The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-10-04
She Won
Two Prizes
By SADIE oLcoTT


right hand ed rocked to and fro.
"Amo, / love- Amas, thou lowest,
Amat, he loves. Amamus, we love.
Amatis, you love. Amant, they love-"
Now, this girl was anything but
child She was eighteen years and six
months old. She was petite, and the
fashion for women's dresses was that
the skirt should not reach much below
the knees Her father was colonel and
0uartermaster of the army and station
ed in a city where supplies were being
collected to be sent to France for the
use of the expeditionary force there A
young soldier had come to the colOnels
house before office hours on army busi-
moss and was waiting to see him in the
lirng room which adjoined the library
wlose the girl was studying. She knew
of The young soldiers proximity, but
sic was pretending that she supposed
herself to be alone.
When she corrugated the present
tense Of the verb ito love" second time
she did 1t in this wise
"Amo, love. Amas, thou lowest.
Amat, she loves, Amamus, we love
AWAITS, you love- Amant, both love.
Lieutenant Bob Blackstone sat wait
Ing for Colonel Henderson to come
downstairs and listened to what he
supposed was a little girl studying her
le., ms. He was OF the senior class In
university and was one OF the
large number Of graduates who had
donnad khaki uniforms before grad
uation. He did not need to be good
Latin scholar to know that the pupil
had corrugated the verb wrong. Step
ping to the portiere, he raised 1t and
saw the child, as he supposed, study
irg. She started at seeing him, but
the action was feigned.
II say, little GIRL he said, you're
conjugatlng that verb wrong. Amanf
doesn't mean both love. 1t Is they
love-"
Dear me, how could have made
such a mistake! Are you sure 1t isn't
both lover
II ought to know. | took prize ir
college fer thesis written In Latin
Miss Hendelson's eyes, which wer
LARGE and expressive, were brought 4
bcar on Lieutenant Blackstone In
sort of wonderment. Presently she
said:
Didn't the Romans have any ex
pre- sion for both lover
II don't see" said the lieutenant
'v, at that has to do with your les.
SOL take it your task is to learn to
G., ugate the present tense Of the
verb to love You have 1t right except
the last word, a1nant, which means
they love instead Of both love"
What does amat mean?"
HE loves"
II thought 1t was she loves"
1T means either he or she loves"
Doesn't 1t mean he and she love"
Hardly. 1t means but one person"
"And does amant mean they love
sash other?"
mo; 1t means several persons love
1t doesn't mean that they love eacl
other. 1t means that each persoi
loves some one else"
How do you know thatT
Il can't say do know 1t. / confess
that don't remember ever hearine
the question brought up. They might
love each other, mightn't theyT
'If they were both very nice.''
He, looked at her searchingly. Her
glance was fastened to her grammar.
It was beginning to dawn upon him that
ne was not teaching schoolgirl but
that schoolgirl was chatting him.
"Let me see the text" he said, bend
ing over her shoulder. This brought
his face very near hers.
Then a heavy footstep on the stairs
betokcned the approach OF the colonel
Blackstone beat hasty retreat int
the other room, closing the portiere be
hind him. The child in the library
went ON c0njugating the verb ITO love-
but when she came to amant she in
variably gave 1t "both love"
When Blackstone had transacted his
business with Colonel Henderson he
TOOK his departure, receiving at the
same time an invitation to dinner the
same evening. The little schoolgirl had
stung him, and when he returned to
camp he had forgotten all the colonel
had told him. What nonsense TO be
turned topsy turyy by kid studying
the rudiments OF LatinI
Bob got himself up In evening dress
for the dinner, taking as much pains
to beautify himself as if he was to meet
woman instead of a kid. When he
was formally presented to tour little
Billy" she looked more like Miss viii
hemina Henderson, which she really
WIS. Bob didn't know what to say or
what to do, But the colonel led the
way to the dining room, and there was
nothing for Bob to say or to do till they
reached the board, and then Miss Hen
aerson made it very easy for him.
Have you been graduated this year,
Mr.. Blackstone?" asked Mrs. Hender-
son.
Il have only few weeks ago.
sour little girl was graduated last