The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-13
She Won
Two Prizes
By SADIE oLcoIT

A girl sat before table in the libra
ry Of her home studying her lessons, re-
peating the conjugation of Latin verbs,
As children are wont to do when en-
deavoring TO stamp anything on their
memories, she beat her breast with her
right hand and 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 a
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
auartermaster Of the army and station
ed In 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-
ness and was waiting TO see him in the
living room, which adjoined the library
where the girl was studying. She knew
OF the young soldiers proximity, but
she 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.
Amatis, you love. Amant, both love.
Lieutenant Bob Blackstone sat wait
ing for Colonel Henderson to come
downstairs and listened to what he
supposed was little girl studying her
lessons. He was of the senior class In
university and was one OF the
large number of graduates who had
donned khaki uniforms before grad
uation. He did not need to be good
Latin scholar to know that the pupii
had corrugated the verb wrong. Step
ping to the portiere, be raised it and |
saw the cl6l, as he supposed, study
ing. She started at seeing him, but
the action was feigned.
'I say, little girl" he said. you're +
that verb wrong Amant |
doesn't mean both love. 1t is they
love"
Dear me. how could l have made
such mistake! Are you sure it isn't
both lover"
'T ought to know. l took prize In
college for a thesis written in Latin"
Miss Hendersons eyes which were
arge and expressive, were brought to
bear on Lieutenant Blackstone in a
sort of wonderment. Presently she
said:
Didn't the Romans have any ex-
preston for both lover
IT don't see said the lieutenant,
what that has to do with your les
on. take It your task Is TO learn to
'onjugate the present tense of the
erb to love. You have 1t right except
he last word amant, which means
hey love instead OF both love"
What does amat meant"
He loves"
81 thought II was she loves"
1T means either he or she loves"
Doesn't it mean he and she love-"
Hardly. II means but one person" ,
"And does amant mean they love
ach other?"
mo; It means several persons love,
t doesn't mean that they love each
Their. 1t means that each person
ives some one else" ,
How do you know that? ,
81 can't say do know 1t. / confess
lat don't remember ever hearing s
lie question brought up. They might {
we each other, mightn't they?" &
IF they were both very NICE
He looked at he- searchingly. Her &
ance was fastened to her grammar. G
was beginning 20 dawn upon him that ]
= was not teaching a schoolgirl, but T
lat schoolgirl was chatting him. |
"Ist me see the text" he said, bend. I
& over her shoulder. This brought e
S face very near hers. \