Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-09
human beings were born lnto The world

W Dullu " lNnli III NY 'Hht lutle Wuh
u lot Of preliminary work to do, My
first great object 10 accomplish was to
induce my mother TO procure some
dresses that would reach at least Ia
my ankles, After much trouble per
6uadcd her to engage u dressmaker Ia
come TO the house aud make me some
summer costumes, by day mother
would give her instructions as to the
length Of my skirts, aud by night |
would surreptIlously lower them while
they were merely busted. When they
were finished mother would scod the
poor woman for not 0beying her orders,
GLOW Is your pupil getting on, papaT'
! asked one day
mot At all, He's stupid M an owl,
He can't even conjugate the present
tense Of the verb TO love-"
"Do you think he'll pass his entrance
college cSamlnationsW
"Not this year."
Father was not looking at me, 40 |
was ut liberty TO raise my eyes to
heaven with mute thanks and resoly.
ed that, If the coaching should con.
tlnue for another year, In case the In.
structor could not teach the pupil how
TO conIugale the verb TO love" | would
do so myself.
For n year Julian TrOwbrIdge came
and went for his lessons, taking no no.
tlcc Of me Whatever The next spring
! asked father II he thought his pupil
would he able to enter college that year.
POSSIBLY" he replied, "by hard bon
Ing, but he has no taste for the elias.
sizes, don't see why his father wishes
to send him ~ university"
elias he learned TO conjugate the
verb TO love-" | asked.
Father gave me Il quick glance.
had changed n good deal within the
year and might now have passed for n
young lady, But he saw no conscious.
ness Of a double meaning In my de-
meanor ANA replied;
"Oh, he's got beyond that of course
but he couldn't yet pass an cXamna-
ton on Caesars Commentaries,
"lIe must he very Backward | re.
marked carclcssly, 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 10 treat me with more con
sideration. one day | said to him. 81
think father is too impatient with you.
If you'll let me read Latin with you
I'm sure We'll be Il help TO each other"
lie accepted my offer, and | told ia
Their that he might spend the time he
was deyoting 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 n tree
with copy Of Nergil between us.
| have boys Of my own now, and |
surely would not consent to have one
of them fall under such an influence as
Julian Trowbridgc 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 coniugate the verb ito love-
81 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
Il 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 defty 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 to the other | confess |
had very hard time with him. He
would conjugate the verb ito love-"
saying 81 love- with no feeling what
ever. one day while 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 and 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" l
demonstrated. you must admit
"What? That old bOokworm? He may
know lot, but he has no ability what
ever to impart knowledge to any one
else. Why, do you know, he spent
trying to teach me to coniu'
gate the verb to love without my be-
ing able to catch even the mood. As