of think