Smyrna times., 1911-03-08

iOL VI preliminary work to do. NV
hrst great object to accomplish was to
induce my mother to procure some
dresses that would reach at least to
my ankles. After much trouble l per-
suaded her to engage a dressmaker to
come to the house and make me some
summer costumes. By day mother
would give her instructions as 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 |
orders.
How is your pupil getting on.
papa?' asked one day.
mot at all. He's stupid as an owl. |
He can't even conjugate the present |
tense of the verb ito love-"
do you think he'll pass his entrance
college examinationsF'
"Not this year."
Father was not looking at me, so l
was at liberty to raise my eyes to
heaven with mute thanks and resolv-
ed that if the coaching should continue
for another year in case the instructor
could not teach the pupil how to con-
| jugate the verb "to love" 1 would do
so myself.
For a year Julian Trowbridge came
and went for his lessons, taking no no.
tice of me whatever. The next spring
/ asked father if he thought his pupil
would be able to enter college that
year.
Possibly" he replied. "by hard
boning, but he has no taste for the
classics. don't see why his father
wishes to send him to a university"
HAS he learned to conjugate the
verb to lover" asked.
Father gave me a quick glance. l
had changed a good deal within the
year and might now have passed for
young lady. But he saw no con-
sciousness 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" re-
marked carelessly. and as 1 left the
! room father called to me, you're far
ahead of him."
This gave me an idea. l had met
the "blockhead' many times, and he
| was beginning to treat me with more
, consideration. One day l said to him:
81 think father is too impatient with
/ you. If you'll let me read Latin with
e you I'm sure Wen be a help to each
. other"
He accepted my offer, and told ia
. ther that he might spend the time he
was devoting to Julian in his library
turning his pupil over to me. Father
a was very glad to get rid of him, and
, the very next day Julian and 1 were
4 seated on a rustic bench under a tre'
I with a copy of Virgil between us.
f have boys Of my own now, and
q surely would not consent to have on
!. of them fall under such an influence
4 as Julian Trowbridge experienced a
t that time. l had no more intention
J.. of teaching him the dead language
d than I had of teaching him to fly Il
8 the air. Fortunately for him, how
= ever, I had inherited my fathers abil
+ ity to learn and to teach them. M
object was to teach him to conjugat
n the verb ito love"-"I love, thou lowest
a he or she loves, we love, you love, the
v love-" In short. in my code of instruC
" ton every one loved, and that's a
E. they did. But since Julian's mind wa
e bent especially upon getting into CO
lege and he found in me a more 81
D. ductive teacher than my father th
e, lesson resulted more to his eruditio
Ig than might have been supposed.
at didn't care how much Latin he learne
a. provided he didn't fail to master tn
l verb "to love-" Girls between, sa.
If twelve and sixteen are usually fl
TX more capable of learning than boy
ne This gave me an advantage. l taugf
IN Julian Latin and at the same time def
m ly wove in that other instructio
a which was far nearer my heart. pr
ne pared him to enter college and to |
it. my future husband at the same tim
IL In learning the first he was not {
or stupid as my father considered hin
an as to the other l confess / had vel
rd hard time with him. He would conf
es gate the verb ''to love-" saying 'T love
W. | Will uO lctiluS WAdlCfCAs OhO oc
to while he was doing so in this perfun
ne tory way sat very near him-so nea
indeed, that few loose strands of
hair brushed against his cheek. Su
denly there came a fervor into b
voice that / had vainly expected f
OIL weeks. Then l felt an arm stealth
for around my waist. and l knew that n
pupil was prepared both for collei
and to be my lover.
Sc. He. passed his entrance examinad'
W. without a condition and gave me
ne. the credit for enabling him to do so.
to "But you do father an injustice"
LED demonstrated. You must admit
na- "What! That old bookworm? He mi
know a lot. but he has no ability wins
to ever to impart knowledge to any o.
art else. Why. do you know, he spe
ed, months trying to teach me to conf
y gate the verb to love- without my