Rolf carried these home to his father and Jule, but they would not even try to guess them.

Mr.Ehrenreich declared that his Latin was quite too rusty for such work as this, and Jule maintained that during vacation he did not dare to tax his brain unnecessarily; he needed all his wits for his serious work next term.

So Rolf worked away by himself, dictionary in hand, and twisted and turned the words till he wrung out their meaning.

Then he showed them with triumph to his father and brother, and in the evening carried them to Uncle Titus.

The pleasure which his kind old friend took in his success spurred the boy on to greater activity.