The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-26

Ut ""Jcel 10 accomplish was Ia
ihuuee my mother to procure some
dresses that would reach at least to
my ankles. After much trouble | per
suaded her 10 engage 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 hy night
would surreptitiously lower them while
tue! We're merely basted When they
We're finished mother would scold the
poor woman for not obeying her orders
How is your pupil getting on, papa :"
! asked one day.
Not AT all He's STUPID as an owl
lie cant even conjugate the present
tense of the verb TO love-"
DO you think he'll pass his entrance
college examinations"
Not this wear"
Father was not looking nj me 50
was at liberty to raise INV eyes tn
heaven with mute thanks and resolv-
ed that II the coaching should con
tlnue for another year. in ease the in
structor could not teach the pupil how
to eonjugaie the verb TO love" would
do 50 myself.
For "A year Julian Trowblidse came
and went Tor his lessons. taking no no
tiee of me whatever The next sprins
asked father IL he thought his pun.
would Ice able To enter COLLEGE that ycae
Possibly he replied by hard bon
ihs. but he has nn taste for the elias
sizes. don't see why his father wishes
10 send him TO a university"
Has De- learned To rouiusate the
verb to luve%" ! asked
Father gave me Il quick glance
had changed good deal within th,.
year and might now have passed for n
young lady Bui he saw no conscious.
ness OF double meaning in my de
mcanor and replied
oh, he's got beyond that. Of course
but he couldn't Yet pass an examina-
ton on Caesars Commentaries.
He must he very backward" | re
marked careleSSly. and as | left the
room father called To me. You're far
ahead of him"
This gave me an idea | had met the
"bloclhead" many times, and he was
beginning to treat me with more con
sideration. One day | said to him: II
/ think father is too impatient with you.
1 Ii you'll let ME read Latin with you
/ I'm sure we'll be IA help to each other"
Z "A m "A tnl. %,
ther that he might spend the time he
! was devoting to Julian in his library,
turning his pupil over to me. Father
was very glad TO get rid OF him. and
! the very next day Julian and | were
seated on rustic bench under tree
with "A copy Of Nergil between us
have boys of my own now, and
surely would not consent TO have one
Of them fall undcr such an influence MS
Julian Trowhrd-c experienced at that
time. | had no more intention of teach
ing him the dead languages than | had
Of teaching HIM a. ny ia the mir. For
tunately for him. however. | had in
herited my fathers ability To learn and
TO teach them. My object was 10 teach
him 10 eouiuaatc the verb to love
Il love. thou lowest. lac or she loves, we
love, you love, they love" In short, In
my code OF instruction every one loved
aud that's all they did. But since
JulianS mind was bent especially upon
getting into college and he found in me
ii more seductive teacher than my
father the lesson resulted more TO his
erudition than might have been sup
POSED. | didn't care how much Latin
he learned provided lie didn't fail to
master the verb ito love" Girls be
tween say, twelve aud sixteen are
usually far more capable of learning
than boys This gave me an advan-
tage. | taught Julian Latin aud at the
same time dcftly wove in that other
instruction which was far nearer my
heart | prepared him to enter college
and ia Ice my future husband at the
same time. In learning the first he
was not aS stupid ms my father consid
cred him. as to the other ! confess |
had very hard time with him. He
would coniugate the verb ito love.
saving II love with no feeling what
ever. one day while he was doing so
in tins pcrfunctory way | sat very near
him 50 nrar. indeed. that IA few loose
strands of my hair brushed against his
cheek. Suddenly there came II fervor
into his voice that | had yainly ex-
peried for weeks Then ! felt an arm
stealing around my waist and ! knew
that my pupil was prepared both for
college and To- be my lover.
lie passed his entrance examination
without condition and gave me all
the credit for enabling him to do so
But you do father an Injustice. |
demonstrated. You must admit
WHAT That old bOokwormf He may
know a lot. hut he has 40 ability what
ever to impart knowledge To any one
else. Why. do you know. he spent
months tryn to teach me to conju-
cate the verb 10 love without my be
IN, able 10 catch even the mood. As