In the tripbthongal combinations, spr, str, skr, and spl, s is written with the long sign, and pr, tr, kr, and pl are treated as compounds. Reading Exercise 3.

Remark. - These and other compound signs should not be considered contractions; their use is strictly phonetic, and tends to make the writing more legible and beautiful. They can give the student no trouble when once he comprehends the principle; their use is seldom in any degree equivocal. See Illustration O.

Exercise 19.

Supple, supper, 6able, sabre, cider, settle, setter, sickle, sicker, sucker, suckle, struggle, streamer, scraper, scribble, scruple, distress, prosper, express, expressive, extra, exclaim, disgrace, describe, disagreeable, describer, strata, pastry, disclaim, disclose, sooner, suitor, suttle, sphere, suffer, safely, safer, sever, swivel, sparrow, spray, spar, stratum, saturate, saddle, sadly, lindslky's phonetic short-hand.

sagely, ancestor, ancestry, imprest, impostor, imply, employ, impel, temple, temper, tamper, tempter, trample.

Try to do right, and yon will be quite likely to succeed. The flowing waves please the hopeful angler. The gloomy clouds are full of awful fore bodings. She is an affable and amiable young lady, and nobly performs her pleasing but tiresome duty.

Idleness is a plague to the scholar, for, unless he applies himself closely to his books, he loses all claims to the applause of his family or his official superiors.

In order to excel in any business, it is necessary to persevere and avoid frittering away our energies on too many pursuits.

They are in danger of losing the opportunity, and when will they have one in all respects superior? To acquire any science of real worth requires much labor, care, and perseverance.