The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-12-10
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kwisheA them te learn slesnons in C0lburn's
Artthmetio. Perhaps soma Of my little
and it may seem hard that. Mary aud Ed
mund shOuld be desired TO study anything
SO difacnlt as arithmetic; but you must re-
member that their sister was very kind to
them, and, therefore, would not be likely
70 give them any thing to learn which was
too hard for them. Edmund was eight
years old, and was able to- answer directly
to any of 49, fret questions in fractions,
such rs, :" Seven -fourths of twelve are how
many timessix 2" and he attended so closely
to it, that he understood the proportions Of
numbers very we'll. But Mary, who was
seven years old, was, am sorry to say IL,
unable to answer, 4" Howmany are two and
ave :" or any of those simple questions.
She had not attended, as her brother had
done, aud this was the reason she had not
succeeded in learning as well.
Sister, have You the headache to-day
Your eyes look sick, }" said Mary, affection
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1 will try to teach you, notwithstanding,
about your lesson; and tfIYou are atten-
Rive, can make you unde3stapd it in a
few minutes. What is your lesson to-day q"
Mary's face heightened very much, as
abe answered dolefnlly, is. How many
it ont; I've been studying great while,
and know never shall understand it,"
. Her sister took a slate and pencil, and
marked out . circle, which she said would
stand for q quart; then she drew q line
across the middle of it, and divided the
circle into two parts. !" One of these halves,
Mary, is pint you know Two pints make
q quart. Now, will divide this pint into
two parts, and each part, you know, is half
q pint; in a half-pin yeu know, there are
two gills-make a dot 2Or each gill-now
this"
"I cannot, sister.' -.
"Well, Mary, then 1 will do it. place
a dot for each gill. Now count the gills
now, Mary"
Eyes, sister, think do. May I take
, every soon. Now tell me, lest you for
"I don't KNOW never shall learn these
hard questions" and Mary looked very red,
for she was q good deaf ashamed OF her in
attention while her kind sister had been
trying to teach her. She looked up in her
sisters face, and saw that she looked very
ill, and her eyes were full ofstears. Mary
would much rather she had SPOKEN harshly
to her than to look SO grieved; and her
own heart told. her she had done very
wrong to try the patience of one who had
been SO good to her. But she did not like
to say that she was sorry SO she took her
spelling book, aud bent her head over it to
study very hard.
repeat his lesson. 1t was short. but he
understood it fully, and answered every
question readily. His sister kissed bimvJ
and then she said, Mary, you remember
that little fan of mine with the ivory han
die, that you like so much n you WIZ
for q week, you shall have it for your own"
Mary did not speak a word, but she hid
her face in her spelling book, and the tears
dropped thick and fast from her eyes. 1t
was long time bs9eee rase could command
her voice sufficiently to say, - do not
wish for the fan."
"Not wish for it, Nary thought you
did wish for it very much"
81 mean,n said Mary, 81 wish to learn
nv lesson, to please you, aud because L
ought to do SO, and not for the sake OF the
fan; and do not want You to give 1t to me,
if do get my lesson. Indeed, sister, will
try to learn better, if you Will slook so
sorry"
Her sister did not look sorry then; but
she kissed Mary, and told her, if she pleased,
she might come and attend that moment to
her arithmetic lesson. When the explana-
ton was fiuished, Mary answered to the
question of How many gills to quart J"
" Eight"
In q few months she understood oil the
mysteries of her arithmetic; if at any time
her lesson seemed too difficult, she recol-
lected the time when she learned the num-
Der of gills TO quart, and would say, very
gravely to her brother, "After all. Edmund,
there is nothing like trying; for l find,
when really try. that can learn any thing
Any thing, I mean, in fractions and spell
ing; and 1 remember, when 1 did get my
lessons perfectly, it was always because
was thinking of something beside counting;
how we should make temple, and put the
kitten inside, OF something else that had
nothing to do with the lesson. l tell you
this, Edmund" she concluded, with a dig
nified air, sc so that you may know how to
correct yourself if-if you should not study