The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-26
His Tutor
She Taught Him to
ConJugate the
Verb to Loue
By EDWIN SHARPE
By EDWIN SHARPE


IN Ills life. have often heard him sav
that to so to a store or an Office every
day and attend TO details such as buv.
ing and selling and shipping and finan.
ciering and such matters that have no
Importance except for the time being
dying as fast as they are born. like cor
tain insects, would soon wear him out
But to sit in library and read immor.
tai works such as the Greek poets ana
the Latin prose writers-father roads
them In the original Greek and Latin
that is a way of spending ones time
lifted not for commercial slaves. but
intellectual gentlemen.
When | was child We liyed-mt
parents live there yet-in the country
not far from u great city. Father had
Inherited some property from his an.
ceStorS that had been handed down
through several generations. and our
income, though small. wa, sufficient
for our wants So father was at libert,
to spend his time in WAY that he con
sidered profitable sometimes over
heard people Surering al him for living
the life " druue. as they EXPRESSED
1t, hut since have grown old it seems
to me that even the real droneS in
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 wears
to transform boy into a man. she will
turn girl into woman In twinkling.
At any rate it was SO with me. When |
was thirteen was sitting one morning
on the porch at home, my doll being In
a chair beside me. Seeing young fel.
low-he appeared to be about seventeen
come into the grounds. ! seized the
combination Of china. cotton and saw
dust and flung 1t In an open window be
hind me. There We're some books on a
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 10y 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 a minia-
ture portrait made Of him ut that time,
and many who have seen il have taken
il for an ideal creation, He was tall
for his years. and his beautifully shaped
head was set on ms beautiful n neck,
his collar being Of the open sort, which
showed the throat TO advantage. His
face was a perfect oval his eyes large
and lustrous, his hair falling about bis
temples In diSordercd waves.
| have spoken from experience in
saving that Dame Nature will turn a
girl into a woman in a twinklins My
own transformation did not occupy
more than a minute. Within that pc
Rod caught sight OF the youth, flung
away my doll and was in love
The newcomer paid no more atten
ton to me than If | had been made,
like nv doll. of sawduSt. ! was stung
TO the quick that he did not look ut me
He rang the bell. asked for father anu
was shown into the house. ! went UP
stairs and. stationing myself beside
window overlooking the walk 10y wllleh
he must pass out of the place. waited
for him to do So. When he departed /
was watching him from behind cur
tains. lie walked with satisfied step
as though he had come for purpose
and had accomplished 1t
wished to 90 right down to the IL
brary and learn all about the visitor
from father. but feared to show an
undue interest IN him. | tried hard 10
wait q long while. but FIVE minutes
was an my Impotence would allo"
Going into the library, | pretended 10
hunt for a book NJ the same time ASK
ing as If incidentally;
w nU WAS AhNl N'-it''' 10y
Julian TroNbridge.
What did he come forf'
ITO ASK me Ia coach him FOR his col
loco examination. lie has applied TOT
admission in June
Are you going to coach INN:
.yes couldn't very well reiuse
uo.s tho son Of my old friend Iro"-
hr,dra who was in college with me
1,r,ubridce has devoted himself TO y
no,,le PURSUITS and got rich. pulled
him through his graduating examlns-
@ob my goodness gracious" ! saio
70 myself putting my hand to my heart
70 s,in its wild beating Then ASKED
rs he coming here for instruction.
~yes every morning at II.
Aud so should see every day uli
1nna this young god whom | had SUD
denlv sci ND in my heart. II father
hal known the tumult within me ne
,loultless would have ordered me -
.na nursery every morning before nis
.,.. oo,,inc Father had puDilsu-