The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-18

dresses that would reach at least 10
my ankles. After much trouble | per
suaded her 10 engage dressmakeF 10
come TO the house and make me some
| summer costumes. BY day motiirf
would give her instructions as 10 the
length of my skirts. and by night |
would surreptitously lower them while
they were merely hasted. When they
were finished mother would scold the
poor woman for not obeying her orders.
allow is your pupil getting on. papa
! asked one day.
Not at all. Hes stupid as an OWL
lie can't even conjugate the present
tense of the verb to love.
do you think he'll pass his entrance
college examinations"
Not this year"
Father was not looking at me. so !
was at liberty Ia raise my eyes 10
heaven with mute thanks and resolv-
ed that. ii the coaching should con
tinue for another year. in case the in
structor could not teach the pupil how
10 con njugate the verb to love- | would
do SO myself
For "A year Julian rrOwhridse came
and went for his lessons. taking no no
tice of me whatever. The next spring
| asked father if he thought his pupil
would be able tu enter college hat year.
Possibly" hc replied, by hard bon
ing, but he has no taste for the elias
sizes. don't see why his father wishes
10 send him To Il university"
"IIas hc learned to coniugate the
verb TO love: " | asked.
Father gave me quick glance. !
had changed good deal within the
year and might now have passed for IA
young lady. But he saw no conscious
ness of double meaning in my de
meanor and replied:
"Oh. he's rot beyond that, of course
but he couldn't yet pass an examina
tion 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
"blockhcad" many times, and he was
beginning to treat me with more con
sideration. One day ! said to him: IL
think father is too impatient with you.
Ii you'll let me read Latin with you
I'm sure we'll be "A help to each other"
He accepted my offer, and ! told ia
ther that he might spend the time he
was devotirg 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 a rustic bench under tree
with copy OF Nergil between us.
have boys OF my own now, and
surely would not consent to have one
or them fall under such an influence as
Julian Trowbridge experienced at that
time. had no more intention of teach
ing him the dead languages than | had
of teaching him to fly in the air. For
tunately for him. however. | had in.
herited my fathers ability To learn and
to teach them. My object was TO teach
him to conjugate the verb ito love-
Il love, thou lowest. he or she loves. we
love. you love. they love" In short. In
my code OF instruction every one loved
and that's all they did. But since
Julian's mind was bent especially upon
getting into college and he found in me
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 he didn't fail to
master the verb ITO love" Girls be-
tween. say. twelve and sixteen are
usually far more capable of learning
than boys. This gave me an advan.
tage. | taught Julian Latin and at the
same time deftly wove In that other
instruction which was far nearer my
heart. | prepared him to enter college
and to be my future husband at the
same time. In learning the first he
was not as stupid as my father consid-
cred him; as Ia the other | confess |
had very hard time with him. He
would conjugate the verb Ito love. "
saying II love" with no feeling what
ever. One day Willie he was doing so
in this perfunctory way sat very near
him-so near. indeed. that few loose
strands Of my hair brushed against his
cheek. Suddenly there came fervor
into his voice that | had vainly ex-
pected for weeks. Then | felt an arm
stealing around my waist, and | knew
that my pupil was prepared both for
college aud to be my lover
He 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 book worm? He ma
know lot. but he has no ability what.
ever to impart knowledge to any one
else. Why. do you know. he spep,
months trying TO teach me to comm.
gate the verb to love without INV be-
Ing able to catch even the mood. A.
for L am loved didn't know any
thing about it.
| laughed and remarked that I VS.,
the only one of fha thraa ~ ho n. -