Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-24

| sdIU Auulc. my Ouc WOulu KNOW now
to spell SO simple word as that"
How do you spell its" asked Charley.
"Well, l am not in school now" she
playfully replied, and don't want to go
over any Of the hard times used to
have there"
That's a very good excuse" ex.
claimed her lover. Maybe you don't
know how"
Annie bridled up a little at this and
slowly spelled out separate, sepirate.
"Well, Welt" laughed Charley, throw.
ing himself on the sofa. THAT'S the
worst eper heard. Why, Annie, you are
no better than Robinson"
maybe am no better than a great
many people," she retorted, reddening
to the roots Of her hair, but, at all
events, tlatter myself know how to
spell a few simple words"
but you missed it on that one, any
way" replied Charley.
"How do you spell it yourself, Mr..
Smartness?" exclaimed the young lady,
now thoroughly vexed.
"Why, l spell it the only way it can
be spelled correctly: S-e-p-e-r-a-t-e, sep
crate"
$50 that's your way of spelling the
word, is its Well, my land! You may
be very good hand at splicing ropes or
singing tar, but when 1t comes to spell
ing you certainly ought to take back
seat. Why, you amt fit to teach primer
classm
"If amt fit to teach primer class |
didn't have to work every summer before
| could 90 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
anything was concerned" replied the an
CRY miss. But, as you seem to have
come here this morning only to insult
me- l shall retire from the room"
SO saying she started to leave the par
lor with that indescribable swing of her
skirts which only an injured female can
give, but on reaching the door she met
her father, who was just coming in to
lunch.
"Why, Annie Eliza, what's the mat
ter?" said he; you look as if you were
going into fit of the high Strikes
"There's nothing the matter" replied
the lrate girl, except that Charley thinks
he knows it all, and l know he don't
know enough to hoist an umbrella when
it rains"
"Hoity, toity" cried the old gentle
man, entering the room. "See here,
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. McWorter,'
said Charley, deprecatingly, except
that we have disagreed about the spell
ing of word"
Il don't want to hear any more about
it, SIR cried Annie. :" want you to
send me my photograph and letters to-
morrow, and III ship you all the thing
hobs you gave me as soon as get
them together
"Go slow, Annie Go slow" said the
old gentleman; 4" | am afraid both OF you
have been trying to corner the market on
spelling and came up short. What's the
word? Tip it outl was sound on spell
ing in my young days"
"It's very simple word" said Char
ley It's only separate"
"Well, well, WE'LL" exclaimed the old
gentleman. And you two have been
and gone and had a red-hot scrimmage
about such thing as that. Why, look
how red you both are. By lingo, can
almost smell birthstone. But what both.
ers mn judgment is, how you ever came
to disagree. That's one of the easiest
words in the English language-one of
the Gerry easiest"
"How do you spell it, pa?" asked An
ME.
How do / spell it," said the old
gentleman. why, spell it the only
way it should be spelled: Sep, sep
per, per-sepper-r-a-t-e, rate--sepper-
rate"
"And that's your way?" said Charley,
derisively
Yes, sir. That's the way spell it,
and that's the way every other educated
man spells it"
a don't care if they do, said Charley
They spell it wrong"
"See here, young fellow" cried the old
gentleman, turning as red IN the face as
boiled beet, 1--WE been "a kind of
thinking for some time that you are get
ting too big for your clothes. You was
very modest, well-mannered boy sew,
eral years ago, but you're growed out OF
it awful. All them shiny buttons has
turned your head Now if you want to
spark my dawter you'll have to come
down out of your conceitedness very con
siderable. You must remember there is
other folks besides you that knows d
thing or two"
By this time Mr.. McWorter was
prancing UP and down in towering
, passion, while Annie alternately dartec
looks of atfectionate encouragement al
pa and glances of deep disdain at Char
: ley.
That young gentleman now began tc
put on his overcOat. remarklng very
calmly in the meanwhile that people who
were always wrong ALWAYS hated to be
, told of it. Then, wishing the entire
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