The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-14

49, >ee~e~~>esss NeAAAS W ulAu TIC kuULuSUt
he left 1t. His daughter must 70 to
college, and that meant absence Of
love for seven or eight years to come.
That he had right under his own nose
but a repetition Of what had occurred
sver since human beings were born
into the world was furthest from his
thoughts.
In nature the frst step in mating IL
to build q nest In my case there was
. lot Of preliminary work to do. Ny
nrst great object to accomplish was to
induce my mother to procure some
dresses that would reach at least to
my ankles. After much trouble per.
suaded her to engage q dressmaker to
come to the house and make mo some
summer costumes. BY day mother
would give her instructions 40 to the
length Of my skirts and BY night |
would surreptitiously lower them
while they were merely basted. When
they were finished mother would scold
the poor woman for not obeying her
ordera
"How II your pupil getting on.
papa~ I asked one day.
mot at all. Hes stupid AZ an owl.
he can't even conjugate the present
tense Of the verb ito love-"
DO you think he'll pass bis entrance
college examinations"
"Not this year."
Father was not looking at me. 90 l
was at liberty to raise my eyes to
heaven with mute thanks and rcsolv.
ed that II the coaching should continue
for another year in case the instructor
could not teach the pupil how to con.
jugate the verb ito love" I would DO
go myself.
For a year Julian Trowbridge came
and went for his lessons, taking no no.
tice Of me whatever. The next spring
I asked father II he thought his pupil
would he able to enter college that
year.
"Possibly," he replied. "by hard
boning. but he has no taste for the
classics. l don't see why his father
wishes to send him to university"
"Has he learned to conjugate the
verb to loveY" I asked.
Father gave me quick glance. !
had changed a good deal within the
year and might now have passed for
young lady. But he saw no con.
seriousness Of a double meaning in my
demeanor and replied:
"Oh, he's got beyond that. of course.
but he couldn't yet pass an examina.
ton on Caesars Commentaries"
HE must be very backward" I re-
marked carelessly, and as left the
room father called to me, you're far
ahead Of him."
This gave me an idea. I had met
the "blockhead" many times, and he
was beginning to treat me with more
consideration. One day I said to him:
II think father Is too impatient with
you. II you'll let me read Latin with
you I'm sure we'll be a help to each
other"
He accepted my offer. and I told IA.
Their that he might spend the time he
was devoting to Julian In bis library,
his pupil over to me. Father
was very glad to get rid Of him. and
the very next day Julian and l were
seated on a rustic bench under a tree
with copy Of Virgil between US.
I have boys Of my own now, and l
surely would not consent to have one
Of them fall under such an influence
as Julian Trowbridge> experienced at
That time. I had no more intention
Of teaching him the dead languages
than I had Of teaching him to ny IN
The air. Fortunately for him. how
ever. I had inherited my fathers abil.
IT. to learn and to teach them. Ny
object was to teach him to conjugate
he verb ito love'-"l love, thou lowest,
he or she loves, we love. you love, they
owe" In Short In my code Of instruc.
don every one loved. and that's all
hey did. But since Julian's mind was
,ent especially upon getting into col.
eye and he found in me a more se.
luctive teacher than my father the
essen resulted more to his erudition
han might have been supposed. I
lidn't care how much Latin he learned
he didn't fail to master the
'erb ito love-" Girls between, say,
welve and sixteen are usually far
more capable OF learning than boys.
This gave me an advantage. taught
ulian Latin and at the same time deft-
= wOve in that other instruction
which was far nearer my heart. I pre-
jared him to enter college and TO be
ny future husband at the same time.
n learning the first he was not as
tupid as my father considered him:
. to the other I confess had very
ard time with him. He would conju
ate the verb ito love-" saying Il love-
vS&h M pon1inD ~hafovor Ono davl