Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25

And chDoseth now thy SWEEP socleyi'
And les Us walk through gloom and glad sunshne.''
Ellen Wright was usually very quiet when
she went to Mr.. Elliott's and any of the gen
tlemen were at particularly Mr.. Eli,
son. But one lovely, spring-like day, just
after the ladies had visited Jack, she went
over in the evening in such exuberant spirits
that not even the presence of the grave minis
ter could repress them. Not that Mr.. Ellison
ever cast gloom over any circle-though
grave, he was not morose-but Ellen was
always subdued and silent in his presence
except at rare intervals when he visited al
her fathers, and had fair opportunity Of
talking directly to her till he conquered hel
shyness.
After time he was called out, and instead
of returning to the sitting-room, took his book
and seat in the piazza. Ellen's color grew
brighter, her laugh more free, her tones more
ringing, and after half dozen sallies in her
happiest vein, she turned to Mrs. Elliott and
exclaimed
81 feel like some great general who has
taken besieged city without loss or blood
shed, and is marching in with banners flying,
music swelling, and the citizens themselves
rejoicing at the conquest"
"Something pleasant has surely happened"
replied Mrs. Elliott, smiling at Ellen's anima-
ton.
eyes, it is very pleasant to me, and 1 can't
help exulting over it little, though it may
not seem much to you"
eve must hear it," said Grace; "1 am
curious to know what great victory you have
won-you, who make so light of common
difficulties"
The two girls smiled pleasantly, and Ellen
began
"Ever since began teaching the children
at home I, have had to contend with Albert
on some point or other. First, there was no
need of studying philosophy-he could read
it over and understand all there was in it.
Any one who had seen as many saw-mills,
locomotives, steamers, rice-mills, cotton-gins
and such things as he had, and examined
them as closely, knew more about machinery
than was in any philosophy; and as for other
things, he could read them any time. Then
it was arithmetic. Once through this study
was enough; he could do any common busi-
ness with the knowledge he had. If he had
his Latin books, he could exercise his mind ;
but as for algebra, he hated it. Why were
his Latin books so unfortunate as to have
been in the box the Yankees found? 1t it
had been philosophy and algebra, he would
not have cared"
"Was it really because he liked Latin best,
or did not wish to study?" asked Mrs. Elliott.
"Perhaps a little of both though he always
was more fond of Latin than mathematics.
At last told him to say no more-Td teach
him Latin. He thought it an excellent joke
and was very merry over it. Brother Tom
laughed, too; but father was on my side, and
said if would undertake to teach it, Albert
should begin his lessons at once. But father
said Albert, ELLEN has never studied Latin
over one year, while was kept at it nearly
three!' Never mind; if she teaches you,
you'll learn something new, I'll promise ;
and I was quite elated to hear father come
out so strongly on my side. There's not a
Latin book on the place, except an old rag
ged, dog-eared grammar, which 1 know by
heart persisted Albert. Then she will show
her skill of finding something new and
Albert was silenced. He did not seem half
as enthusiastic to begin studying as he was
curious to learn how I was to give him lessons. y
"Aud I am curious, too" said Mrs. Elliott
'for see by your looks you must have sue
ceeded."
"Yes, and it was very easy. Our Webster
unabridged had been torn through the back
into three parts and the covers broken off;
but as few of the leaves were gone or injured,
we had saved the pieces, not knowing when
we could buy another. From that gave my
lessons. The word educate was the first /
made Albert take the verb da,co, to lead
from which it is derived, conjugate it, tell
what part of speech e was, its meaning,
and what effect it had on the verb when
placed before it. Then took the noun dur,
leader; made him decline it, and after
We had gone through the Latin part, made
him see how many English words he could
find which were derived from them-such as
educe, induce, duct, conduct, ductile, and
others-making him give the meaning of pre-.
fixes, sufixes and their effect, until after an
hours recitation, in which the subject was far
from exhausted, Albert acknowledged I was
the duck (dux) to lead him out from some Of
the shadows of ignorance and selfconceit"
"It must have been very interesting" said
Grace; II should have been glad to have
heard it. We did think, too, of riding over
this morning, but something interfered."
"That lesson was yesterday. We had re
ligion to-day"
"ReHgion! Is that Latin word ?" asked
Conway.
"It is from the verb Hgo, to bind, and the
participle re, back again, and you know re
ligion does bind US anew to God. 1t was s
very pleasant lesson and by the time we hac
reached ligature, ligament, allegiance, ane
the like, our time was consumed. We are
going to take edify, revive, instruct, and 6
great many other words, learn them in Latin
and then see how many English words come
from them; so in reality, we are studying
English more than Latin"
81 declare! Miss Ellen, you put us all tc
shame said Grace, getting up and taking
both her hands.
81 don't see how. I am only trying te