Then the eyes of the two combatants met. There was something irresistibly funny in the whole situation, and they found themselves roaring again. Then, with one impulse, they shook hands without a word.
And Pete led the way home, the willing butt of a volume of good-natured abuse.—From “Folks from Dixie,” copyright by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, and used by arrangement.
PART THREE
Melodious Reading
Conversational elements: Pitch, Inflection, Color, Stress, Pause, Movement, Time. Separate discussions and illustrations with number of exercises for the pupil to practice. Melody in verse and in prose.
EXPRESSIVE SPEECH[9]
By Robert Lloyd
’Tis not enough the voice be sound and clear,
’Tis modulation that must charm the ear.
When desperate heroines grieve with tedious moan,