This other mouse seemed to be afraid at first; but his little friend ran out to the cracker and back again to him, to show him that he need fear nothing.

Two or three times the second mouse ran a little way into the room and then back, until at last he, too, was bold enough to taste of the cracker.

The two mice now took hold of the cracker and tried to pull it away with them. Finding they could not do this, they began to eat of it as fast as they could.

Each greedy little fellow seemed to fear that the other would get more than his share. They squealed, and scolded, and pushed each other out of the way.

At last they became so angry that they began to fight. They now stood up on their hind paws and struck each other with their fore paws, and bit each other's ears and cheeks, and behaved so much like two naughty children, that Frank and John could not help laughing aloud. This frightened the mice, and away they scampered to their holes.

Frank and John were tired and sleepy by this time, so they took a light and went upstairs to

bed. Let us hope that the naughty little mice made up their quarrel, and went peacefully to sleep, as good friends should.

Change the places of the words in the following phrases so as to make new phrases. Example: "put out" for "put up."

came out

put up

peeped under

sat down

Copy the following sentences, and in place of the dashes write words chosen from the list above:

LITTLE BEGINNINGS.

A little girl on a little bench

By a little window stood,

And a little trouble was in her heart
"Ah! if I were but good!"

"Not very, very good," she thought,
"Like dear Cousin Jane who died;
But only patient, true, and kind,
And free from wicked pride.

6 I'll pray for that at first," she said.
"Our Father will help me try;
And then, perhaps, He will show the way
To be very good by-and-by."

Then upward rose the little prayer;

So earnestly it went,

That the little heart of the little maid
Was filled with a sweet content.

And, standing there on the little bench,
She looked up into the sky:

"I'll try to be good right off," she said,
"And better yet by-and-by."

Copy the first three stanzas of this poem.

LESSON XXXIV.

HOW TO READ.

VI.

You have learned, now, that there are two

kinds of emphasis :

1. The Emphasis of Force.

2. The Emphasis of Time.

But there is still another way to give emphasis, more important than either of these two; and that is, to give the voice a longer slide upward or downward when you speak the accented syllable of the word which you wish to emphasize.

When I ask a question, as, " Are you com'ing?"

on the syllable "com

my voice slides up the scale, from a lower to a higher pitch. This is the rising slide, and it is shown by putting this sign

after the accented syllable of the word to be emphasized; as, "Are you com'ing?" "Do you hear me?"

When I answer a question, as, "Yes', cer'tainly," my voice slides down the scale, from a higher to a lower pitch. This is the falling slide, and is shown by putting this sign () after the accented syllable of the word to be emphasized.

These falling slides must be given to such words as say something positively; as, “You did' do it! I saw you, and Mary' and John' saw you, and it is very wicked of you to deny' it!"

You must give the rising slide to all simple questions, as, "Will you come' with me?" and you must put this slide on the word which is to

be emphasized, whether it be the last word in the sentence or not-not on the end of the sentence, but on that word in the sentence which is to be "Will you come' with me?"

emphasized.

You must also use the rising slide in all sentences which express a thing that is doubtfulthat is, not certain; as, "I will come' with you, if my mother will let' me." "If you will come tomor'row, I will let you ride' on my pony."

And you must also use the rising slide in all sentences which express a thing that is negative, as, "It is not hot'." "This is not my' book."

You may read the following sentences, giving the emphasis as it is shown by the upward and downward slides, and tell why the emphasis should be so given in each case.

"You did do it. I saw you, and Mary' and John' saw you, and it is very wicked of you to deny' it!"

"Will you come and see' me? If you will come to-morrow, I will let you ride' on my pony. He can go fast', I tell you! And I'll give you some flow'ers to carry home, and we will have a most delight'ful time. Will you come'?"

"If

my mother will let' me."

"This is not my' book. It is yours."