Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-09
By EDWIN SHARPE

.t.E'ss..3*S''*s' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Father has never done a days work
In his life, have often heard him say
that to go to u store or an office every
day nnd attend TO details such rs buy
ing aud selling aud shipping aud dnan-
clering aud such matters that have no
Importance except for the time being,
dying as fast as they are born, like GER
tain Insects, would soon wear him out,
But to sit In n library and read lmmor.
tai works such as the Greek poets and
the Latin prose writer's father reads
them In the original Greek aud Latin
that Is way Of spending ones time
fitted not for commercial slaves, but
intellectual gentlemen,
When | was child we liyed-my
parents live there yet-in the country
not far from great city Father had
inherited some property from his an
ceStors that had been handed down
through several generations, and our
income, though small was sufficient
for our wants. So father was at liberty
to spend his time In way that he con
sldcrcd profitable ! sometimes over
heard people sncering at him for living
the life Of drone, rs they expressed
1t, but since have grown old 1t seems
to me that even the real droncs In n
colony of bees must have their place In
natures workshop or they would not
be there.
Another singular thing about Dame
Nature Is that while she requires years
TO transform u boy into man, she will
turn II girl into II woman In Il twinkling
At any rate II was so with me. When
was thirteen | was sitting one morning
on the porch at home, my doll being In
n chair beside me. Seeing II young fell
low-hc appeared to be about seventeen
come into the grounds, ! seized the
combination of china. cotton and saw
dust and flung II in an open window be.
hind me- There were some books on n
table near by, and taking up one of
them, pulling down the short skirt Of
my dress at the same time so that It
would cover my knees, ! pretended to
read.
The young fellow came along by the
winding walk under the great trees
they had recently put forth that sea-
sons leaves - and approached the
porch. Though my gaze was bent on my
book, saw not the printed words, but
the advancing youth, have NINA
ture portrait made Of him Mt that time
and many who have seen it have taken
it for an ideal creation. He was tall
for his years and his beautifully shaped
head was set on as beautiful a neck,
his collar being of the open sort, which
showed the throat to advantage. His
face was perfect oval, his eyes large
and lustrous,. his hair falling about his
temples in disordered waves,
| have spoken from experience in
saying th;H Dame Nature will turn
girl into woman in twinkling. My
own transformation did not occupy
more than minute. Within that pc
Rod | caught sight Of the youth, flung
away my doll and was in love
The newcomer paid no more attcn-
ton to me than if had been made,
like my doll, of saWdust. | was stung
to the quick that he did not look at me.
He rang the bell, asked for father and
was shown into the house. went up |
stairs and. Ssationing myself beside IA
window overlooking the walk by which |
he must pass out of the place, waited |
for him to do So When he departed | |
was watching him from behind cur
aims. He walked with satisfied step, |
IS though he had come for purpose |
and had accomplished it.
| wished to 20 right down to the Ii |
Drary and learn all about the visitor |
rom father. but | feared to show an
Undue interest in him. | tried hard to !
wait a long while, but five minutes
was all my impatience would allow.
Going into the library, | pretended to
lunt for book at the same time ask
ng as if incidentally:
"Who was your visitor, papa"
Julian Trowbridge."
"What did he come forT
ITO ask me to coach him for his col
eye examination. He has applied for
admission ia June"
care You going to coach himT
eyes. couldn't very well refuse.
les the son Of my old friend Trow
bridge, who was in college with me.
has devoted himself to ig
noble pursuits and got rich. pulled
lin through his graduating examina-
ions"
ooh. my goodness gracious" | said
o myself, putting my hand to my heart
o still its wild beating. Then | asked,
Is he coming here for Instructions
Eyes, every morning at H.
And so should see every day till
'unc this young god whom had sud
lenly set up in my heart. If father
ad known the tumult within me he
oubllcss would have ordered me to
he nursery every morning before his
upins coming. Father had publish
d translation Of Oyids Art of