The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-07-01
Love and OrthrOgraphy.
BY HARRY MOSS.

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Ger of fair education and fine promist
in his profession. Like most Of his
class he is in love, and his sweetheart
Annie McWOrter, is as devoted as a
sweetheart well can be. In fact nc
lovers in America could possibly be
happier thar these two.
Butnot long ago there came neal
being a serious rupture between them.
1t was all brought on by this spelling
epidemic which has lately spread over
the land.
Charley rather prided himself on his
orthogrsphical skill, and Annie,
though perhaps q shade more diffident,
has always been ready enough to de-
clare that she did not go to school
eight winters for nothing and read
the story-papers constantly ever
since.
One day this spring Charley receiv-
ed letter from one Of his comrades
at sea, and, being about to pay visit
to his duicinea, he postponed It's pc
rusal until after reaching her house.
While waiting in the parlor he avail
ed himself Of the chance to see what
his friend had to say. There was
nothing of Importance, however, and
be was about placing the missive in
his pocket when he noticed the word
sepitrGte in the postscript 1t struck
him as incorrect, but on the arrival
of,, his dear intended the circumstance
was 1t once forgotten.
As we have before intimated, these
young people were quite ardently in
love and we shall therefore draw a
veil over the Interview until the time
came for Charley's departure. Then
the misspelled word occurred to him
and he remarked
81 had q letter from Robinson this
morning, and how do you supp ose he
spells separate ?i
al can't imagine" replied Annie.
perhaps not" said Charley,
laughing. "He spells it s-e-p-u-r-a-t-e,
sepIT0te.n
"It's no doubt mere slip OF the
pen," said Annie. "Anyone would
know how to spell so simple q word
as that"
"How do you spell 2" asked Char
ley.
"Well, am not in school now"
she playfully replied, ''and don't
want to go over any of the hard times
I used to have there"
Fhats very good excuse" ex-
claimed her lover. maybe you don't
know how ?''
Annie bridIed up little at this and
slowly spelled out s-e-p-i-r-a-t-e, sept
rate.
swell, well % laughed Charley,
throwing himself on a sofa. "That's
the worst eUer heard. Why, Annie,
you are no better,than RobinsOn.u
"Maybe / am no better than q great
many people, she retorted reddening
to the roots of the hair, Hbut, at all
events, / flatter myself know how to
spell few simple words"
"But you missed it on that one,
anyway replied Charley.
''How do you spell it yourself, Mr..
Smartness ?n exclaimed the young
lady, now thoroughly vexed.
"Wby, 1 spell it the only way it
can be spelled correctly: S-e-p-e-r-
ate, seperdte."
$50 that's your way of spelling the
word, is it? Well, my land You
may be very good hand at splicing
ropes or singing tar, but when il
comes to spelling you certainly ought
to take back seat. Why you amt
fit to teach primer class i'
"If L amt fit to teach a primer
class didn't have to work every sum-
mer before 1 could go to school in the
winter, like some folks 1 know, not 8
thousand miles from this sofa"
"You might as well worked win
ter and summer both, as far as learn
ing anything was concerned" re-
piled the angry miss. "But, as you
seem to have come here this morning
only to insult me, shall retire from
the room.n
So saying the started to leave the
parlor 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
matter ?" said he; "yOu look as il you
were going into a fit of the high
strikes.p
"TheTe's nothing the matter" re-
piled the irate girl, Except that
Charley thinks he knows it all, and
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 GO
ing and doing to my little pet? I'll
fling you cut neck and heels if you
come round here vexing herr
ffIt's nothing at all, Mr.. McWorter,u -
said Charley, deprecatingly, "except
that we have disagreed about the
spelling of a word.n
fI don't want to hear any more
about it," cried Annie. "I want YOU
to send me my photograph and let
ters tomorrow, and pli ship you all
the thing-em-bobs you gave me as
soon as / get them together"
@GO slow, Annie. Go slow" said
the old gentleman "I am afraid
both of you have been trying to cor
ner the market on spelling and cam
up short. What's the word ? Tin if
out / was sound on spelling in nv
young days"
fsItis a very simple word,D said
Charley. "It's only sepGrdte.n
"WelI, well, well y' exclaimed the
old gentleman. "And you two have
been and gone and had a red-hot
SCrlm mage ABOUT suC0 lQl0g as that,
Why, look how red you both are.
By lingo, 1 can almost smell brim.
stone. But what bothers my judg.
ment is, how you ever came to dIsa-
gree. That's one Of the easiest words
in the English language-one of the
veTy easiest.n
'How do you spell it, pa ?" asked
Annie.
"How do 1 spell Il ?'' said the old
gentleman. "Why, 1 spell it the on
ly way it should De spelled /: Sep
sep-p-e-r, -sepper-r-a-t-e, rate
seppeTTGte."
'sAnd that's your way ?,' said Char
ley, derisively.
'sYes, sir. That's the way I spell it
and that's the way every other edu-
Gated man spells it.n
II don't care II they do,n said Char
ley. They spell it wrong"
.'See here young fellow" cried thl
old gentleman, turning as red in tn,
face as = boiled beet, 1--we been ,