The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-02-27
verb TO loveY . I asked

verb to lover" l asked.
Father gave me quick glance. /
had changed good deal within the
year and might now have passed for
young lady. But he saw no conscious
ness Of double meaning in my de-
neanor and replied:
"Oh, he's got beyond that, of course,
but he couldn't yet pass an examina-
ton on Caesars Commentaries
He must be very backward" I re-
marked earelessly, and as 1 left the
room father called to me, You're far
ahead Of him."
This gave me an idea. had met the
"blockhead" many times, and he was
beginning to treat me with more con-
sideration. One day / said to him: *
think father is too impatient with you.
If you'll let me read Latin with you
I'm sure we'll be help to each other"
He accepted my offer, and told IA
Their 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 I were
seated on rustic bench under a tree
with copy of Vergil 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 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. 1 had in
herited my fathers ability to learn and
to teach them My object was to teach
MIN to conjugate the verb ito love-
i love, thou lowest, he or she loves, we
love, you love-. they love- In short. in
nay 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 be found In me
q 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 adYan-
tage ! taught Julian Latin and at the
same time deity 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 eonsid-
cred him: as to the other / confess /
had a very hard time with him He
would conjugate the verb ITO love"
saying Il love" with no feeling what
ever. One day while he was doing so
in this perfunctory way satsvery near
him-so near, indeed, that few loose
strands of my hair brushed against his
cheek. Suddenly there came a fervor
into his voice that / had yainly ex-
pected for weeks Then felt an arm
stealing around my waist, and I 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"
demonstrated. You must admit
What? That old bookwo He may
know lot. but he has no ability what
eyer to impart knowledge to any one
else. Why, do you know, he spent
months trying to teaeh me to conju-
gate the verb to love without my be-
ing able to catch even the mood. AS
for I am loved didn't know any
thing about it.
laughed and remarked that / was
the only one Of the three who at that
time knew all about that mood.
If had considered my youth and
the years that must intervene before
I could claim my conquest for my own,
possibly / might have desisted. But
youth considers nothing.
have said that. having boys Of my
own, would not like to have them fan
under the same influence that their
father fell under at eighteen This
needs to be qualified It depends on
the girl. If any of my sons should at
that age fall In love with a girl who
would have in her the traits to hold
his affection when he has grown older
and to make him a valuable life help.
meet / should be very glad to have him
do so. / believe that early mating is
not only natural, but beneficial, pro-
vided the persons mating are lifted for
life partnership.