An Unknown Language
Two young people, plighted lovers for many years past, play a joke on their fathers, who are old linguists, by writing a letter in a reverse hand. One old man claims it to be archaic Greek, ... Read allTwo young people, plighted lovers for many years past, play a joke on their fathers, who are old linguists, by writing a letter in a reverse hand. One old man claims it to be archaic Greek, while the other says it to be old Hebrew. A quarrel ensues which terminates by both vowing... Read allTwo young people, plighted lovers for many years past, play a joke on their fathers, who are old linguists, by writing a letter in a reverse hand. One old man claims it to be archaic Greek, while the other says it to be old Hebrew. A quarrel ensues which terminates by both vowing that his child shall not marry the other's. The young people are forbidden to call upon o... Read all